Kooroona, South Australia

Kooroona
South Australia
Kooroona
Coordinates 34°05′39″S 137°35′33″E / 34.09416°S 137.592550°E / -34.09416; 137.592550Coordinates: 34°05′39″S 137°35′33″E / 34.09416°S 137.592550°E / -34.09416; 137.592550
Postcode(s) 5558 [1]
LGA(s) District Council of the Copper Coast
State electorate(s) Goyder [1]
Federal Division(s) Grey [1]
Localities around Kooroona:
Moonta Moonta Moonta Mines
Port Hughes Kooroona Moonta Mines
Hamley
Nalyappa Nalyappa Agery
Footnotes Coordinates[2]

Kooroona is a rural locality at the north end of the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, situated directly south of the town of Moonta. It is located in the District Council of the Copper Coast.[1]

The name and boundaries were formalised on January 1999, in respect of the long established local name. The area was alternatively known as Copper Valley, and had previously been known as South Bower, after a mining venture in the area.[2] The South Bower Mining Company initially operated a mine at what is now Koonoona, and reconstituted itself in 1870 as the Copper Valley Mining Company.[3] The mine itself was renamed the South Hamley around 1874.[4]

The historic Moonta Cemetery is located at the northern tip of Kooroona and is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[5] The remainder of the locality is largely agricultural land.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search result(s) for Kooroona, 5558". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Search result(s) for Kooroona, 5558". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "THE COPPER VALLEY MINING COMPANY.". The Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal. VI, (572). South Australia. 20 July 1870. p. 3. Retrieved 17 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "COPPER.". South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail. XVI, (814). South Australia. 21 March 1874. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Moonta Cemetery, including Wall, Gates and Waiting Room". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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