Kingoonya
Town in South Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kingoonya, originally spelt Kingoonyah,[9] pronounced (/kɪŋɡuːnjə/ KING-goon-yə), was a small settlement, or township, now almost totally abandoned, in the central outback of the Australian state of South Australia. It was established in 1916 as a railway settlement on the Trans-Australian Railway, mainly to provide refuelling for steam trains and track maintenance services; it also served about 200 families living on sheep grazing properties in the region.
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Kingoonya South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 30°55′01″S 135°18′53″E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 4 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 7 June 1928 (town) 23 October 2003 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5710 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 148 m (486 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Far North[5] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Giles[6] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey[7] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] |
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