Jerusalem, South Australia
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Coordinates | 33°58′47″S 137°42′39″E / 33.979630°S 137.710830°ECoordinates: 33°58′47″S 137°42′39″E / 33.979630°S 137.710830°E | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5554 [1] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Copper Coast Council | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Goyder [1] | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Grey [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates[2] |
Jerusalem (originally New Jerusalem) is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.[1] The boundaries were formally gazetted in January 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area.[2]
It was surveyed in 1871 as a result of demand for housing from those involved in the nearby Wallaroo Mines, forming one of four "occupation blocks" in the area.[3] An old resident claimed that the suburb was intended for "gentleman's residences" as opposed to the other occupation blocks, and that a "Councillor Rosenberg" had suggested Jerusalem as a name for an "aristocratic suburb".[4]
In 1874, the local newspaper stated that "the name is not considered suitable to the place, and generally strikes the ear of a stranger as somewhat ridiculous", while the local Bible Christian minister stated that "dog-fighting, wombat and wallaby-hunting were the regular Sunday exercises, and sin had stamped its wretched impress upon the whole neighbourhood."[5][6] A Bible Christian chapel opened at Jerusalem in February 1874.[6]
The Jerusalem Methodist Church opened in January 1922, built by voluntary labour on a block of land donated by the Wallaroo and Kadina Mining Company.[7][8] The Jerusalem Sunday School began in March of the same year.[9] Prior to the church's opening, the Wallaroo Mines Gospel Mission Band had been holding open-air and cottage meetings at Jerusalem for three years.[10] It remains in operation as the Jerusalem Uniting Church.[11]
The main Jerusalem football team merged with the Kadina club in 1908.[12] "Jews" football and cricket teams were later based at Jerusalem in the 1920s, competing in the local Kadina competitions.[13][14]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Search result(s) for Jerusalem, 5554". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Search result(s) for Jerusalem, 5554". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ Drew, Greg (1990). Discovering Historic Kadina, South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy and the District Council of Northern Yorke Peninsula. p. 15.
- ↑ Bailey, Keith (1990). Copper City Chronicle: A History of Kadina. p. 166.
- ↑ Payton, Philip (2007). Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia's Little Cornwall. University of Exeter Press. p. 158.
- 1 2 "The Wallaroo Times.". The Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal. X, (926). South Australia. 21 February 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "JERUSALEM METHODIST CHURCH.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LVI, (5899). South Australia. 1 February 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "NEW CHURCH AT JERUSALEM.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LVI, (5897). South Australia. 25 January 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "GENERAL NEWS.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LVII, (6023). South Australia. 10 March 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "KADINA AND DISTRICT CHURCHES.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LXV, (7405). South Australia. 2 May 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Jerusalem Uniting Church (Kadina)". Uniting Church of Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ↑ Bailey, Keith (1990). Copper City Chronicle: A History of Kadina. p. 163.
- ↑ "JERUSALEM NEWS.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LVII, (6072). South Australia. 29 August 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "JERUSALEM ITEMS.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LIX, (6859). South Australia. 24 October 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.