Armagh, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Armagh
State:sa
Coordinates:-33.8333°N 173°W
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in South Australia
Lga:District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys
Postcode:5453
Est:1850
Region:Mid North
Mayor:Allan Aughey
Stategov:Frome
Fedgov:Grey
Dist1:137
Dir1:north
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:3
Dir2:west
Location2:Clare
Near-N:Bungaree
Near-Ne:Stanley Flat
Near-E:Clare
Near-Se:Spring Farm
Near-S:Emu Flat, Spring Gully
Near-Sw:Boconnoc Park, Kybunga
Near-W:Benbournie, Blyth
Near-Nw:Hart

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

History

The village was named after the town and county of Armagh in Ireland. 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.[1]

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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Notes and References

  1. Book: Noye, Robert J.. CLARE – A District History . Investigator Press . Hawthorndene, South Australia . 1980 . 118–123.