Nundroo, South Australia

Nundroo
South Australia
Nundroo
Postcode: 5690
Coordinates: [1]
Location:
  • 1014 km (630 mi) from Adelaide
  • 554 km (344 mi) from Port Lincoln
  • 347 km (216 mi) from Western Australian border
LGA: Outback Areas Community Development Trust
State District: Flinders
Federal Division: Grey

Nundroo is a small South Australian town, located approximately 1,014 kilometres (630 mi) west of Adelaide. It is a popular rest stop for travellers due to its location on the Eyre Highway.

The area was settled by sheep graziers in the 1860s. By the 1870s the Nundroo sheep station had been incorporated in the larger Yalata and Fowlers Bay sheep runs. In the following decade these vast runs were broken up as the original pastoral leases expired, opening the area up to such activities as grain farming.

As an agriculture based town, its industries include sheep production and grain growing farming.[2][3] Nundroo has its motel, Nundroo Hotel Motel opened in 1957 and a roadhouse, the Nundroo Roadhouse, used a transient stop to Eucla and other nearby towns Coorabie, Bookabie, Fowlers Bay, Koonibba and the major town of Ceduna.[4]

References

  1. ^ Commonwealth of Australia (2009). "Place Names Search: NUNDROO". Australian Government - Geosciences Australia. http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=190500. Retrieved 7 November 2009. 
  2. ^ Collins, J. (2007). "Coorabie and Districts Community Plan". Outback Areas Community Development Trust. http://www.oacdt.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/26988/Coorabie_Community_Plan.pdf. Retrieved 7 November 2009. 
  3. ^ "Grain growers expecting above average yields". ABC News - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 October 2006. http://abc.gov.au/news/stories/2006/10/06/1757218.htm. Retrieved 7 November 2009. 
  4. ^ "Communities - Coorabie". Outback Areas Community Development Trust. 2003-2007. http://www.oacdt.sa.gov.au/communities/map_of_communities/coorabie. Retrieved 7 November 2009. 

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