New Town, South Australia Explained

Type:town
New Town
State:sa
Coordinates:-33.954°N 137.693°W
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Lga:Copper Coast Council
Postcode:5554[1]
Stategov:Narungga[2]
Fedgov:Grey
Near-E:Kadina
Near-Se:Kadina
Near-S:Wallaroo Mines
Near-Sw:Kadina
Near-W:Kadina
Near-Nw:Kadina
Near-N:Kadina
Near-Ne:Wallaroo
Footnotes:Coordinates

New Town (originally Newtown) is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council. The boundaries were formally gazetted in January 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area.[3]

History

It is unclear when the suburb was established: Keith Bailey wrote that it "was settled as early as 1865", but little was reported until 1872, at which time it was noted that "several nice residences" were being built in the township.[4] [5] It once featured "two churches (Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan), a soap factory, two stores, three fruiterers, a wheelwright and a wine shop", as well as a small brickworks, lime kiln and butcher's slaughterhouses.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search result(s) for New Town, 5554 . Government of South Australia . Location SA Map Viewer . 29 January 2017.
  2. Narungga . Electoral District Boundaries Commission . 2016 . 1 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Search result(s) for New Town, 5554 . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 26 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  4. Book: Copper City Chronicle: A History of Kadina . Bailey, Keith . 1990 . 201.
  5. News: Wallaroo Times. . . VIII . 714 . South Australia . 10 February 1872 . 6 February 2017 . 2 . National Library of Australia.