Type: | suburb |
Jupiter Creek | |
City: | Adelaide |
State: | sa |
Lga: | District Council of Mount Barker |
Coordinates: | -35.1167°N 138.7667°W |
Postcode: | 5153 |
Near-Nw: | Bradbury |
Near-N: | Chapel Hill |
Near-W: | Dorset Vale |
Near-E: | Echunga |
Near-Sw: | Kangarilla |
Near-S: | Meadows |
Jupiter Creek (postcode 5153) is a semi-rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It lies within the District Council of Mount Barker, west of Echunga.
It is part of the former goldmining area the Battunga Country.[1] Jupiter Creek was the site of a gold discovery in the mid-1800s, there still exists a fossicking reserve in the old diggings with an interpretive walking trail.