5-647: Peebinga may refer to. Peebinga, South Australia , a town and locality and the site of a historic railway station. Peebinga Conservation Park , a protected area in South Australia Peebinga railway line , a railway line in South Australia Peebinga Important Bird Area , a designation associated with the Peebinga Conservation Park Hundred of Peebinga ,
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15-565: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Peebinga, South Australia Peebinga is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia . Peebinga was the terminus of the Peebinga railway line which was built in 1914 as part of a major state government project to open up the Murray Mallee for grazing and cropping. When
20-472: The railway was built, it terminated in the scrub in the district of Peebinga. The town was later surveyed in 1924 adjacent to the railway station. The current locality of Peebinga includes the historic place of Mootatunga . Mootatunga was the next-to-last stop on the railway line, and is now adjacent to Peebinga Conservation Park and the Browns Well Highway , 5 km west of Peebinga itself. Peebinga
25-466: Was named by Governor of South Australia , Tom Bridges after the district, which had previously been named by Governor Day Bosanquet in 1912 from the Aboriginal name for a rock hole in the area. Mootatunga was the native name for a totem of the tribe. The town was also surveyed in 1924. The railway closed in 1990. The post office opened in 1926 and closed in 1986. Peebinga school opened in 1938 but
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