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The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island to the south by Investigator Strait. The most populous town in the region is Kadina.
Wallaroo is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, 160 kilometres (100 mi) northwest of Adelaide. It is one of the three Copper Triangle towns famed for their historic shared copper mining industry, and known together as "Little Cornwall", the other two being Kadina, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) to the east, and Moonta, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south. In 2016, Wallaroo had a population of 3,988 according to the census held.
Kadina is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of the Australian state of South Australia, approximately 144 kilometres north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. The largest town of the Peninsula, Kadina is one of the three Copper Triangle towns famous for their shared copper mining history. The three towns are known as "Little Cornwall" for the significant number of immigrants from Cornwall who worked at the mines in the late 19th century.
Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 165 km (103 mi) north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history.
*This article is about a region in Australia. For coast of County Waterford, Ireland, see Copper Coast (Ireland).
The Copper Coast Council is a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia located at the northern end of the Yorke Peninsula. It was established in 1997 and its seat is in Kadina.
Moonta Bay is located in the Copper Coast region of Northern Yorke Peninsula South Australia, adjacent to the historic town of Moonta and Port Hughes.
Wallaroo Mines is a suburb of the inland town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula in the Copper Coast Council area. It was named for the land division in which it was established in 1860, the Hundred of Wallaroo, as was the nearby coastal town of Wallaroo. The boundaries were formally gazetted in January 1999 for "the long established name".
Agery is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Yorke Peninsula. It is situated 17 km south-east of Moonta. Its name comes from the Aboriginal word ngadjali meaning "pipe clay".
Cross Roads is a locality at the northern end of the Yorke Peninsula and a satellite village to the town of Moonta on its east. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.
East Moonta is a rural locality at the northern end of the Yorke Peninsula and a satellite village to the town of Moonta. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.
Hamley is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Yorke Peninsula on the southern side of the urban area associated with Moonta about 130 kilometres north-west of the Adelaide city centre.
Kooroona is a rural locality at the north end of the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, situated directly south of the town of Moonta. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.
Moonta Mines is a locality at the northern end of the Yorke Peninsula, adjoining the town of Moonta. It is located in the Copper Coast Council. From 1861 to 1923, it was the centre of a copper mining industry that formed colonial South Australia's largest mining enterprise. A substantial portion of the locality is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register as the Moonta Mines State Heritage Area and on the National Heritage List as the Australian Cornish Mining Heritage Site, Moonta Mines.
North Yelta is a rural locality in the Australian state of South Australia at the northern end of the Yorke Peninsula.
Yelta is a rural locality at the northern end of the Yorke Peninsula and a satellite village to the town of Moonta, centred on the former Yelta Mine. It is located in the Copper Coast Council. The modern locality was established when the name and boundaries were selected in January 1999.
Boors Plain is a rural locality at the north end of the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, situated east of Moonta and south of Kadina. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.
The Corporate Town of Moonta was a local government area in South Australia from 1872 to 1984, centred on the town of Moonta.
Kadina Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery in Drain Road, Kadina, South Australia. It was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 28 November 1985 and on the former Register of the National Estate on 1 November 1983. It is managed by the District Council of the Copper Coast.
The Yorke Peninsula Country Times is a South Australian newspaper which was first published on 4 September 1968. It was formed following the merging of the Kadina, Wallaroo and Moonta Times and the South Australian Farmer, representing a combined ancestry of 13 former publications, with the earliest dating back to February 1865. It is headquartered in Kadina and its weekly publications are distributed across "the entire peninsula" from Port Broughton in the north to Stenhouse Bay in the south.
References
- ↑ "New Bell for the Cemetery". Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser . XXIV (1940). South Australia. 4 September 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Improvements at the Moonta Cemetery". Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser . XXVII (2086). South Australia. 30 June 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Heritage Places Database Search: Moonta cemetery
- ↑ "Cemeteries". District Council of the Copper Coast. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
