- Coomandook, South Australia
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Coomandook
South Australia
The general store and bottle shop at Coomandook.Postcode: 5261 Elevation: 16 m (52 ft) Location: 120 km (75 mi) SE of Adelaide LGA: Coorong District Council State District: MacKillop Federal Division: Barker Coomandook is a settlement about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east-southeast of Adelaide on Dukes Highway in South Australia.[1] The nearest place with a larger population is Coonalpyn, which is 29 kilometres (18 mi) away, with a population of around 230.
Coomandook is near the edge of the vast mallee scrub area which stretches from western Victoria across into the south east of South Australia. The most common agricultural industries are sheep, beef cattle rearing and grain growing.
The population of Coomandook was not recorded under that name in the 2006 census, but 134 voters cast their votes in Coomandook during the 2010 Barker division election.[2]
References
- ^ 5.0Appendix82006?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=2905.0&issue=2006&num=&view= "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/290 5.0Appendix82006?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=2905.0&issue=2006&num=&view=. Retrieved 08 December 2009.
- ^ "POLLING PLACE - COOMANDOOK". Election 2010. http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/HousePollingPlaceFirstPrefs-15508-6714.htm. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
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