Montacute is a small regional area in the
Adelaide Hills,
South Australia
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[ Montacute is located on Fifth Creek, and the mostly-rural suburb extends from ]Rostrevor
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in the west to Lenswood in the east, bounded on the north by Castambul and on the south by Norton Summit and Cherryville Cherryville may refer to one of the following places:
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. The small town of Montacute Heights is located on top of the ridge between Fifth and Sixth Creeks. Montacute is reached from 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 ...
via Montacute Road.
Copper
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was discovered in the area in 1843 by Thomas Burr
Thomas Burr (1813–1866), surveyor and mine manager, was a British explorer and Deputy Surveyor General of South Australia 1839–46.
Early life in England
Born 1813 in England, probably at Kent, Thomas Burr's father was George Dominicus Burr ...
, and a mine was soon set up. One of the mine's financiers, Sir John Baker, named the area after Montacute, Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, which was near his birthplace. Gold was discovered in 1846 and the "Victoria Mine" became Australia's first commercially exploited gold deposit.[Adelaide Hills Council – Historical Town Information]
The main industries are now orchards
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and market gardens
A market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants. The diversity of crops grown on a small area of land, typically from under to som ...
. The 200 hectare Montacute Conservation Park was founded in 1971.Gorge Road
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via a precipitous route with many twists and turns, is a popular route for cyclists and day trippers
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References
Suburbs of Adelaide
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