Raukkan, South Australia
Raukkan is an Australian Aboriginal community situated on the south-eastern shore of Lake Alexandrina in the locality of Narrung, 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of the centre of South Australia's capital, Adelaide. Raukkan is "regarded as the home and heartland of Ngarrindjeri country."
| Raukkan Narrung, South Australia | |
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Raukkan Church, 2015 | |
Raukkan | |
| Coordinates | 35.506°S 139.135°E |
| Population | 106 (2016 census) |
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| LGA(s) | The Coorong District Council |
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop |
| Federal division(s) | Barker |
It was originally established as Point McLeay mission in 1859 and became an Aboriginal reserve in 1916. It was finally handed back to the Ngarrindjeri people in 1974, and renamed Raukkan in 1982.
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