Koonoona, South Australia

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
Koonoona
Coordinates	33.830540°S 138.9288°E / -33.830540; 138.9288
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]
Localities around Koonoona: Porter Lagoon Burra Burra Porter Lagoon Koonoona Burra Black Springs Apoinga Emu Downs
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]