Poonindie, South Australia

Poonindie South Australia
Poonindie
Coordinates	34°34′53″S 135°52′52″E / 34.5812625°S 135.88101325°ECoordinates: 34°34′53″S 135°52′52″E / 34.5812625°S 135.88101325°E
Established	1850[1]
Postcode(s)	5607[2]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	251 km (156 mi) W of Adelaide city centre 15 km (9 mi) N of Port Lincoln
LGA(s)	District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula[1]
State electorate(s)	Flinders[3]
Federal Division(s)	Grey[4]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 21.2 °C ^70 °F 11.3 °C ^52 °F 383.2 mm ^15.1 in
Localities around Poonindie: Whites Flat Whites Flat Louth Bay Louth Bay Charlton Gully Poonindie Spencer Gulf North Shields North Shields Spencer Gulf
Footnotes	Location[2] Climate[5] Adjoining localities[1]

Poonindie is a small township near Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

The land upon which it sits was originally the land of the Barngarla people. Poonindie was established in 1850 by the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide Augustus Short as a mission to Aboriginal people in South Australia.^[6]

The original church survives and remains in use today. The township also survives, with a small population. The mission itself has been converted to an Aboriginal reserve and granted to the Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community Council. The land is now used as a small homeland, called Akenta.

Heritage listings

Poonindie has a number of sites associated with the former mission listed on the South Australian Heritage Register, including:

• Poonindie Mission Bakehouse Complex and Well ^[7]
• Poonindie Mission Superintendent's Residence ^[8]
• Poonindie Cemetery ^[9]
• Poonindie Mission Schoolhouse ^[10]
• St Matthew's Anglican Church ^[11]

See also

• Eyre Peninsula bushfire

References

1. "Search result for "Poonindie (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0056410)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
2. "Poonindie, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
3. "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
4. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
5. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
6. http://www.poonindie.com/poonindie/poonindie.htm
7. "Former Bakehouse Complex & Well, former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
8. "Former Superintendent's Residence, former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
9. "Former Poonindie Mission Cemetery". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
10. "Former Schoolhouse (supposed), former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
11. "St Matthew's Anglican Church, former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.