Parachilna Fettlers' Cottages Ruins
Parachilna may refer to: *Parachilna, South Australia, a town and locality *Hundred of Parachilna, a cadastral unit in South Australia *Parachilna (album), an audio recording * Parachilna Fettlers' Cottages Ruins, a heritage-listed site - refer Parachilna, South Australia *Parachilna Gorge The Parachilna Gorge is a gorge on the western side of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. It is located about east of the town of Parachilna. Parachilna Creek flows through the gorge. Parachilna Gorge Road runs from Parachilna on the plain ...

Parachilna, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Parachilna ( ) is a country town in South Australia. The town was first surveyed in 1863 due to its closeness to a government water well. It is on the railway line and road between Port Augusta and Leigh Creek. Today, the Prairie Hotel, railway station, airstrip and a few buildings remain. The road east into the Flinders Ranges leads through Parachilna Gorge, recognised for its scenic beauty, to Blinman. The town is surrounded by Motpena station pastoral lease. The town's name is from the Aboriginal ''patajilnda'', meaning "place of peppermint gum trees". The spelling difference is due to an early translation misreading. The railway station was completed in 1881 as part of the line to Leigh Creek through Beltana. The area was one of the set locations for the Australian feature film, Rabbit Proof Fence. The Prairie Hotel is the only substantial building in the town, dating from the days when the rail was supreme. Away from the highway, the hotel fronts the railway ...
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Hundred Of Parachilna
County of Taunton is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia on land on the east coast of Lake Torrens about from the city of Port Augusta. It was proclaimed in 1877 and named after Lord Taunton who was the Secretary for the Colonies from 1855 to 1858. It has been partially divided in the following sub-units of hundreds – Bunyeroo, Carr, Edeowie, Nilpena, Oratunga and Parachilna. Description The County of Taunton covers the part of South Australia extending from the east coast of Lake Torrens for about and extending a distance of north of its boundary in the south with the counties of Blachford, Hanson and Derby from west to east. It is the most northerly county in South Australia. The county has a physical landscape consisting of a portion of the Flinders Ranges in its east and the floodplains draining from the ranges to Lake Torrens in its west. The principal towns in the county are Blinman and Parachilna. The county is ...
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Parachilna (album)
''Parachilna''
Retrieved on March 1, 2014 is an album by Andy Irvine and Rens van der Zalm, of Irish and Australian songs recorded live in July 2012, while camping in the Australian . It was co-produced by Irvine (vocals, bouzouki, mandola and harmonica) and van der Zalm (backing vocals, guitar, mandolin, fiddle and viola), and recorded by Cian Burke in disused buildings using top-quality microphones, a laptop and Pro Tools.Sleeve notes from ''Parachilna - Andy Irvine with Rens van der Zalm'', Andy Irvine AK-4, 201 ...
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Parachilna Fettlers' Cottages Ruins
Parachilna may refer to: *Parachilna, South Australia, a town and locality *Hundred of Parachilna, a cadastral unit in South Australia *Parachilna (album), an audio recording * Parachilna Fettlers' Cottages Ruins, a heritage-listed site - refer Parachilna, South Australia *Parachilna Gorge The Parachilna Gorge is a gorge on the western side of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. It is located about east of the town of Parachilna. Parachilna Creek flows through the gorge. Parachilna Gorge Road runs from Parachilna on the plain ...