Kongorong, South Australia

Kongorong
South Australia

Kongorong memorial gates (6x WW1, 5x WW2, 1x Vietnam locals killed)
Kongorong
Coordinates 37°54′00″S 140°33′18″E / 37.8999°S 140.5549°E / -37.8999; 140.5549Coordinates: 37°54′00″S 140°33′18″E / 37.8999°S 140.5549°E / -37.8999; 140.5549
Postcode(s) 5291
LGA(s) District Council of Grant[1]
State electorate(s) Mount Gambier [2]
Federal Division(s) Barker[3]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.0 °C
66 °F		 8.2 °C
47 °F		 708.4 mm
27.9 in
Localities around Kongorong:
German Creek German Creek
Burrungule		 Compton
Carpenter Rocks Kongorong Moorak
Mount Schank
Carpenter Rocks Blackfellows Caves
Nene Valley		 Cape Douglas
Footnotes Climate[4]
Adjoining localities[1]

Kongorong is a settlement in South Australia,[5] southwest of Mount Gambier. It has an Australian Rules Football Team and netball team. Kongorong Primary School had 61 students in 2010.[6]

Industry

Kongorong mural

Kongorong is a service town for the surrounding community involved in dairy and sheep farming, timber plantations, and grape growing in the Mount Gambier wine region.

Governance

Kongorong is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government area of the District Council of Grant.[3][2][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Search result for "Kongorong (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0015112) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "District of Mount Gambier Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  6. ↑ "Kongorong Primary & CPC". Department for Education and Child Development. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
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