Angaston is a town on the eastern side of the

Barossa Valley The Barossa Valley ( Barossa German: ''Barossa Tal'') is a valley in South Australia located northeast of Adelaide city centre. The valley is formed by the North Para River. It is notable as a major wine-producing region and tourist destinati ...

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, 77 km northeast of

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. Its elevation is 347 m, one of the highest points in the valley, and has an average rainfall of 561 mm. Angaston was originally known as ''German Pass'', but was later renamed after the politician, banker and pastoralist

George Fife Angas George Fife Angas (1 May 1789 – 15 May 1879) was an English businessman and banker who, while residing in England, played a significant part in the formation and establishment of the Province of South Australia. He established the South Aus ...

, who settled in the area in the 1850s. Angaston is in the

Barossa Council Barossa Council is a local government area in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. The council area covers 912 square kilometres and had a population of over 23,000 as at the 2016 Census. History It was proclaimed on 1 July 1996 following t ...

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, the

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and the

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Railway

Angaston was the terminus of the

Barossa Valley railway line The Barossa Valley railway line is a railway line with several branches, running from Gawler into and through the Barossa Valley. The original terminus was at Angaston. A branch was built from Nuriootpa via Stockwell to Truro, and a further b ...

which was built in 1911. The railway has now closed and been replaced by part of the Barossa Trail walking and cycling path from Nuriootpa.

Notable former residents

(1789-1879) politician, banker and possible former slaveholder or slavery emancipist. * Sir John Keith Angas (1900–1977) pastoralist *

Hugh Thomas Moffitt Angwin Hugh Thomas Moffitt Angwin CMG (1888 – 13 September 1949) was Engineer-in-Chief of South Australia from 1936 to 1949. History Hugh was born in Angaston, South Australia to (Wesleyan Methodist) Rev. Thomas Britton Angwin BA (−1913) and his wif ...

(1888–1949) engineer and public servant *

William Hague William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1864–1924) storekeeper and politician *

Brian Hurn Brian Morgan Hurn (4 March 1939 – 18 October 2015) was an Australian first-class cricketer and politician who served as Mayor of Barossa Council. Early life Born in Angaston in the Barossa Valley of South Australia, Hurn first came to ...

(1939–2015), cricketer. * O. P. Heggie (1877-1936) Actor. Played the Hermit who befriends the Monster in

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(1935)

Wineries

Yalumba Yalumba is an Australian winery located near the town of Angaston, South Australia in the Barossa Valley wine region. It was founded by a British brewer, Samuel Smith, who emigrated to Australia with his family from Wareham, Dorset in August 1 ...

* Saltram Winery * Lambert Estate

Other places

* The Old Union Chapel * Collingrove Homestead * Pioneer Park in Murray Street * Memorial Reserve

Tour Down Under

2014

The finish of the first stage of the 2014 Tour Down Under occurred on 21 January 2014 within the town. The race started in Nuriootpa and was won by

Simon Gerrans Simon Gerrans (born 16 May 1980) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018, for the , , , , and squads. Post-retirement he initially worked as an athlete intern at Goldman Sachs in L ...

of Orica-GreenEDGE.

References

External links

The history of Angaston
Towns in South Australia Barossa Valley Populated places established in 1842 {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub