Kingoonya Township is a small almost totally
abandoned farming settlement in the central
outback of the Australian state of South Australia.
It played a significant role in the construction of
the Trans-Australian Railway.
The few remaining houses in Kingoonya are only
intermittently occupied by people involved in
mining exploration and kangaroo shooting.
For many years Kingoonya relied on the
eponymous Tea & Sugar Train for the weekly
provision of supplies. The Indian Pacific (running
between Sydney and Perth) and Ghan (running
between Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin)
trains still call at Kingoonya upon prior request,
and to do the twice-weekly mail run; both trains
service the town twice a week in each direction.