| Calomba South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Long Plains watertower as seen from Calomba | |||||||||||||||
  Calomba | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°23′35″S 138°25′08″E / 34.393°S 138.419°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 46 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5501[2] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Adelaide Plains Council[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narungga[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[4] Adjoining localities[4] | ||||||||||||||
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.[2][4] The place name is supposed to have come from Trigonella suavissima, a native plant also known as calomba.[5][6][7]
It had a former railway siding, located between Mallala and Long Plains on the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line.[4] 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.[8]
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.[8][9]
The district had a school at Stoney Point junction[10]
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.[11]
The Shannon Methodist Church was opened in 1872, closed in 1957 and demolished in 1965.[12]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Calomba (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Search result(s) for Calomba, 5501". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Search result for 'Calomba Railway Station, RSTA'". Government of South Australia. SA0011719. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Calomba Railway Servicea". Mallala Now and Then. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Calomba". Phoenix Auctions Reference. Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Search result for 'Stoney Point, JUNC'". Government of South Australia. SA0063280. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Shannon Methodist Church". NowAndThen.net.au. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
