__NOTOC__ Baroota is a locality in the Australian state of

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located on the east coast of

Spencer Gulf The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe an ...

about north of the state capital of

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and about north-east of the city of

Port Pirie Port Pirie is a small city on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf in South Australia, north of the state capital, Adelaide. Port Pirie is the largest city and the main retail centre of the Mid North region of South Australia. The city has an ex ...

. Baroota originally started as a private sub-division in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Baroota. Its boundaries were created for the “long established name” on 13 March 1997. Its name is reported as being derived from “an early pastoral lease which derived the name either from the local Aboriginal tribe or a corruption of the Aboriginal word "nilbaroota" meaning reedy place for animals or animal food.” The locality occupies land extending from the coastline with Spencer Gulf in the west to the western side of the

Flinders Ranges The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain ranges in South Australia, which starts about north of Adelaide. The ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna. The Adnyamathanha people are the Aboriginal group who have inhab ...

in the east. The

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and Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line both pass through the locality in a north-south direction. The southern end of the Black Range section of the

Mount Remarkable National Park Mount Remarkable National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about north of the state capital of Adelaide and east of Port Augusta. It is also the name of the highest peak in the park, with a height of ...

extends into the locality from the north-east. The

Baroota Reservoir Baroota Reservoir is a reservoir on the western edge of the southern Flinders Ranges of South Australia. It was built in 1921 to supply additional water to Port Pirie Port Pirie is a small city on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf in South ...

is located on the Baroota Creek in the east of the locality. The land use within the locality is divided between

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and

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of land associated with both the coastline in the west and the water catchment for the Baroota Reservoir in the locality’s east. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Telowie had a population of 95 people. Baroota is located within the federal division of

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, the state electoral district of

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and the local government area of the

District Council of Mount Remarkable The Mount Remarkable District Council is a local government area located between the top of the Spencer Gulf and the base of the Southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia. The district encompasses a wide variety of towns, including coastal por ...

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