Karoonda
E522860
Karoonda is a small rural town in South Australia's Murray Mallee region, known historically for wheat farming and the nearby Karoonda meteorite.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
locality
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| climateType | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| distanceFromAdelaide | approximately 150 km east ⓘ |
| economicRole | service centre for surrounding farming district ⓘ |
| hasAgriculturalProduct |
barley
ⓘ
other cereal grains ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Karoonda meteorite display
ⓘ
silo art on grain silos ⓘ |
| hasBuiltFeature | grain silos ⓘ |
| hasCommunicationService | rural post office ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Karoonda Farm Fair and Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
area school or combined primary–secondary school
ⓘ
primary school ⓘ showgrounds ⓘ sports oval ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | association with early 20th-century wheat farming expansion ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
cropping
ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ |
| hasLocalMedia | coverage by regional South Australian media outlets ⓘ |
| hasMeteorite | Karoonda meteorite fell nearby in 1930 ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | small population ⓘ |
| hasPostcode | 5307 ⓘ |
| hasRailwayHistory | former station on the Loxton railway line ⓘ |
| hasRecreation | community sporting clubs ⓘ |
| isIn | Murray and Mallee region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mallee agricultural zone of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Karoonda meteorite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
broadacre cereal cropping ⓘ wheat farming ⓘ |
| localGovernmentArea | District Council of Karoonda East Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | rural South Australia ⓘ |
| meteoriteType | chondritic meteorite ⓘ |
| primaryIndustry |
dryland agriculture
ⓘ
sheep grazing ⓘ |
| region | Murray Mallee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadConnection | Karoonda Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soilTypeCharacteristic | sandy mallee soils ⓘ |
| state | South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timezone | ACST NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +9:30 ⓘ |
| UTCOffsetDST | +10:30 ⓘ |
| vegetationType | mallee scrub remnants ⓘ |
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