Koonoona, South Australia
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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 | 33.830540°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]
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