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[[Image:Giles_Corner-turnoff|thumb|right|300px|Turnoff sign to the Barrier Highway, just south of Giles Corner]]

'''Giles Corner''' (Postcode 5411) is the name of the intersection of [[Main North Road]] and the [[Barrier Highway]], halfway between the towns of [[Tarlee, South Australia|Tarlee]] and [[Rhynie, South Australia|Rhynie]]. The Barrier Highway branches off from Main North Road at this ___location, heading north towards [[Riverton, South Australia|Riverton]], [[Burra, South Australia|Burra]] and eventually [[Broken Hill, New South Wales|Broken Hill]]. Main North Road continues in a northerly direction, on to the towns of Rhynie, [[Auburn, South Australia|Auburn]] and [[Clare, South Australia|Clare]]. There is also an unsealed back road starting just north of the junction which heads west and ends at the road between [[Balaklava, South Australia|Balaklava]] and [[Owen, South Australia|Owen]], approximately 20 kilometres away. Although not a town, Giles Corner is sign posted to mark its ___location.