Jupiter Creek, South Australia

Jupiter Creek
AdelaideSouth Australia
Jupiter Creek
Population: 538 (2006)
Postcode: 5153
LGA: District Council of Mount Barker
Suburbs around Jupiter Creek:
Bradbury Chapel Hill
Dorset Vale Jupiter Creek Echunga
Kangarilla 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.

Gold Diggings

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.

References

  1. ^ "Battunga Country". http://www.battunga.org.au. Retrieved 2007-07-03.