Kingoonya
| Kingoonya South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 30°55′01″S 135°18′53″E / 30.916972°S 135.314671°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 7 June 1928 (town) 23 October 2003 (locality) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5710 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 148 m (486 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Far North | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Giles | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities | ||||||||||||||
Kingoonya, originally spelt Kingoonyah, 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.