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'In 1842, the mainly British and German settlers who had arrived en masse at the beginning of South Australia's colonial history six years earlier were given a huge economic surprise. The colonists, largely farmers, artisans and public servants and their dependents, learnt of the discovery of copper ore at Kapunda. Kapunda was only eighty kilometres from the colonial capital of Adelaide. Three years later, the world-renowned bonanza copper lode at Burra was discovered. Other South Australian copper mines were to follow, and they gave the economy a huge stimulus by high-yield, low-cost mining within workable distances from a port. Even though mineral exploration was on the colony's drawing board from 1835, South Australia was largely intended to be founded on the steady labour of cropping and pastoralism and reaping the fruits of the sea. Suddenly, luck was a key player too.' (Publication abstract)
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Remembering Roxby Downs : Mythology, Mining and the Latent Power of Archives
Griffith Review
Griffith Review
Subjects:
- South Australia,
- Roxby Downs, Far North South Australia, South Australia,
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