Penrice, South Australia

Penrice, South Australia

Penrice (coord|34|29|S|139|02|E|type:city_region:AU-SA) is a small town in the Barossa Valley of South Australia, just north of Angaston. It is the site of a large limestone and marble quarry operated by Penrice Soda Products.

Penrice was named by Captain Rodda after Penrice, a town in Glamorganshire, Wales. [http://www.placenames.sa.gov.au/pno/pnores.phtml?recno=SA0054391]

Penrice is in the Barossa Council local government area, the state electoral district of Schubert and the federal Division of Wakefield.


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