Jupiter Creek, South Australia
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Jupiter Creek (postcode 5153) is a semi-rural suburb of
Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
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South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
. It lies within the District Council of Mount Barker, west of Echunga.


Gold Diggings

It is part of the former goldmining area the Battunga Country. Jupiter Creek was the site of a gold discovery in the mid-1800s, there still exists a fossicking reserve in the old diggings with an interpretive walking trail.


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Suburbs of Adelaide Adelaide Hills Mining towns in South Australia {{Adelaide-geo-stub