Armagh, South Australia

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Armagh
South Australia
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The old disused kiln and chimney
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Armagh
Location in South Australia
Coordinates 33°50′S138°35′E / 33.833°S 138.583°E / -33.833; 138.583 Coordinates: 33°50′S138°35′E / 33.833°S 138.583°E / -33.833; 138.583
Population257 (2006 census) [1] around Emu Flat area (2006 Census)
Established1850
Postcode(s) 5453
Location
LGA(s) District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys
Region Mid North
State electorate(s) Frome
Federal division(s) Grey
Localities around Armagh:
Hart Bungaree Stanley Flat
Benbournie, Blyth Armagh Clare
Boconnoc Park, Kybunga Emu Flat, Spring Gully Spring Farm

Armagh is a small historic village in the western Clare Valley, about 137 km north of Adelaide, South Australia.

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History

The village was named after the town and county of Armagh in Ireland.[ citation needed ] It was founded in 1850 to benefit from the new copper mine, operated by the Royal Mining Company at nearby Emu Flat. The mine was built as part of a mania for copper mining prompted by the large copper finds at Burra and Kapunda but, though some mining efforts continued until 1910, was never successful commercially. [2]

The town today

Today the hills around Armagh are known for the production of wine and olive oil. Most of the old town has vanished leaving only a brick kiln, claypit, a few houses and the Miner’s Home Hotel, now a private museum.


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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Emu Flat (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  2. Noye, Robert J. (1980). CLARE – A District History. Hawthorndene, South Australia: Investigator Press. pp. 118–123.