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Station, taken up for sheep farming in the 1850s. A shepherd employed by the station, Robert
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of South Australia. As of 2019, the community within Blinman received
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1237:13 February
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1041:27 December
1013:27 December
708:Angorichina
633:golf course
600:Attractions
541:Location SA
480:Yudnamutana
459:Angorichina
425:2021 census
415:within the
147:Postcode(s)
134:Established
106: /
94:138°40′41″E
81:Coordinates
1527:Categories
1487:Parachilna
1477:Oodnadatta
1437:Innamincka
741:References
670:Governance
656:Labour Day
495:Parachilna
383:Angorigina
378:Angorigina
362:Angorigina
343:Angorigina
338:Angorigina
119:Population
1467:Mannahill
1457:Lyndhurst
1447:Kingoonya
1442:Iron Knob
1432:Glendambo
1392:Andamooka
1283:"Blinman"
788:9 January
664:camp oven
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302:223.9 mm
229:Far North
165:Time zone
156:Elevation
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1412:Cockburn
1289:15 April
1173:16 April
1142:Archived
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1075:16 April
982:16 April
952:14 April
924:14 April
888:16 April
857:16 April
722:See also
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646:festival
493:reached
421:Adelaide
297:12.8 °C
292:26.4 °C
205:Adelaide
200:Location
174:UTC+9:30
1507:Woomera
1402:Blinman
1397:Beltana
1180:Blinman
820:28 June
606:Outback
561:Blinman
549:Blinman
518:Blinman
442:History
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358:Blinman
241:Taunton
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1492:Penong
1472:Marree
1422:Copley
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354:Alpana
304:8.8 in
253:Stuart
236:County
224:Region
212:LGA(s)
1512:Yunta
1497:Pimba
1482:Olary
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