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Hookina, South Australia One Place Study

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Date: 1862 to 1900
Location: Hookina, South Australia, Australiamap
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Hookina, South Australia One Place Study

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Name

Hookina is a former town in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. Its name is derived from a corruption of the Aboriginal jukena - ‘black place’. In fact, Hookina Creek, located south of where the railway station was, flows across slaty, black rocks.[1]

Geography

Continent: Oceania
Country: Australia
State/Province: South Australia
Region: Flinders Ranges
GPS Coordinates: -31.80583, 138.26213
Elevation: 160.7 m or 527.1 feet

History

Population

Sources

  1. ↑ Geoffrey H. Manning. A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia - H, 2012.




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