Coordinates: 34°23′35″S 138°25′08″E / 34.393°S 138.419°E / -34.393; 138.419

Calomba, South Australia

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Calomba
South Australia
File:Calomba South Australia.jpg
Long Plains watertower as seen from Calomba
Coordinates34°23′35″S 138°25′08″E / 34.393°S 138.419°E / -34.393; 138.419
Postcode(s)5501[1]
LGA(s)Adelaide Plains Council[1]
State electorate(s)Narungga[2]
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Calomba:
Long Plains Pinery Pinery
Windsor Calomba Grace Plains
Dublin Dublin Mallala
FootnotesCoordinates[3]
Adjoining localities[3]

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][3] The place name is supposed to have come from Trigonella suavissima, a native plant also known as calomba.[4][5][6] It had a former railway siding, located between Mallala and Long Plains on the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line.[3] 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.[7] 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.[7][8] The district had a school at Stoney Point junction[9] 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.[10] The Shannon Methodist Church was opened in 1872, closed in 1957 and demolished in 1965.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Search result(s) for Calomba, 5501". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Search result for 'Calomba, LOCB'". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0062511. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Praite, R (1970). Place Names of South Australia. Rigby. ISBN 0-85179-083-6.
  5. ↑ Manning, Geoffrey (2010). The place names of our land: a South Australian anthology, Modbury, South Australia. Gould Genealogy & History.
  6. ↑ "Search result for 'Calomba Railway Station, RSTA'". Government of South Australia. SA0011719. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Calomba Railway Servicea". Mallala Now and Then. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Calomba". Phoenix Auctions Reference. Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Search result for 'Stoney Point, JUNC'". Government of South Australia. SA0063280. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Disastrous SA bush fire sweeps town". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 31, 637. Victoria, Australia. 24 January 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "Shannon Methodist Church". NowAndThen.net.au. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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