Poonindie, South Australia

Poonindie
South Australia
Poonindie
Coordinates 34°34′53″S 135°52′52″E / 34.58126250°S 135.88101325°E / -34.58126250; 135.88101325Coordinates: 34°34′53″S 135°52′52″E / 34.58126250°S 135.88101325°E / -34.58126250; 135.88101325
Established 1850[1]
Postcode(s) 5607[2]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula[1]
Region Eyre Western[3]
County Flinders[3]
State electorate(s) Flinders[4]
Federal Division(s) Grey[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.2 °C
70 °F		 11.3 °C
52 °F		 383.2 mm
15.1 in
Localities around Poonindie:
Whites Flat Whites Flat
Louth Bay		 Louth Bay
Charlton Gully Poonindie Spencer Gulf
North Shields North Shields Spencer Gulf
Footnotes Location[2]
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities[1]

Poonindie is a small township near Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

The land upon which it sits was originally the land of the Barngarla people. Poonindie was established in 1850 by the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide Augustus Short as a mission to Aboriginal people in South Australia.[7]

The original church survives and remains in use today. The township also survives, with a small population. The mission itself has been converted to an Aboriginal reserve and granted to the Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community Council. The land is now used as a small homeland, called Akenta.

Heritage listings

Poonindie has a number of sites associated with the former mission listed on the South Australian Heritage Register, including:

  • Poonindie Mission Bakehouse Complex and Well [8]
  • Poonindie Mission Superintendent's Residence [9]
  • Poonindie Cemetery [10]
  • Poonindie Mission Schoolhouse [11]
  • St Matthew's Anglican Church [12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Search result for "Poonindie (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0056410)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Poonindie, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Search results for "Poonindie LOCB" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Counties'". Location SA Map viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  7. ↑ http://www.poonindie.com/poonindie/poonindie.htm
  8. ↑ "Former Bakehouse Complex & Well, former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Former Superintendent's Residence, former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Former Poonindie Mission Cemetery". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Former Schoolhouse (supposed), former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "St Matthew's Anglican Church, former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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