Armagh, South Australia
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| Armagh South Australia |
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 The entrance sign on the road from Clare to Blyth |
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| Population: | 257[1] around Emu Flat area (2006 Census) |
| Established: | 1850 |
| Postcode: | 5453 |
| Mayor: | Allan Aughey |
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| LGA: | District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys |
| Region: | Mid North |
| State District: | Frome |
| Federal Division: | Wakefield |
Armagh is a small historic village in the western Clare Valley, about 137km north of Adelaide, South Australia.
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[edit] History
The village 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. [2].
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Emu Flat (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
- ^ Noye, Robert J. (1980). CLARE – A District History. Hawthorndene, South Australia: Investigator Press, pp.118-123.
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