Keyneton, South Australia
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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Keyneton
| state = sa
| image = KeynetonBuilding2.JPG
| caption = A building in Keyneton
| lga = Mid Murray Council
| postcode = 5353
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| coordinates = {{coord|34|33|14|S|139|08|06|E|display=inline,title}}
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| stategov = Schubert
| fedgov = Barker
| dist1 = 82
| dir1 = NE
| location1= Adelaide
| dist2 = 17
| dir2 = SW
| location2= Nuriootpa, South Australia
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| near-n = Truro
| near-ne = Towitta
| near-e = Sedan
| near-se = Cambrai
| near-s = Eden Valley
| near-sw = Flaxman Valley, Mount McKenzie
| near-w = Angaston
| near-nw = Moculta
}}Keyneton is a locality in South Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/2905.0Appendix82006?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=2905.0&issue=2006&num=&view=|title=2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006 |date=17 July 2007 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=8 December 2009}} The town is in the Mid Murray Council local government area, {{convert|82|km|mi}} north-east of the state capital, Adelaide.
The town was named after English pastoralist Joseph Keynes (related to the Keynes Family), who had settled the area in 1842 and whose descendants still live and farm in the area. It is in the Eden Valley wine region.
The historic former North Rhine Mine Engine House in Pine Hut Road and the Bridge Over the River Somme on the Sedan-Angaston Road are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.{{cite web | url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16313 | title=Engine House for Direct Acting ('Bull') Pumping Engine, North Rhine Mine | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=28 May 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16312 | title=Bridge over the River Somme [Under-strutted Timber] | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=28 May 2016}}
Notable people
- Sarah Lindsay Evans (1816–1898), temperance activist
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Category:Towns in South Australia
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