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Naracoorte is a town in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, approximately 336 kilometres south-east of Adelaide and 100 kilometres north of Mount Gambier on the Riddoch Highway (A66).




History


Before the colonisation of South Australia in 1836, the land now occupied by the town of Naracoorte was situated on the border of lands occuped by the Bindjali people to the east and Ngarrindjeri to the east.
Naracoorte was formed from the merger of two towns, Kincraig, founded in 1845 by Scottish explorer William Macintosh, and Narracoorte, established as a government settlement in 1847. The name has gone through a number of spellings, and is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal words for place of running water or large waterhole. It grew during the 1850s as a service town for people going to and from the Victorian gold rush. The post office opened in March 1853 and was known as Mosquito Plains post office until 1861.
The District Council of Naracoorte was established in August 1870 to locally govern the lands of the Hundred of Naracoorte. In 1888 the size of the district was dramatically expanded to include surrounding areas not yet locally governed. As a consequence, in February 1924 the Corporate Town of Naracoorte was established to provide dedicated local governance to the township.
In 1935 a cinema, the Austral Theatre, designed by Chris A. Smith, opened at 124-140 Smith Street. It was later known as the Rivoli Theatre.
The Kingston-Naracoorte railway line was closed on 28 November 1987 and dismantled in September 1991. On 12 April 1995, the Mount Gambier to Wolseley line was closed, while pending gauge standardisation.




Governance


Since 1993 Naracoorte has been locally governed by the amalgamated Naracoorte Lucindale Council. Naracoorte is in the state electoral district of MacKillop, and the federal Division of Barker.




Economy



Naracoorte has historically been a service centre for the sheep, cattle and wheat farming industries in the surrounding area.
In recent decades, tourism has become a major industry due to the town's proximity to several wine regions and internationally recognised natural features. Both the World-Heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves National Park, the Ramsar-listed Bool and Hacks Lagoons are south of the township. The wine regions of Coonawarra and Wrattonbully lie further south, while the Padthaway lies to the north, placing Naracoorte at the centre of the three.

Other places of interest to tourists include:

The Visitor Information Centre & Sheep's Back Museum – MacDonnell Street
Lions Pioneer Park – MacDonnell Street
Tiny Train Park & Mini Golf – Park Terrace
Naracoorte Art Gallery – Ormerod Street
Mini Jumbuk Centre – 61 Smith Street
Swimming Lake – Moore Street
Jubilee Nature Park – Moore Street
Russet Ridge Winery – Cnr Caves Road and Riddoch Highway
Struan House – Riddoch Highway




= Heritage listed sites

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Naracoorte has a number of sites listed on the South Australian Heritage Register, including:

6 Church Street: St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
DeGaris Place: Commercial Bank of South Australia Building (current council office)
2 Laurie Crescent: St Paul's Anglican Church
MacDonnell Street: Simpson's Flour Mill (current Sheep's Back Museum)
23–25 McDonnell Street: Limbert's Store and Residence
30 McLeay Street: Dartmoor Homestead
13 Ormerod Street: Old Naracoorte District Council Chambers
81 Smith Street: National Bank Building




Services






= Schools

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There are three schools: Naracoorte High on Stewart Terrace, Naracoorte Primary on Park Terrace and Naracoorte South Primary. Independent schools include Naracoorte Christian School, also called Sunrise Christian School, on Caves Road.




= Other services

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Naracoorte Hospital
Police at 66 Smith Street
Transport – Bus station at 170 Smith Street




Climate


Naracoorte has a dry temperate mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb, Trewartha: Csbk). It has warm, dry summers that are frequently interrupted by cold fronts. Naracoorte has cool, very rainy winters.




Media






= Newspapers

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The town is home to The Naracoorte Herald, a newspaper published in the town under that name since 1948. Prior to that, the newspaper had used the older spelling of the town, and was known as The Narracoorte Herald, which had begun publication on 14 December 1875. It was formerly part of Fairfax Media, with the Fairfax regional office located in the town on Smith Street. Since mid 2019 it has been owned by Australian Community Media, who purchased the Rural Press publications when Fairfax was bought by Nine.
In 1912, a nearby publication, the Tatiara and Lawloit News (13 June 1908 – 15 June 1912), which also printed in Naracoorte, was absorbed into the Herald.
In May 2020 a new rival paper, "Naracoorte Community News" was launched by Michael Waite to fill the gap left by the suspension of ‘'The Naracoorte Herald'’ during the COVID-19 pandemic.




= Television

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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) – ABC, ABC TV Plus (formerly ABC Comedy)/ABC Kids, ABC Me, ABC News (digital channels)
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) – SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World Movies, SBS Food, SBS WorldWatch, NITV (digital channels)
WIN Television (7, 9 & 10) as SES-8 – SES-8 relays the programming from Seven Network (Seven SA), Nine Network (Nine SA) & Network 10 (10 SA).
Foxtel – Subscription Television service Foxtel is also available via satellite.
WIN Television's Channel 10 broadcasts Network Ten programming, Channel Seven broadcasts Seven Network programming & Channel Nine broadcasts Nine Network programming. The programming schedules for these channels is the same as Channel Nine, Channel Seven and Channel Ten in Adelaide. Local commercials are inserted and some variations made for coverage of Australian Football League or National Rugby League matches, state and national news, and current affairs programs, some lifestyle and light entertainment shows and infomercials.




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Sport


Naracoorte has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League. Naracoorte supplies players for a number of surrounding teams, such as Kybybolite, Padthaway and Border Districts.
Naracoorte has a rugby league team that competes in the Limestone Coast Rugby League called the Naracoorte Jets.
Naracoorte has a soccer club competing in the Limestone Coast Football Association.
The Naracoorte Racing Club holds thoroughbred horse racing at its track located 4 kilometres from the centre of the town.




Notable residents


Aaron Fiora, footballer
Alex Forster, footballer
Alexander McLachlan, politician
Alan Rawlinson
Allan Rodda
Alice Monfries
Angus Schumacher
Ben Johnson
Cam Sutcliffe
Elizee De Garis
Emily Beaton
George Ash
George Byng Scott
Greg Rowe
Hattie Shand
Harvey Jolly
Indira Naidoo, media identity
Lachie Neale
Lachlan Busiko
Lucy Penelope Hood, politician
Ben Hood, politician
Jack Trengove
James Gardiner, politician
Jessica Trengove, athlete
Louisa O'Brien was born here in 1880 and she became a leading hotelier
John Baxter Mather
Mountifort Conner
Sam Burston
Thomas Wilde Boothby
Park Laurie
Paul Rofe, cricketer
Percy Hutton
Russell Dumas
William Shiels




References






External links


Media related to Naracoorte, South Australia at Wikimedia Commons
Naracoorte travel guide from Wikivoyage
FairfaxDigital Travel – Naracoorte
Naracoorte Lucindale Council. Retrieved 5 March 2011.

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