Burra is located within the hundred of Kooringa a few kilometres inside Goyder’s Line, near Burra, Baldina and Gum Creeks.

 Kooringa was the first company township in Australia and, until the closure of the mine, was maintained as a strictly company-run town. The township’s name is derived from the Aboriginal word kuri-ngga meaning either in the circle or locality of the sheoak. During the life of the Burra Burra Mine, the township was widely reported as shabby, rundown and poorly maintained with the inhabitants having little incentive to maintain their rented properties. Kooringa is still the main section of the town and is known as Burra South.

 Burra Today is an important regional centre for surrounding farming communities and a historic tourist destination.  From its 1994 declaration as a State Heritage Town, tourism has grown to an estimate of 41,000 visitors in 2000.  While many visitors are day-trippers and are from Adelaide, over 40% of the visitors come from outside South Australia and over 50% stay overnight.

Information from Wikipedia, March 2010