Penola, South Australia
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| Coordinates: 37°22′43″S 140°50′10″E / 37.378605°S 140.83623°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1867 (town) 13 December 2001 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Totals | 1,376 (town centre) (2021 census) 1,622 (locality) (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5277 | ||||||||||||
| County | Grey | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 20.0 °C (68.0 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 8.3 °C (46.9 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 708.5 mm (27.89 in) | ||||||||||||
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Penola (/pəˈnoʊlə/ pə-NOH-lə) is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located about 388 kilometres (241 mi) southeast of the state capital of Adelaide in the wine growing area known as the Coonawarra. At the 2021 Australian Census, the town of Penola had a population of 1,376.
It is known as the central location in the life of Mary MacKillop (St Mary of the Cross), the first Australian to gain Roman Catholic sainthood, in 2010. In 1866 MacKillop and a Catholic priest and geologist, Julian Tenison-Woods, established a Catholic school in the town.