Koonoona, South Australia

Koonoona
South Australia
Postcode(s) 5417 [1]
LGA(s) Regional Council of Goyder
State electorate(s) Stuart [1]
Federal Division(s) Grey [1]
Localities around Koonoona:
Porter Lagoon Burra Burra
Porter Lagoon Koonoona Burra
Black Springs Apoinga Emu Downs
Footnotes Coordinates[2]

Koonoona is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder.[1] It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name".[2] It occupies the north-western corner of the cadastral Hundred of Apoinga.[3]

The area was originally the territory of the Ngadjuri people.[4] It was named after the Koonoona Station and Merino stud, which was established in 1863 by Walter Duffield and T. S. Porter.[5][6] 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".[7][6]

Koonoona Provisional School opened in 1894, was declared half-time with Gum Creek in 1903, and closed in 1915.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search result(s) for Koonoona, 5417". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Search result(s) for Koonoona, 5417". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Search result(s) for Hundred of Apoinga". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. "The Area - Its Settlement and Development": District Council of Robertstown. 1986.
  5. ↑ "Place Names of South Australia - K". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  6. 1 2 "KOONOONA MERINOS". Chronicle. LXXVI, (4,007). South Australia. 31 August 1933. p. 5 (Stud Stock Supplement). Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "KOONOONA". Burra Record. 50, (51). South Australia. 25 December 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area. District Council of Robertstown. 1986. p. 166.
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