Palmer, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Palmer
State:sa
Lga:Mid Murray Council
Postcode:5237
Est:1860s
Stategov:Schubert
Fedgov:Barker
Coordinates:-34.852°N 139.16°W
Near-Ne:Milendella
Near-E:Apamurra
Near-Se:Mannum
Near-S:Tepko
Near-Sw:Rockleigh
Near-W:Tungkillo
Near-Nw:Mount Pleasant
Footnotes:[1]

Palmer is a town just east of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, 70 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 15 km west-north-west of Mannum (-34.85°N 148°W). It is located in the Mid Murray Council local government area.

Palmer has a primary school (opened 1882), a general store, hotel[2] and a Lutheran Church[3] of which Carl Heinrich Loessel was the first pastor, from 22 May 1869 before the church was built, succeeded by the long-serving Pastor Kuss.[4]

There are some rock formations at the Granite Boulders Area Geological Site.[5]

History

Palmer is sited on the western confines of the Indigenous Ngaralta people. The first European explorers through the Palmer district were Dr George Imlay and John Hill in January 1838.[6]

The Reedy Creek special survey was granted on 14 September 1846 to Enthoven, Capper and Masterman with Samuel Davenport as agent. The township of Palmer was laid out in August 1873 on section 960.[1] The town was named after Colonel George Palmer, a South Australian Colonisation Commissioner.[7] It was settled as a mining and agricultural settlement. The Kitticoola mine was discovered as a copper and gold deposit in 1845.[8] The remaining surface elements of the underground mine are heritage-listed. Hillgrove Resources acquired rights for further mineral exploration in 2014.[9]

Heritage listings

Palmer has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Placename Details: Palmer (LOCB) . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser Report . SA0053022 . 26 March 2007 . 17 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  2. http://www.whitepages.com.au White Pages Online
  3. http://www.lca.org.au/search/church/cong.cfm?orgcode=palmer Lutheran Church of Australia
  4. News: St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Palmer . . 48 . 2548 . South Australia . 27 September 1929 . 5 April 2018 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  5. Web site: Granite Boulders Area Geological Site . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 28 May 2016.
  6. News: South Australia. . The Australian . 27 March 1838 . 3.
  7. http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/p/p1.htm Place Names of South Australia
  8. Web site: Kitticoola Mine (Great Wheal Orford; Plush and Omond; PM 53; Reedy Creek; Tungkillo), Palmer, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia . 2 February 2019 . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.
  9. Web site: Hillgrove Acquires Rights Over Kitticoola Cu/Au Prospect Near Kanmantoo, SA . 3 June 2014 . . 2 February 2019.
  10. Web site: Palmer Police Station & Cells . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 28 May 2016.
  11. Web site: Kitticoola Mine . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 28 May 2016.
  12. Web site: Homestead Complex, including main house, two cottages, shearing shed, stable and piggery . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 28 May 2016.
  13. Web site: Reedy Creek Railway Bridge [Concrete Arch] ]. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 28 May 2016.

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