Tarcoola, South Australia
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"Tarcoola" redirects here. For other uses, see Tarcoola (disambiguation).
Tarcoola is a town in the Far North of South Australia 416 kilometres (258 mi) north-northwest of Port Augusta. At the 2016 census, Tarcoola had no people living within its boundaries.[2]
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Tarcoola South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 30°41′41″S 134°33′22″E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 21 February 1901 (town) 29 July 2004 (locality)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5710[5] | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 123 m (404 ft)(airport)[6] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Far North[1] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Giles[7] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey[8] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] |
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Tarcoola was named after Tarcoola the winner of the 1893 Melbourne Cup horse race. The horse Tarcoola had been raised on Tarcoola Station on the Darling River in New South Wales. It means river bend in the aboriginal language of the area around that Tarcoola Station.