Coomunga, South Australia

Coomunga South Australia
Coomunga
Coordinates	34.6°S 135.7°E / -34.6; 135.7
Population	133 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	5607
Location	16 km (10 mi) northwest of Port Lincoln
LGA(s)	District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
State electorate(s)	Flinders
Federal division(s)	Grey
Localities around Coomunga: Fountain Pearlah Greenpatch Uley Coomunga Tootenilla Duck Ponds Hawson
Footnotes	[2]

Coomunga is a rural locality near Port Lincoln on lower Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Both the Flinders Highway and the Eyre Peninsula Railway cross the locality from northwest to southeast. Coomunga Station was 21.6km from the Port Lincoln terminus.

The area is predominantly farmland. Other businesses in the area include a small winery and the West Coast Memorial Park and funeral directors. Formal boundaries were established in October 2003.^[2]

The railway from Port Lincoln opened as far as Coomunga in early June 1907, with the initial development extending to Cummins later that year.^[3] The station cease to be used long ago, and the entire line has been dormant since 2019.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coomunga (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Placename Details: (LOCB)". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia.
3. "PORT LINCOLN RAILWAY". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXII, no. 18, 900. South Australia. 11 June 1907. p. 4. Retrieved 5 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.