Ki Ki, South Australia
24 August 2000 (locality)[3][4]
- 130 km (81 mi) SE of Adelaide
- 49 km (30 mi) SE of Tailem Bend
Localities around Ki Ki: | ||
Yumali | Yumali Netherton | Netherton |
Yumali | Ki Ki | Netherton Coonalpyn |
Coonalpyn | Coonalpyn | Coonalpyn |
Adjoining localities[1]
Ki Ki is a small town in South Australia. It is on the Dukes Highway (A8) adjacent to the Adelaide-Melbourne railway, the main links between Adelaide and Melbourne. The town is the primary settlement for the Hundred of Livingston.
The town was proclaimed on 12 June 1913.[3] It got its name from the Kik Ki Well, which in turn was derived from the Aboriginal name for the worms dug out of the nearby soakage.[7] It has a small post office, parking bay, town hall, engineering business "Ki Ki Engineering", and is surrounded by large pastoral properties. At the 2006 census, Ki Ki had a population of 193.[8] Its postcode is 5261.
Ki Ki had a Congregational Church, which was built in 1910 and closed in 1969.
Ki Ki has an active tennis club, which belongs to the Border-Downs Tennis Association.
Australian rules footballer Martin Mattner grew up in the town.
Photo gallery
- Main Street
- Site of the Congregational Church
- Information board in the parking bay.
See also
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e "Search results for 'Ki Ki, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ki Ki (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Bice, John G. (12 June 1913). "TOWN OF KI KI" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1268. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places {within the Coorong District Council)" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 596, 24 August 2000, retrieved 6 April 2019
- ^ a b "(postcode for) Ki Ki, South Australia". postcodes-australia. postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Placename Details: Ki Ki Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 4 March 2008. SA0033746. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Placename Details: Ki Ki Well". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 4 March 2008. SA0033747. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Ki Ki (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
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