Calomba, South Australia
| Calomba South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Calomba | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°23′35″S 138°25′08″E / 34.393°S 138.419°ECoordinates: 34°23′35″S 138°25′08″E / 34.393°S 138.419°E | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5501 [1] | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Adelaide Plains Council [1] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Goyder [1] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Wakefield [1] | ||||||||||||
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Calomba is a rural locality in South Australia, situated in the Adelaide Plains Council. The formal boundaries were established in 1997 for the long established local name.[1][2] The name comes from a native plant.[3][4]
It had a former railway siding, located between Mallala and Long Plains on the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line.[2] The area was formerly known as Shannon, but the railway station was named Calomba at its opening in 1916 due to the presence of another "Shannon" in the state.[5]
A postal receiving office at Calomba opened in April 1920, became a post office in January 1921, and closed on 19 January 1975. It shared a premises with the local store.[5][6]
The district had a school at Stony Point junction[7]
The town was severely damaged by a bushfire in 1948, with almost £100,000 worth of damage being incurred. Three buildings in the main street were destroyed, including the post office and store; a church, homes and farm equipment were also lost.[8]
The Shannon Methodist Church was opened in 1872, closed in 1957 and demolished in 1965.[9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Search result(s) for Calomba, 5501". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Search result(s) for Calomba, 5501". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ Praite, R (1970). Place Names of South Australia. Rigby. ISBN 0 85179 083 6.
- ↑ Manning, Geoffrey (2010). The place names of our land: a South Australian anthology, Modbury, South Australia. Gould Genealogy & History.
- 1 2 "Calomba Railway Servicea". Mallala Now and Then. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "Calomba". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "Maps SA". 15 September 2016.
- ↑ "Disastrous SA bush fire sweeps town". The Argus (Melbourne) (31,637). Victoria, Australia. 24 January 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Shannon Methodist Church". 13 September 2016.