Castambul, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Castambul
city = Adelaide
state = sa


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lga = Adelaide Hills Council
postcode = 5076
pop =
est =
stategov = Morialta
fedgov = Mayo
dist1 = 20
location1= Adelaide
near-nw =
near-n = Paracombe
near-ne = Cudlee Creek
near-w =
near-e =
near-sw =Montacute
near-s =
near-se =

Castambul is a small locality near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.

History

Castambul was originally named Sixth Creek, but was renamed Castambul by Price Maurice after the Kastamonu (previously Kastambul) region in the Black Sea area of Turkey.

In the 1850s, Australia's first payable gold mine (the Victoria) was located in the area. The area was also home to Price Maurice, who moved to Castambul in 1856 and bred Angora goats for wool. Angora goats were introduced from Turkey to South Australia by John Haigh, who bred them near Port Lincoln. After purchasing Haigh's flock, Maurice was impressed with their potential and soon sent to Turkey for additional animals. His enterprises in South Australia were very successful but he returned to Britain with his family in 1862 for health reasons. [ [http://www.ahc.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=208#C Adelaide Hills Council - Historical Town Information] Accessed 15 June 2006] [ [http://members.ispwest.com/johnkirk/Price%20Maurice.html Maurice Home Page] , John Kirkwood. Accessed 9 July 2006]

Today, very little exists of the old settlement.

In 1966, work started on the Kangaroo Creek Reservoir, a dam of the River Torrens, and in 1969, it was completed at a cost of $5.3 million. Apart from supplying water to eastern Adelaide, it also serves a flood protection role and holds 19,160 megalitres. [ [http://www.sawater.com.au/SAWater/Education/OurWaterSystems/Water+Storage+(Reservoirs).htm#kangaroo SA Water - Kangaroo Creek Reservoir] ]

Geography

Castambul is located east of Montacute on the road out of Adelaide via Athelstone (Gorge Road).

Facilities

Castambul has a CSR calcite quarry and tea gardens, both located on Gorge Road, and the former Victoria Goldmine on Batchelor Road is a heritage-listed site. [ [http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/heritage/pdfs/understanding_part1.pdf Understanding South Australia's Built Heritage] , Department of Environment and Heritage, last amended March 2006. Accessed 9 July 2006.]

Transport

The area is not serviced by Adelaide public transport.

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