Kingoonya
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| Coordinates: 30°55′01″S 135°18′53″E / 30.916972°S 135.314671°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Far North | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 7 June 1928 (town) 23 October 2003 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 148 m (486 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 4 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5710 | ||||||||||||
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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.