 The Parndana Research Centre was established to the south of the town as a support for early farming activities but closed in the 1990s.The Soldier Settlement Museum provides information and artefacts relating to the soldier settlement program.The Parndana Football Club first fielded teams in 1948, 1949 and 1951 during the early days of the land clearing operations, before being permanently admitted to the Kangaroo Island football league in February 1956.