Ki Ki is a small town in
South Australia
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. It is on the
Dukes Highway
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R ...
(A8) adjacent to the
Adelaide-Melbourne railway, the main links between
Adelaide
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and
Melbourne
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. The town is the primary settlement for the
Hundred of Livingston.
The town was proclaimed on 12 June 1913.
It got its name from the Kik Ki Well, which in turn was derived from the Aboriginal name for the worms dug out of the nearby soakage.
It has a small post office, parking bay, town hall, engineering business "Ki Ki Engineering", and is surrounded by large
pastoral properties. At the
2006 census, Ki Ki had a population of 193.
Its postcode is 5261.
Ki Ki had a Congregational Church, which was built in 1910 and closed in 1969.
Ki Ki has an active tennis club, which belongs to the
Border-Downs Tennis Association.
Australian rules footballer
Martin Mattner grew up in the town.
Photo gallery
Image:KI KI mainstreet.jpg, Main Street
Image:KI KI church.jpg, Site of the Congregational Church
Image:KI KI infoboard.jpg, Information board in the parking bay.
See also
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List of reduplicated Australian place names
These names are examples of reduplication, a common theme in Australian toponymy, especially in names derived from Indigenous Australian languages such as Wiradjuri language, Wiradjuri. Reduplication is often used as an intensifier such as "Wag ...
Notes and references
Towns in South Australia
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