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Ki Ki
South Australia
KI KI railway.jpg
Sign at the former railway station
Ki Ki is located in South Australia
Ki Ki
Ki Ki
Location in South Australia
Established 12 June 1913 (town)
24 August 2000 (locality)
Postcode(s) 5261
Elevation 28 m (92 ft)
Location
  • 130 km (81 mi) SE of Adelaide
  • 49 km (30 mi) SE of Tailem Bend
LGA(s) Coorong District Council
Region Murray and Mallee
County Buccleuch
State electorate(s) MacKillop
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Ki Ki:
Yumali Yumali
Netherton
Netherton
Yumali Ki Ki Netherton
Coonalpyn
Coonalpyn Coonalpyn Coonalpyn
Footnotes Locations
Adjoining localities

Ki Ki is a small town in South Australia. It is on the Dukes Highway (A8) adjacent to the Adelaide-Melbourne railway, the main links between Adelaide and Melbourne. 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.

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