Poonindie, South Australia facts for kids
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|LGA(s)||District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula|
The land upon which it sits was originally the land of the Barngarla people. Poonindie was established in 1850 by the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide Augustus Short as a mission to Aboriginal people in South Australia.
The original church survives and remains in use today. The township also survives, with a small population. The mission itself has been converted to an Aboriginal reserve and granted to the Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community Council. The land is now used as a small homeland, called Akenta.
Poonindie has a number of sites associated with the former mission listed on the South Australian Heritage Register, including:
- Poonindie Mission Bakehouse Complex and Well
- Poonindie Mission Superintendent's Residence
- Poonindie Cemetery
- Poonindie Mission Schoolhouse
- St Matthew's Anglican Church
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