Armagh, South Australia

Armagh, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Armagh
state = South Australia


caption = The entrance sign on the road from Clare to Blyth
lga = District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys
postcode = 5453
pop = 257 [Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC43541 | name = Emu Flat (State Suburb)| quick = on | accessdate=2008-05-17] around Emu Flat area (2006 Census)
est = 1850
region = Mid North
mayor = Allan Aughey
stategov = Frome
fedgov = Wakefield
dist1 = 137
dir1 = north
location1= Adelaide
dist2 = 3
dir2 = west
location2= Clare

Armagh is a small historic village in the western Clare Valley, about 137km north of Adelaide, South Australia.

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. [cite book|title=CLARE – A District History |publisher=Investigator Press |location = Hawthorndene, South Australia |year =1980 |pages=pp.118-123|last=Noye|first=Robert J.] .

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.claregilbertvalleys.sa.gov.au/ Clare & Gilbert Valleys Council]
* [http://www.clarevalley.com.au Clare Valley Tourism]


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