Kybunga, South Australia

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Kybunga
South Australia
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Wheat stacks at Kybunga, ca. 1920
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Kybunga
Coordinates 33°55′18″S138°30′18″E / 33.921710°S 138.505030°E / -33.921710; 138.505030
Population69 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 5453
Elevation192 m (630 ft) [2]
Location
  • 11 km (7 mi) south of Blyth
  • 17 km (11 mi) southwest of Clare
  • 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Balaklava
  • 126 km (78 mi) north of Adelaide
LGA(s) Wakefield Regional Council
State electorate(s) Frome
Federal division(s) Grey
Localities around Kybunga:
Blyth Boconnoc Park
Bowillia Kybunga Spring Gully
Stow Hoyleton Watervale
Footnotes [3]
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Cemetery

Kybunga is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia. It was on the Gladstone railway line 87+1⁄2 miles (140.8 km) north of Adelaide [2] on the plains to the west of the Clare Valley. The Kybunga school opened in 1881 [4] and closed in 1988, [5] and the former Methodist and Uniting church that opened in 1886 [6] [7] is now a private residence. [8] Kybunga was once a stop on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line from 1876 until 1989.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kybunga (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Placename Details: Kybunga Railway Station". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 13 November 2008. SA0042051. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Placename Details: Kybunga". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 13 November 2008. SA0038065. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Kybunga Primary School. Centenary Committee (1981). Kybunga Primary School, 1881-1981. Kybunga Primary School Centenary Committee. ISBN   978-0-9594061-0-8.
  5. ↑ "Kybunga". Place Names of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Kybunga Uniting Church (Kybunga, S.A.) (1987), Kybunga Uniting Church, 1896-1987, Kybunga Uniting Church, retrieved 5 December 2015
  7. ↑ "GOLDEN JUBILEE OF KYBUNGA METHODIST CHURCH". The Producer (Balaklava, SA : 1940 - 1950) . Balaklava, SA: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "1 Alexander Street Kybunga Kybunga SA 5453". Realestate.com.au. REA Group Ltd. 10 February 2014. 107273776. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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