Jerusalem, South Australia

Jerusalem South Australia
Jerusalem
Coordinates	33°58′47″S137°42′39″E / 33.979630°S 137.710830°E / -33.979630; 137.710830
Population	424 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s)	5554 [2]
LGA(s)	Copper Coast Council
State electorate(s)	Narungga [3]
Federal division(s)	Grey [2]
Localities around Jerusalem: Matta Flat Kadina Kadina Matta Flat Jerusalem Kadina Kadina Kadina Kadina
Footnotes	Coordinates [4]

Jerusalem (originally New Jerusalem) is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council. ^[2] The boundaries were formally gazetted in January, 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area. ^[4]

History

It was surveyed in 1871 as a result of demand for housing from those involved in the nearby Wallaroo Mines, forming one of four "occupation blocks" in the area. ^[5] An old resident claimed that the suburb was intended for "gentleman's residences" as opposed to the other occupation blocks, and that a "Councillor Rosenberg" had suggested Jerusalem as a name for an "aristocratic suburb". ^[6] In 1874, the local newspaper stated that "the name is not considered suitable to the place, and generally strikes the ear of a stranger as somewhat ridiculous", while the local Bible Christian minister stated that "dog-fighting, wombat and wallaby-hunting were the regular Sunday exercises, and sin had stamped its wretched impress upon the whole neighbourhood." ^{[7] [8]}

A Bible Christian chapel opened at Jerusalem in February 1874. ^[8] The main Jerusalem football team merged with the Kadina club in 1908, ^[9] and the "Jews" football and cricket teams were later based at Jerusalem in the 1920s, competing in the local Kadina competitions. ^{[10] [11]} The Jerusalem Methodist Church opened in January 1922, built by voluntary labour on a block of land donated by the Wallaroo and Kadina Mining Company. ^{[12] [13]} The Jerusalem Sunday School began in March of the same year. ^[14] Prior to the church's opening, the Wallaroo Mines Gospel Mission Band had been holding open-air and cottage meetings at Jerusalem for three years. ^[15] It remains in operation as the Jerusalem Uniting Church. ^[16]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Jerusalem (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Search result(s) for Jerusalem, 5554". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
3. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
4. "Search result(s) for Jerusalem, 5554". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
5. Drew, Greg (1990). Discovering Historic Kadina, South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy and the District Council of Northern Yorke Peninsula. p. 15.
6. Bailey, Keith (1990). Copper City Chronicle: A History of Kadina. p. 166.
7. Payton, Philip (2007). Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia's Little Cornwall. University of Exeter Press. p. 158.
8. "The Wallaroo Times". The Wallaroo Times and Mining Journal . Vol. X, no. 926. South Australia. 21 February 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
9. Bailey, Keith (1990). Copper City Chronicle: A History of Kadina. p. 163.
10. "JERUSALEM NEWS". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times . Vol. LVII, no. 6072. South Australia. 29 August 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
11. "JERUSALEM ITEMS". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times . Vol. LIX, no. 6859. South Australia. 24 October 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
12. "JERUSALEM METHODIST CHURCH". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times . Vol. LVI, no. 5899. South Australia. 1 February 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
13. "NEW CHURCH AT JERUSALEM". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times . Vol. LVI, no. 5897. South Australia. 25 January 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
14. "GENERAL NEWS". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times . Vol. LVII, no. 6023. South Australia. 10 March 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
15. "KADINA AND DISTRICT CHURCHES". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times . Vol. LXV, no. 7405. South Australia. 2 May 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
16. "Jerusalem Uniting Church (Kadina)". Uniting Church of Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}