St Kitts, South Australia Explained

Type:town
St Kitts
State:sa
Established:16 March 2000 (locality)
Established Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:5356
Dist1:7
Dir1:northwest
Location1:Truro
Lga:Light Regional Council
Stategov:Stuart
Fedgov:Barker
Coordinates:-34.3°N 139.1°W
Near-N:Hansborough
Near-E:Dutton
Near-Se:Truro
Near-Sw:Ebenezer
Near-W:Koonunga
Near-Nw:Bagot Well

St Kitts is a locality northeast of the Barossa Valley in South Australia.[2] The school and both Lutheran churches have closed. The main industry in the area is cereal grain crop farming.

St Kitts was settled in the 1850s and 1860s by immigrant Sorbs or Wends who had migrated from Saxony (then part of Prussia, now mostly in western Poland).[3]

St Kitts St Petri (St Peter) congregation was established in 1866 and constructed its building in 1869, replaced by a newer building in 1910 on the corner of St Kitts West and Tablelands Roads. St Kitts St Paul's congregation began in 1903 and built its own church building a little further along Tablelands Road. Both churches had cemeteries. St Paul's closed in 1949.[4] St Petri is also now closed and both buildings are private homes.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (within the District Council of Kapunda and Light) . The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 6 March 2018 . 1433 . 16 March 2000.
  2. Web site: Placename Details: St Kitts . Property Location Browser Report . SA0064368 . 22 August 2006 . Government of South Australia . 17 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Drive to the Unique Historic township of Dutton and Wendish Settlement of St Kitts . Truro and District Community Association Inc . 17 June 2017.
  4. Web site: St Kitts, South Australia . Graeme . Moad . 17 June 2017.