Barndioota, South Australia
| Barndioota South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Barndioota | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°55′S 138°11′E / 31.92°S 138.18°ECoordinates: 31°55′S 138°11′E / 31.92°S 138.18°E | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1883 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5434 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Flinders Ranges Council | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Giles | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||
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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
- ↑ "Placename Details: Barndioota". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0004708. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ 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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