Armagh, South Australia
Armagh | |||||||||||||
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 The old disused kiln and chimney | |||||||||||||
  Armagh Location in South Australia | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 33°50′S 138°35′E / 33.833°S 138.583°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1850 | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Allan Aughey | ||||||||||||
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| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 351 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5453 | ||||||||||||
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Armagh is a small historic village in the western Clare Valley, about 137 km north of Adelaide, South Australia.
History
The village was named after the town and county of Armagh in Ireland.[2] It 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.[3]
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
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Armagh (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ Manning, Geoffrey H. (2012). "A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ Noye, Robert J. (1980). CLARE – A District History. Hawthorndene, South Australia: Investigator Press. pp. 118–123.