Rudall is a town and locality in

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. At the , Rudall had a population of 90. It is named for the cadastral Hundred of Rudall, which was named after politician Samuel Rudall. It is a grain and sheep service centre on the

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. It is on the

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between

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and Kimba and the

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between Cleve and

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. Rudall Centre School opened in 1921 and closed in 1946, while the Hundred of Rudall School opened in 1917 and closed in 1949. A postal receiving office opened at Rudall on 3 January 1914, was upgraded to a post office on 1 January 1921, and became a community mail agent on 10 January 1992. It formerly had a Methodist church. Rudall is located within the federal

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, the state

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and the local government area of the District Council of Cleve.

The government town of Taragoro

The town of Taragoro () which was located about south-east of the town of Rudall on the route of the Eyre Peninsula Railway was proclaimed on 30 July 1914 and was declared to "cease to exist" on 4 February 1960. The former town whose site is located within the locality of Rudall is reported to be named after an Aboriginal word for "small black cormorant."

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Towns in South Australia Eyre Peninsula {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub

The government town of Taragoro

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