Kingoonya

Kingoonya
South Australia
Kingoonya is located in South Australia
Kingoonya
Kingoonya
Coordinates30°55′01″S 135°18′53″E / 30.916972°S 135.314671°E / -30.916972; 135.314671[1]
Population4 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established7 June 1928 (town)
23 October 2003 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)5710
Elevation148 m (486 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
RegionFar North[5]
State electorate(s)Giles[6]
Federal division(s)Grey[7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[8]
27.7 °C
82 °F		 12.1 °C
54 °F		 185.2 mm
7.3 in
Localities around Kingoonya:
Wilgena Wilgena Wilgena
Wilgena Kingoonya Coondambo
Wilgena Wilgena Coondambo
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

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.

  1. ^ a b c "Search results for 'Kingoonya, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Railways' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kingoonya (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Tassie, H. (7 June 1928). "Town of Kingoonya" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 1209–1210. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Geographical Names Act 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South AustralIA. 23 October 2003. p. 3859. Retrieved 7 January 2019. Assign the names Yunta, Blinman, Bookabie, Glendambo, Yalata, Kingoonya, Olary, Innamincka and Manna Hill, to those areas Out of Councils and shown numbered 1 to 9 on Rack Plan 857 (Sheet 3)
  5. ^ "Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. ^ "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  8. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Tarcoola Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  9. ^ C3 Kokatha at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies