Coonawarra, South Australia
Coonawarra is a small town north of Penola in South Australia.
It is best known for the Coonawarra wine region named after it.
Coonawarra was a station on the Mount Gambier railway line. which opened in 1887 until it closed to freight on 12 April 1995. The Limestone Coast Railway tourist trains stopped at the station from Mount Gambier until 20 March 1999.
The township of Coonawarra is a few hundred metres west of the Riddoch Highway which passes along the ridge in the middle of the Coonawarra wine region. The historic Wynn's Coonawarra Winery in Memorial Drive is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 137 people in Coonawarra. 84.9% of people were born in Australia and 89.9% of people spoke only English at home.
