Julia is a locality in the

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, 111 kilometres North of

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, the state capital. The town is located north of

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, in the

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. It was created in August 2000, with boundaries formalised for the long established local name. A Lutheran congregation at Julia was formed in January 1910. It met in private homes and a wheat shed before a church was built, opening in August 1911. The church was extended in 1928. Julia Primary School opened in 1910 and closed in 1950. Author

Colin Thiele Colin Milton Thiele AC (; 16 November 1920 – 4 September 2006) was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels '' Storm Boy'', '' Blue Fin'', the '' Sun on the Stubble'' ...

, who was raised outside Julia, attended the school from 1926 to 1932. A post office at Julia opened in February 1881 and closed in April 1886. A postal receiving office subsequently opened in December 1908 and closed in July 1981, having been operated by a local woman out of a room of her house for years. A public hall at Julia opened in 1909, and was replaced twice, in 1926 and 1958. Julia Football Club was established in 1911 and played in a number of competitions, including the County Eyre Association and the Mid-North Association. It went into recess from 1954 to 1956 and folded in 1960.

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