Ki Ki, South Australia

Ki Ki South Australia
Sign at the former railway station
Ki Ki
Coordinates	35°34′05″S 139°47′34″E[1]
Population	47 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	12 June 1913 (town) 24 August 2000 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)	5261[5]
Elevation	28 m (92 ft)[6]
Location	130 km (81 mi) SE of Adelaide 49 km (30 mi) SE of Tailem Bend
LGA(s)	Coorong District Council[1]
Region	Murray and Mallee[1]
County	Buccleuch[1]
State electorate(s)	MacKillop
Federal division(s)	Barker
Localities around Ki Ki: Yumali Yumali Netherton Netherton Yumali Ki Ki Netherton Coonalpyn Coonalpyn Coonalpyn Coonalpyn
Footnotes	Locations[5] Adjoining localities[1]

Ki Ki is a small town in South Australia. It is on the Dukes Highway (A8) adjacent to the Adelaide-Melbourne railway, the main links between Adelaide and Melbourne. The town is the primary settlement for the Hundred of Livingston.

The town was proclaimed on 12 June 1913.[3] It got its name from the Kik Ki Well, which in turn was derived from the Aboriginal name for the worms dug out of the nearby soakage.[7] It has a small post office, parking bay, town hall, engineering business "Ki Ki Engineering", and is surrounded by large pastoral properties. At the 2006 census, Ki Ki had a population of 193.[8] Its postcode is 5261.

Ki Ki had a Congregational Church, which was built in 1910 and closed in 1969.

Ki Ki has an active tennis club, which belongs to the Border-Downs Tennis Association.

Australian rules footballer Martin Mattner grew up in the town.

Photo gallery

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  Main Street
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  Site of the Congregational Church
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  Information board in the parking bay.

See also

• List of reduplicated Australian place names

Notes and references

1. "Search results for 'Ki Ki, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ki Ki (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. Bice, John G. (12 June 1913). "TOWN OF KI KI" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1268. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
4. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places {within the Coorong District Council)" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 596, 24 August 2000, retrieved 6 April 2019
5. "(postcode for) Ki Ki, South Australia". postcodes-australia. postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
6. "Placename Details: Ki Ki Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 4 March 2008. SA0033746. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
7. "Placename Details: Ki Ki Well". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 4 March 2008. SA0033747. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
8. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Ki Ki (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 August 2011.