Campoona,_South_Australia

Campoona, South Australia

Campoona, South Australia

Town in South Australia

Campoona is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Eyre Peninsula about 253 kilometres (157 mi) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of the municipal seat in Cleve.[3][2] The area is part of the territory of the Parnkalla Aboriginal Australians.[7]

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Campoona's name was officially adopted and its boundaries were both created on 23 December 1998.[8] Its boundaries are identical to the boundaries of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Campoona with both forming a square with an area of 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi).[2][9]

The dominant industry is broadacre farming of grains and sheep. Archer Exploration Limited proposes to establish a graphite mine in the area in 2015.[10]

Campoona is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Cleve.[6][5][2]

References

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    Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Campoona (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
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    "Placename Details: Campoona with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Development Plan Layers", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Hundreds"". Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 7 April 2005. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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    "Campoona, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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    "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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    "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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    "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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    "Campoona Graphite Project Community Newsletter No. 5 – June 2014" (PDF). Archer Exploration. June 2014. p. 3. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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    "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 2009. 23 December 1998. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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    "Search result for " Hundred of Campoona (HD)" (Record no SA0012026) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Placename (Gazetteer)", "Counties" and "Hundreds"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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    "Archer Exploration Limited (ASX:AXE) Campoona Draft Mining Lease Proposal Submitted". ABN Newswire. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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