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Coordinates:37°54′00″S140°33′18″E/ 37.8999°S 140.5549°E/-37.8999; 140.5549
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Kongorong
South Australia
Kongorong memorial gates
Kongorong is located in South Australia
Kongorong
Kongorong
Coordinates37°54′00″S140°33′18″E/ 37.8999°S 140.5549°E/-37.8999; 140.5549[1]
Population221 (SAL2021)[2]
Established30 March 1922 (town)
31 October 1996 (locality)[1][3][4]
Postcode(s)5291
LGA(s)District Council of Grant[5]
RegionLimestone Coast[6]
CountyGrey[5]
State electorate(s)Mount Gambier[7]
Federal division(s)Barker[8]
Mean max temp[9]
 Mean min temp[9] Annual rainfall[9]
19.0 °C
66 °F		 8.2 °C
47 °F		 708.4 mm
27.9 in
Localities around Kongorong:
German Creek German Creek
Burrungule		 Compton
Carpenter Rocks Kongorong Moorak
Mount Schank
Carpenter Rocks Blackfellows Caves
Nene Valley		 Cape Douglas
FootnotesAdjoining localities[5]

Kongorongis a locality in the Australian state ofSouth Australialocated southwest ofMount Gambier.[5]It has anAustralian rules footballteam and netball team. Kongorong Primary School had 61 students in 2010.[10]

History

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Kongorong was officially named by the South Australian Government on 30 March 1922 for the cadastral land division in which the township lay, theHundred of Kongorong.Kongorong is thought to mean "the corner of it" in an indigenous language.[5][11]

Economy

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Kongorong mural

Kongorong is a service town for the surrounding community involved in dairy and sheep farming, timber plantations, and grape growing in theMount Gambier wine region.

Governance

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Kongorong is located within the federaldivision of Barker,the stateelectoral district of Mount Gambierand the local government area of theDistrict Council of Grant.[8][7][5]

References

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  1. ^ab"Search results for 'Kongorong, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Government towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'".Location SA Map Viewer.Government of South Australia.Retrieved18 April2018.
  2. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics(28 June 2022)."Kongorong (suburb and locality)".Australian Census 2021 QuickStats.Retrieved28 June2022.Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^Bice, John G. (30 March 1922)."TOWN OF KONGORONG"(PDF).The South Australian Government Gazette.South Australian Government. p. 943.Retrieved18 April2018.
  4. ^"GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places"(PDF),The South Australian Government Gazette:1517, 31 October 1996,retrieved17 April2018
  5. ^abcdef"Placename Details: Kongorong".Property Location Browser.Government of South Australia. 4 March 2010. SA0015112. Archived fromthe originalon 7 December 2015.Retrieved23 January2019.
  6. ^"Limestone Coast SA Government region"(PDF).The Government of South Australia.Retrieved10 October2014.
  7. ^ab"District of Mount Gambier Background Profile".Electoral Commission SA.Retrieved28 March2016.
  8. ^ab"Federal electoral division of Barker"(PDF).Australian Electoral Commission.Retrieved28 March2016.
  9. ^abc"Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station)".Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology.Retrieved21 August2016.
  10. ^"Kongorong Primary & CPC".Department for Education and Child Development. 19 October 2010.Retrieved29 July2015.
  11. ^"Placename Details: Hundred of Kongorong".Property Location Browser Report.Government of South Australia.29 January 2009. SA0037333. Archived fromthe originalon 7 December 2015.Retrieved23 January2019.Aboriginal taken from D Black's station in 1846 - meaning 'the corner of it'. Area 91 square miles.


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