| Paruna South Australia |
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Railway Tce, the main street of Paruna |
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Paruna
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| Postcode: | 5311 |
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| LGA: | District Council of Loxton Waikerie |
| State District: | Chaffey |
| Federal Division: | Barker |
Paruna is a town in eastern South Australia. The town is located on the Renmark–Bordertown road, 237 kilometres (147 mi) east of the state capital, Adelaide.
Purana is an aboriginal word meaning "stopping place".[1] Paruna School operated between 1917 and 1965, and Paruna North School between 1925 and 1941.[1] Brown's Well District Area School closed in 2007.[2][3] The effects of prolonged drought and the movement of population to larger centres has led to the closure of a number of other facilities over recent years, including the general store and the golf club.[4]