Poonindie
| Poonindie South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Poonindie | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°34′53″S 135°52′52″E / 34.5812625°S 135.88101325°ECoordinates: 34°34′53″S 135°52′52″E / 34.5812625°S 135.88101325°E | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1850[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5607[1] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula [1] | ||||||||||||
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Poonindie is a small township near Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
The land upon which it sits was originally the land of the Barngarla people. Poonindie was established in 1850 by the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide Augustus Short as a mission to Aboriginal people in South Australia.[2]
The original church survives and remains in use today. The township also survives, with a small population. The mission itself has been converted to an Aboriginal reserve and granted to the Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community Council. The land is now used as a small homeland, called Akenta.
Heritage listings
Poonindie has a number of heritage-listed sites associated with the former mission, including:
- Poonindie Mission Bakehouse Complex and Well [3]
- Poonindie Mission Superintendent's Residence [4]
- Poonindie Cemetery [5]
- Poonindie Mission Schoolhouse [6]
- St Matthew's Anglican Church [7]
References
- 1 2 3 "Search result for "Poonindie (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0056410)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ↑ http://www.poonindie.com/poonindie/poonindie.htm
- ↑ "Former Bakehouse Complex & Well, former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ "Former Superintendent's Residence, former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ "Former Poonindie Mission Cemetery". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ "Former Schoolhouse (supposed), former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ "St Matthew's Anglican Church, former Poonindie Mission". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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