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Karoonda is in the middle of the Murray Mallee region of South Australia (60 km northeast of Murray Bridge). Karoonda takes its name from the Aboriginal word for "winter camp". The current boundaries include the former town of Lowaldie, which was the next stop on the railway line away from Adelaide.

At the 2016 census, the locality of Karoonda had a population of 512 of which 351 were living in and around the town of Karoonda.^[3]^[2]^[1]

Karoonda was founded on wheat growing early in the 20th century (proclaimed on 11 December 1913), but the cleared land is also suitable for raising merino sheep. The Karoonda Development Group instigated and built a larger-than-life sculpture of a Merino ram in the park in the main street to emphasise this. There are even seats with rams heads dotted around the town. A number of other agricultural and horticultural industries are now also represented in the district. Each year the Karoonda Farm Fair is held, a two-day event attracting over 10,000 visitors to the town.

Karoonda briefly shot to international fame in 1930 when a meteorite fell to earth just to the east of the town on the night of 25 November.

Karoonda is located in the local government area of District Council of Karoonda East Murray, the state electoral district of Hammond and the federal Division of Barker.^[8]^[7]^[1]

Pioneer Park on East Terrace is being developed as a Malleelands Pioneer Railways and farm museum, with displays of harvest machinery, plows, railway rolling stock and facilities already in place. The Nature Trail & Bush Walk is adjacent.

Railways

Railways were built in 1911-1914 to open up the mallee. Karoonda was on the Brown's Well railway line (extended to Barmera in 1928) and became a junction with the Waikerie railway line to the north and the Peebinga railway line to the east (south of the main line).^[10] Both branches were closed in 1990, but the main line through Karoonda remains open as the Loxton railway line and was converted from broad gauge to standard gauge.

Lowaldie

The Lowaldie railway station was {{convert|6.25|mi}} east of Karoonda and also had a small town surveyed, with a school and post office operating for some time. These have all closed, and the former institute building is used as a private residence. The station was originally named Lowalde in 1913, but when the town was proclaimed in 1914, the spelling used was Lowaldie. The name is derived from a Ngarrindjeri word meaning summer.^[11]^[12]

Notable Residents

Nathan 'Gods Gift' Brown' Nathan, a humble being was 'Born' on the 25th of November 1930 at 10:53PM. The exact time the Karoonda meteorite came crashing down to earth. In Karoonda, south australia folk law it is told that once the dust and noise had settled of the meteorite there was a faint roar only metres from the crash site, which scared locals at the time thought was a strange beast from outer space, it is known now that young Nathan had found some sugar cane and was making the first still of what we all now refer to as Bundaberg Rum. Through his younger years Gods Gift as he is affectionately known as throughout the community, spent the majority of his time making bundy and volunteering at the retirement Village where he learnt much of his cooking and housekeeping skills. School was not something Nathan Believed he needed as was evident in his attendance records he was quoted as saying 'Nah, not for me aye, when i came down with that big rock i already had all the abilities any of you mortals could dream of." After he decided he wasn't attending school anymore, Nathan tried his hand at many things, excelling to at least state Level in all of them. These include, winning the Stawell gift, winning the Sydney to Hobart, coming runner up in the inaugural pt Lincoln great white shark toss,and winning the Monash club poker night on at least 5 occasions to name just a few. He is the Most famous person in Karoonda and the most attractive, although he is showing signs of balding.

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References

1. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶{{cite web |title=Search results for ‘Karoonda, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions’, 'Railways' and 'Gazetteer' |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.00323&y=-35.1632&z=11&uids=19,2,115,11,20,105,134&pinx=139.897240&piny=-35.092990&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Karoonda,+Locb |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|accessdate=6 May 2018}}
2. ^¹{{Census 2016 AUS|id= UCL422028|name= Karoonda (urban centre)|accessdate=7 May 2018|quick=on}}
3. ^¹{{Census 2016 AUS|id= SSC40664 |name= Karoonda (locality)|accessdate=7 May 2018|quick=on}}
4. ^{{cite journal |last1 = Bice |first1= John G. | title= TOWN OF KAROONDA. |journal= The South Australian Government Gazette |date= 11 December 1913 |page= 1678|url= http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1913/53/1678.pdf |accessdate= 6 May 2018 |publisher= Government of South Australia}}
5. ^{{cite web|last1=Kentish|first1=P.M.|title=GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Karoonda East Murray) |url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1999/160/2321.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette|publisher=South Australian Government|accessdate=5 May 2018|page=2321|date=11 November 1999 }}
6. ^{{cite web|title= Postcode for Karoonda, South Australia|url=https://postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/adelaide/karoonda| publisher=Postcodes Australia|accessdate=9 May 2018}}
7. ^¹{{cite web|title=District of Hammond (map) |url=https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications/electoral-district-of-hammond-pdf/download |publisher=Electoral Commission SA|accessdate=4 May 2018}}
8. ^¹{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011|url= http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-barker.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|accessdate=17 September 2015}}
9. ^¹²{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary (climate) statistics KAROONDA (nearest weather station) |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_025006.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=16 January 2019}}
10. ^Rail Line to Nowhere Southwell, J.G. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, July, 1971 pp146-151
11. ^{{cite journal |last1 = Bice |first1= John G. | title= TOWNS OF BORRIKA AND LOWALDIE. |journal= The South Australian Government Gazette |date= 2 April 1914 |page= 810 |url= http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1914/15/810.pdf |accessdate= 6 May 2018 |publisher= Government of South Australia}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |title=Placename Details: Lowaldie |work=Property Location Browser |date=12 May 2011 |accessdate=12 February 2016 |publisher=Government of South Australia|quote=Narinyeri word meaning summer. Town surveyed in November 1913. Name altered when the town was proclaimed - no indication is given on the glossary card as to the name originally proposed but old cards show Lowalde. Town diminished in February 1938. Now incorporated into the bounded locality of Karoonda.}}