Koonoona is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder.[2] It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name".[3] It occupies the north-western corner of the cadastral Hundred of Apoinga.[4]
| Koonoona South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Koonoona | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°49′50″S 138°55′44″E / 33.830540°S 138.9288°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 7 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5417[2] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Regional Council of Goyder | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[3] | ||||||||||||||
The area was originally the territory of the Ngadjuri people.[5] It was named after the Koonoona Station and Merino stud, which was established in 1863 by Walter Duffield and T. S. Porter.[6][7] Koonoona Station was described in 1929 as "one of the oldest estates in this district" and "noted for the breed of its merino sheep"; another correspondent in 1933 labelled it "one of the most important [Merino studs] in the Commonwealth".[8][7]
Koonoona Provisional School opened in 1894, was declared half-time with Gum Creek in 1903, and closed in 1915.[9]
References edit
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Koonoona (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Search result(s) for Koonoona, 5417". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Search result(s) for Koonoona, 5417". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Search result(s) for Hundred of Apoinga". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. The Area – Its Settlement and Development: District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
- ^ "Place Names of South Australia – K". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ a b "KOONOONA MERINOS". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXVI, no. 4, 007. Adelaide. 31 August 1933. p. 5 (Stud Stock Supplement). Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "KOONOONA". Burra Record. Vol. 50, no. 51. South Australia. 25 December 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. District Council of Robertstown. 1986. p. 166.
