Simmonston was a former town in

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which was abandoned before completion in the early 1880s. The town was originally intended to be on the new railway extending north from

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, but the final route passed through Gordon instead. Today, the stone ruins of a hotel and its cellars are still visible. The town is reported as being "named after Sir Lintorn Simmons, Field Marshal and Commandant of the Royal Engineers" by

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, the 10th

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. The creation of the town was announced in April 1880 as follows: "Portions of Crown Lands in the Hundred of Kanyaka have been reserved as a site for the new town of Simmonston." Plans to build the hotel were announced three weeks later in May 1880 by a D. McFie. The site of the former town is currently located in the gazetted locality of Kanyaka and within the local government area of the Flinders Ranges Council.

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Simmonston Geocache Description

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Simmonston Ghost towns in South Australia Far North (South Australia)