Kybunga, South Australia

Kybunga is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia. It was on the Gladstone railway line 87 1⁄2 miles (140.8 km) north of Adelaide[1] on the plains to the west of the Clare Valley. Kybunga school opened in 1881[3] and closed in 1988.[4] The former Methodist and Uniting church opened in 1886[5][6] and is now a private residence.[7]

Kybunga
South Australia
Wheat stacks at Kybunga, ca. 1920
Kybunga
Coordinates33.921710°S 138.505030°E / -33.921710; 138.505030
Postcode(s)5453
Elevation192 m (630 ft)[1]
Location
  • 11 km (7 mi) south of Blyth
  • 17 km (11 mi) southwest of Clare
  • 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Balaklava
  • 126 km (78 mi) north of Adelaide
LGA(s)Wakefield Regional Council
State electorate(s)Frome
Federal Division(s)Grey
Localities around Kybunga:
Blyth Boconnoc Park
Bowillia Kybunga Spring Gully
Stow Hoyleton Watervale
Footnotes[2]
Cemetery

References
  1. "Placename Details: Kybunga Railway Station". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 13 November 2008. SA0042051. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. "Placename Details: Kybunga". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 13 November 2008. SA0038065. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. Kybunga Primary School. Centenary Committee (1981). Kybunga Primary School, 1881-1981. Kybunga Primary School Centenary Committee. ISBN 978-0-9594061-0-8.
  4. "Kybunga". Place Names of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. Kybunga Uniting Church (Kybunga, S.A.) (1987), Kybunga Uniting Church, 1896-1987, Kybunga Uniting Church, retrieved 5 December 2015
  6. "GOLDEN JUBILEE OF KYBUNGA METHODIST CHURCH". The Producer (Balaklava, SA : 1940 - 1950). Balaklava, SA: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  7. "1 Alexander Street Kybunga Kybunga SA 5453". Realestate.com.au. REA Group Ltd. 10 February 2014. 107273776. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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