Orroroo South Australia
Population:	543 (2006 census)
Postcode:	5431
Location:	280 km (174 mi) from Adelaide 105 km (65 mi) from Port Pirie 95 km (59 mi) from Port Augusta
LGA:	District Council of Orroroo Carrieton
State District:	Stuart
Federal Division:	Grey

Orroroo is a town in the Flinders Ranges region of South Australia. At the 2001 census, Orroroo had a population of 543.^[1]

It was formerly the home of the Ngadjuri Aboriginal people.

The Wilmington-Ucolta Road passes through here, intersecting there with the southern stretch of the Birdsville and Oodnadatta Tracks. The narrow gauge rail line was extended to Orroroo also in 1881 and Quorn in 1882, connecting with the new line from Port Augusta. This line has now been abandoned.

A local curiosity is nearby called "Magnetic Hill", which is a gravity hill.^[2]

Goyder's Line passes near here too.

[edit] Gallery

Red river gum with circumference of almost 11 m

"Magnetic Hill"

[edit] Well known residents

• Rex Ingamells, poet, and founder of the Jindyworobak Movement, born here.
• Hooper Brewster-Jones, an Australian composer, also born here
• John O'Dea, an Australian country singer, was also born here.
• John Mannion, a renowned historian and writed resides was born and resides just south of Orroroo at Pekina.

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Coordinates: 32°44′S 138°36′E / 32.733°S 138.6°E / -32.733; 138.6

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