Coonawarra, South Australia

Coonawarra is a small town north of Penola in South Australia. It is best known for the Coonawarra wine region named after it.

This article is about the town in South Australia. For other uses, see Coonawarra (disambiguation).

Coonawarra
South Australia
Coonawarra railway station, looking south
Coonawarra
Coordinates37°17′31″S 140°49′59″E[1]
Population137 (2016 census)[2]
Established13 December 2001 (locality)[3]
Postcode(s)5263[4]
Elevation57 m (187 ft)[5]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Wattle Range Council
RegionLimestone Coast[1]
CountyRobe[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[6]
Federal Division(s)Barker[7]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5]
20.5 °C
69 °F		 8.1 °C
47 °F		 568.7 mm
22.4 in
Localities around Coonawarra:
Maaoup Glenroy
Comaum
Maaoup Coonawarra Dorodong
Monbulla Penola Lake Mundi
FootnotesLocations[4]
Adjoining localities[1]

The Aboriginal Australians living in the area when Europeans arrived were the Bindjali people,[8][9] The word coonawarra is reported to have been their word for honeysuckle,[10] although this meaning has also been ascribed to Penola by the same source.[9]

Coonawarra was a station on the Mount Gambier railway line, which opened in 1887 and operated until it closed to freight on 12 April 1995. The Limestone Coast Railway tourist trains stopped at the station from Mount Gambier until 20 March 1999.

Wynns Coonawarra - Cellar Door

The township of Coonawarra is a few hundred metres west of the Riddoch Highway which passes along the ridge in the middle of the Coonawarra wine region. The historic Wynn's Coonawarra Winery in Memorial Drive is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[11]

Population

In the 2016 Australian Census, there were 137 people in Coonawarra. 84.9% of people were born in Australia and 89.9% of people spoke only English at home.[2]

References
  1. "Search results for "Coonawarra, LOCB" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Railways', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coonawarra(SA)(SSC) (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 November 2018. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  3. Lawson, R. (13 December 2001). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the Wattle Range Council)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 5365. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. "Coonawarra, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  5. "Summary statistics COONAWARRA". Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Government. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  8. "Map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  9. "Penola, SA". Aussie Towns. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  10. "The History of Coonawarra". Coonawarra Vignerons. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  11. "Wynn's Coonawarra Winery". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 August 2016.



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