Scott Creek is a locality in the
Adelaide Hills about southeast of
Adelaide
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in
South Australia
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. It includes the "ceased Government Town" of Cotton.
Scott Creek has a primary school and a Soldiers' Memorial Hall. The school has 55-65 students.
The
Scott Creek Conservation Park
Scott Creek Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Dorset Vale, South Australia, Dorset Vale about south of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide.
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is south of Scott Creek, in the neighbouring locality of
Dorset Vale.
Both the town and the conservation park are named for the creek that flows through them. They would have been used by the
Peramangk people before European settlement began in the late 1830s. Copper was discovered in 1850, and silver soon after. Mining ceased in 1887 after extraction of 10 000 ounces (310 kg) of silver.
is a small grass airstrip in nearby
Clarendon which is used to support
South Australian Country Fire Service
The South Australian Country Fire Service (SACFS, commonly abbreviated as CFS) is a volunteer based fire service in the Australian state of South Australia. The CFS has responsibility as the Control Agency for firefighting and hazardous mater ...
water bombing aircraft.
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