Calomba, South Australia

Calomba
South Australia
Long Plains watertower as seen from Calomba
Calomba is located in South Australia
Calomba
Calomba
Coordinates34°23′35″S 138°25′08″E / 34.393°S 138.419°E / -34.393; 138.419
Population46 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5501[2]
LGA(s)Adelaide Plains Council[2]
State electorate(s)Narungga[3]
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Calomba:
Long Plains Pinery Pinery
Windsor Calomba Grace Plains
Dublin Dublin Mallala
FootnotesCoordinates[4]
Adjoining localities[4]

Calomba is a rural locality in South Australia, situated in the Adelaide Plains Council. The formal boundaries were established in 1997 for the long established local name.[2][4] The place name is supposed to have come from Trigonella suavissima, a native plant also known as calomba.[5][6][7]

It had a former railway siding, located between Mallala and Long Plains on the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line.[4] The area was formerly known as Shannon, but the railway station was named Calomba at its opening in 1916 due to the presence of another "Shannon" in the state.[8]

A postal receiving office at Calomba opened in April 1920, became a post office in January 1921, and closed on 19 January 1975. It shared a premises with the local store.[8][9]

The district had a school at Stoney Point junction[10]

The town was severely damaged by a bushfire in 1948, with almost £100,000 worth of damage being incurred. Three buildings in the main street were destroyed, including the post office and store; a church, homes and farm equipment were also lost.[11]

The Shannon Methodist Church was opened in 1872, closed in 1957 and demolished in 1965.[12]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Calomba (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c "Search result(s) for Calomba, 5501". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Search result for 'Calomba, LOCB'". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0062511. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ Praite, R (1970). Place Names of South Australia. Rigby. ISBN 0-85179-083-6.
  6. ^ Manning, Geoffrey (2010). The place names of our land: a South Australian anthology, Modbury, South Australia. Gould Genealogy & History.
  7. ^ "Search result for 'Calomba Railway Station, RSTA'". Government of South Australia. SA0011719. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Calomba Railway Servicea". Mallala Now and Then. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Calomba". Phoenix Auctions Reference. Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Search result for 'Stoney Point, JUNC'". Government of South Australia. SA0063280. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Disastrous SA bush fire sweeps town". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 31, 637. Victoria, Australia. 24 January 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Shannon Methodist Church". NowAndThen.net.au. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.