
Angaston is a town on the eastern side of the
Barossa Valley
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in
South Australia
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, 77 km northeast of
Adelaide
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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 British colonisation of South Australia, Province of South ...
, who settled in the area in the 1850s. Angaston is in the
Barossa Council local government area
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, the
state
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electoral district of Schubert
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and the
federal Division of Barker
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.
Railway
Angaston was the terminus of the
Barossa Valley railway line which was built in 1911. Regular passenger trains ended in 1968 and the line from Nuriootpa to Angaston was replaced by a walking trail.
Notable former residents
*
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 British colonisation of South Australia, Province of South ...
(1789–1879) politician, banker and possible former slaveholder or slavery emancipist.
* Sir
John Keith Angas (1900–1977) pastoralist
*
Hugh Thomas Moffitt Angwin (1888–1949) engineer and public servant
*
William Hague
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(1864–1924) storekeeper and politician
*
Brian Hurn (1939–2015), cricketer.
*
Shannon Hurn (1987-), AFL footballer, West Coast Eagles 2018 Premiership Captain, 2 X All Australian, AFLPA Best Captain 2019, West Coast Eagles games record holder.
*
O. P. Heggie (1877–1936) Actor. Played the Hermit who befriends the Monster in
Bride of Frankenstein
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(1935)
Wineries
*
Yalumba
* 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 of
Orica–GreenEDGE.
References
External links
The history of Angaston
Towns in South Australia
Barossa Valley
Populated places established in 1842
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