The Heart of the Mallee, Karoonda, SA, Australia
S 35° 05.596 E 139° 54.016
54H E 399759 N 6116060
This sign is on the eastern entrance (north side of the railway line) to Karoonda, South Australia.
Waymark Code: WMVC8K
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 03/31/2017
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Karoonda takes its name from the Aboriginal word for "winter camp".
From Wikipedia [Murray Mallee]: (
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"The Murray Mallee is the grain-growing and sheep-farming area of South Australia bounded to the north and west by the Murray River, to the east by the Victorian border, and extending about 50 km south of the Mallee Highway." The 'Mallee region' covers 43,650 square kilometres.
Karoonda gained some notoriety in 1930 when a meteorite fell just of the town.
Visited: 1125, Friday, 14 November, 2015