Farina, South Australia
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| Coordinates: 30°04′30″S 138°16′34″E / 30.075131°S 138.276011°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Far North | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 21 March 1878 (town) 29 May 1997 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 303 m (994 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 15 (includes other localities in the "State Suburb of Farina") (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACDT) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5733 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 27.0 °C (80.6 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 12.4 °C (54.3 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 164.2 mm (6.46 in) | ||||||||||||
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Farina, formerly Farina Town and originally Government Gums, is an abandoned town in the Australian state of South Australia. The name also applies to an area of about 8500 square kilometres (3300 square miles) in which the town is located. At the 2006 census, 55 people lived in the larger area; by the 2021 census, the population had fallen to 15.
Farina sits within the arid Lake Eyre basin, 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Lyndhurst and 55 kilometres (34 mi) south of Marree where the Oodnadatta Track and the Birdsville Track commence. It is 540 kilometres (340 miles) due north of the state capital; Adelaide in the days when the rail connection was narrow gauge to Port Augusta, the distance by rail was 657 kilometres (408 miles).
A drone view of Farina is here.