Ki Ki, South Australia
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Ki Ki
| state = sa
| image = KI KI railway.jpg
| caption = Sign at the former railway station
| coordinates = {{coord|35.568087|S|139.792683|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| pop =
| established = 12 June 1913 (town)
24 August 2000 (locality)
| established_footnotes = {{cite web |last1=Bice |first1=John G. |title=TOWN OF KI KI. |url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1913/25/1268.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=6 April 2019 |page=1268 |date=12 June 1913}}{{Citation | title = GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places {within the Coorong District Council) | journal = The South Australian Government Gazette | page = 596 | date=24 August 2000 | url =http://governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/public/documents/gazette/2000/August/2000_132.pdf |access-date= 6 April 2019}}
| elevation= 28
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| dist1 = 130
| dir1 = SE
| location1= Adelaide
| dist2 = 49
| dir2 = SE
| location2= Tailem Bend
| lga = Coorong District Council
| county = Buccleuch
| region = Murray and Mallee
| stategov = MacKillop
| fedgov = Barker
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| near-ne = Netherton
| near-se = Coonalpyn
| near-s = Coonalpyn
| near-sw = Coonalpyn
| near-w = Yumali
| near-nw = Yumali
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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. 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.{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |id=SA0033747 |work=Property Location Browser Report |title=Placename Details: Ki Ki Well |publisher=Government of South Australia |date=4 March 2008 |access-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC43901|name=Ki Ki (State Suburb) |accessdate=9 August 2011|quick=on}} 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
Image:KI KI mainstreet.jpg|Main Street
Image:KI KI church.jpg|Site of the Congregational Church
Image:KI KI infoboard.jpg|Information board in the parking bay.
See also
Notes and references
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