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Pinnaroo
South Australiatown
Pinnaroo
Total population
575
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Pinnaroo is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, near the border with Victoria, 243 km east of Adelaide. Pinnaroo is on the north side of the Mallee Highway, and on the railway line between Tailem Bend and Ouyen. The roadhouse on the highway at Pinnaroo is the first "food and leg-stretch" stop on the bus route from Adelaide to Sydney.
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History
The town's name is derived from a word for "big man" in a local Aboriginal language. The railway arrived in the area in 1906. There had not been any significant development in the area before that, as the remoteness and difficulty of getting supplies in and produce out had made it uneconomic to farm before that.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves85
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves77
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves72
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves70
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves69
- Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves62
- Gray TealAnas gracilis Buller, 1869 · Aves60
- Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves59
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.8 — 2021-10-08100 km NE of Keith, Australia
- M 3.4 — 2006-10-0183 km NE of Keith, Australia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in South Australia
- Karoonda58.2 mi away · pop. 337
- Buccleuch58.2 mi away
- Tintinara64.4 mi away · pop. 277
- Coonalpyn66.3 mi away · pop. 193
- Paringa74.9 mi away · pop. 1,026
- Greenways Landing80.8 mi away · pop. 54
- Julanka Holdings81.6 mi away
- Sunnyside88.5 mi away · pop. 13
- Greenbanks89.1 mi away · pop. 27
- Willow Banks89.3 mi away · pop. 64
- Black Hill90.6 mi away
- Policeman Point92.2 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Pinnaroo
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Pinnaroo, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library