Castambul, South Australia
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| Adelaide Hills Council | |||||||||||||
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| Postcode: | 5076 | ||||||||||||
| Federal electorate: | Mayo | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Morialta | ||||||||||||
| Major roads: | Gorge Road | ||||||||||||
| Telephone exchange: | Woodside | ||||||||||||
| Distance to Adelaide: | 20 km | ||||||||||||
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Castambul (postcode 5076) is a small locality near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.
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[edit] History
[edit] Kaurna Aborigines
The Kaurna people (pronounced "Garner" or "Gowna") people were the Indigenous inhabitants of the Adelaide region, numbering approximately 650 in 1842. Few traces exist of the Kaurna people today, other than in some place names. [1]
[edit] Origin of the name
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.
[edit] European settlement
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.[2] [3]
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.[4]
[edit] Geography
Castambul is located east of Montacute on the road out of Adelaide via Athelstone (Gorge Road).
[edit] 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.[5]
[edit] Transport
The area is not serviced by Adelaide public transport.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Northeast Facts and Figures. Accessed 15 June 2006.
- ^ Adelaide Hills Council - Historical Town Information Accessed 15 June 2006
- ^ Maurice Home Page, John Kirkwood. Accessed 9 July 2006
- ^ SA Water - Kangaroo Creek Reservoir
- ^ Understanding South Australia's Built Heritage, Department of Environment and Heritage, last amended March 2006. Accessed 9 July 2006.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Towns and Localities of the Adelaide Hills Council | |
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Aldgate | Ashton | Balhannah | Basket Range | Birdwood | Bradbury | Bridgewater | Carey Gully | Castambul | Chain of Ponds | Charleston | Cherryville | Crafers West | Crafers | Cudlee Creek | Dorset Vale | Eagle on the Hill | Forest Range | Forreston | Gumeracha | Heathfield | Houghton | Inglewood | Inverbrackie | Ironbank | Kersbrook | Lenswood | Lobethal | Longwood | Marble Hill | Montacute | Mount Lofty | Mount Torrens | Mylor | Norton Summit | Oakbank | Paracombe | Piccadilly | Scott Creek | Stirling | Summertown | Upper Hermitage | Upper Sturt | Uraidla | Verdun | Woodside |
Major Townships: Birdwood | Echunga | Gumeracha | Hahndorf | Littlehampton | Lobethal | Macclesfield | Meadows | Mount Barker | Oakbank | Stirling | Woodside
Attractions: Mount Lofty Botanic Garden | SteamRanger | Heysen Trail
See Also: List of towns in the Adelaide Hills | Wine regions of South Australia | Adelaide
