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Balcanoona Homestead
South Australiahamlet
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Balcanoona Homestead is a hamlet in South Australia, Australia. Geographically it lies in the southern hemisphere at a warm temperate latitude (-30.531°, 139.304°). Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. The location receives about 2,073 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 81% of daylight hours. Based on its warm temperate position, residents likely encounter warm summers and cool winters. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- red kangarooMacropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) · Mammalia1,308
- eastern wallarooMacropus robustus Gould, 1840 · Mammalia877
- domestic goatCapra hircus Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia541
- EmuDromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) · Aves511
- Yellow-footed Rock WallabyPetrogale xanthopus Gray, 1854 · Mammalia251
- Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves201
- European rabbitOryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia152
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves147
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.5 — 2007-11-19184 km NE of Quorn, Australia
- M 4 — 2007-01-28166 km E of Roxby Downs, Australia
- M 2.7 — 2007-01-01151 km NNE of Quorn, Australia
- M 3.9 — 2006-07-27196 km NE of Quorn, Australia
- M 2.5 — 2006-03-23135 km NNE of Quorn, Australia
- M 4.4 — 2005-05-14182 km NE of Quorn, Australia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in South Australia
- Iga-Warta Aboriginal Community22.3 mi away · pop. 7
- Lyndhurst59.3 mi away · pop. 3
- Wilpena Pound80.2 mi away
- Witchelina Homestead83 mi away
- Mount Nor West Homestead86.4 mi away
- Oak Dam Village128.8 mi away
- Olary135.1 mi away · pop. 4
- Mannahill137.3 mi away · pop. 4
- Black Rock162.9 mi away
- Miranda172.7 mi away · pop. 30
- Stone Hut187.3 mi away
- Napperby194.2 mi away · pop. 291
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org