Parnaroo

Parnaroo
South Australia
Postcode(s) 5422 [1]
LGA(s) District Council of Peterborough
State electorate(s) Stuart [1]
Federal Division(s) Grey [1]
Localities around Parnaroo:
Dawson Oodla Wirra Nackara
Ucolta Parnaroo Hardy
Terowie Franklyn Pine Creek
Footnotes Coordinates[2]

Parnaroo is a rural locality in South Australia, situated east of Peterborough. It shares the same boundaries as the cadastral Hundred of Parnaroo, which was established on 31 October 1878. It was reportedly named for an Aboriginal word meaning "rain of little stones", which had been taken from a sheep run opened in the area in 1854.[3][4] The modern locality was formalised in August 2000, and named for the long established local name.[2]

Originally the land of the Ngadjuri people, it was the site of a small settlement in the early days of British colonisation of the State, but the settlement never developed and is now in ruin. Farmers at Parnaroo reported major challenges in the 1880s due to the landscape and low rainfall, being north of Goyder's Line.[5]

Parnaroo School operated from 1890 to 1930, while Parnaroo South School operated from 1895 until 1911.[4] Parnaroo Post Office opened on 27 July 1871 and closed on 30 November 1916.[6] The land is now private pastoral land.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Search result(s) for Parnaroo, 5422". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Search result(s) for Parnaroo, 5422". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Search result(s) for Hundred of Parnaroo". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Place Names of South Australia - P". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "THROUGH THE BARRIER RANGES TO THE DARLING.". South Australian Register. XLVI, (10,903). South Australia. 24 October 1881. p. 5. Retrieved 26 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Parnaroo". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

External links

http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/p/p3.htm

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