Barndioota, South Australia

Barndioota
South Australia
Barndioota
Coordinates 31°55′S 138°11′E / 31.92°S 138.18°E / -31.92; 138.18Coordinates: 31°55′S 138°11′E / 31.92°S 138.18°E / -31.92; 138.18
Established 1883
Postcode(s) 5434
LGA(s) Flinders Ranges Council
State electorate(s) Giles
Federal Division(s) Grey
Localities around Barndioota:
Lake Torrens Station Flinders Ranges Flinders Ranges
Wallerberdina Barndioota Hawker
Yadlamalka, Yarrah Kanyaka Kanyaka

Barndioota is a locality and former town in the southern Flinders Ranges west of Hawker. The bounded locality of Barndioota corresponds to the cadastral Hundred of Barndioota and also includes the former town of Hookina. The town was surveyed in 1883 and declared ceased to exist in 1929.[1]

In April 2016, Barndioota was proposed as a possible site for a government-owned nuclear waste storage facility.[2]

References

  1. "Placename Details: Barndioota". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0004708. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  2. Norman, Jane; staff (29 April 2016). "Nuclear dump: Barndioota station in SA earmarked as site of waste facility". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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