Kapunda

Old convent building in Kapunda

Kapunda is a town in South Australia, 79 km north of Adelaide.^[1] First settled in 1842, it is the oldest copper mining town in Australia.^[2] The name Kapunda comes from an Aboriginal words cappie oonda, which meant spring of water.^[1]

Kapunda Media

Photo of Kapunda railway station, taken in 1908 and part of an album digitised by the State Library of South Australia
The restored Map the Miner statue
Panoramic view of the town of Kapunda, as seen from Gundry's Hill Lookout on the outskirts of the town.
View of the Anglican and Catholic churches from Gundry's Hill Lookout
Institute and soldiers' memorial hall
The main open pit mine, now part of a museum site
Vew of the Kapunda mine site looking east, with the chimney stack in the foreground.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kapunda. Sydney Morning Herald (8 February 2004). Retrieved 18 June 2011.
↑ Kapunda. southaustralianhistory.com.au (2010). Retrieved 18 June 2011.

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[smh-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kapunda. Sydney Morning Herald (8 February 2004). Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[2] Kapunda. southaustralianhistory.com.au (2010). Retrieved 18 June 2011.

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