Armagh South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°50′S 138°35′E / 33.833°S 138.583°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 351 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1850 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5453 | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys | ||||||||||||||
Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Frome | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Armagh is a small historic village in the western Clare Valley, about 137 km north of Adelaide, South Australia.
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]
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.
Armagh South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°50′S 138°35′E / 33.833°S 138.583°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 351 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1850 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5453 | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys | ||||||||||||||
Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Frome | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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Armagh is a small historic village in the western Clare Valley, about 137 km north of Adelaide, South Australia.
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]
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.