Karoonda, South Australia
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Main Street of Karoonda
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 514 (2006)[1] (2006) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5307 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Karoonda East Murray | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hammond | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Karoonda is in the middle of the Murray Mallee region of South Australia at geographic coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (60 km northeast of Murray Bridge). Karoonda takes its name from the Aboriginal word for "winter camp". The current boundaries include the former town of Lowaldie, which was the next stop on the railway line away from Adelaide.
Karoonda was founded on wheat growing early in the 20th century (proclaimed on 11 December 1913), but the cleared land is also suitable for raising merino sheep. The Karoonda Development Group instigated and built a larger-than-life sculpture of a Merino ram in the park in the main street to emphasise this. There are even seats with rams heads dotted around the town. A number of other agricultural and horticultural industries are now also represented in the district. Each year the Karoonda Farm Fair is held, a two-day event attracting over 10,000 visitors to the town.
Railways were built in 1911-1914 to open up the mallee. Karoonda was on the Brown's Well railway line (extended to Barmera in 1928) and became a junction with the Waikerie railway line to the north and the Peebinga railway line to the east (south of the main line).[2] Both branches were closed in 1990, but the main line through Karoonda remains open as the Loxton railway line and was converted from broad gauge to standard gauge.
Karoonda briefly shot to international fame in 1930 when a meteorite fell to earth just to the east of the town on the night of 25 November.
Karoonda Area School was the first area school in South Australia.
Karoonda is in the District Council of Karoonda East Murray, the state electorate of Chaffey and the federal Division of Barker.
Pioneer Park on East Terrace is being developed as a Malleelands Pioneer Railways and farm museum, with displays of harvest machinery, plows, railway rolling stock and facilities already in place. The Nature Trail & Bush Walk is adjacent.
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Post Office
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General Store
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ABB Silos
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Old Railway Station
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Police Memorial, Railway Tce
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Lions Pioneer Park
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Painting at Parking Bay
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Memorial Gates at the Oval
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Obelisk
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Obelisk
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Area School
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Area School
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Oval
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Institute
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Hospital
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Karoonda Pub
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"All Hallows" Anglican Church
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St Finian's Catholic Church
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St Johns Lutheran Church
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Uniting Church
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Op-Shop
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Ambulance Station
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CFS Station
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Police Station
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Rail Line to Nowhere Southwell, J.G. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, July, 1971 pp146-151
