Curramulka, nicknamed "Curry", is a town in the
Australian state
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of
South Australia
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on the
Yorke Peninsula
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. Curramulka is within easy driving distance of the
coastal resort town
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s of
Port Victoria and
Port Vincent and is north-east of
Minlaton.
There are caves nearby.
History
The
Hundred of Curramulka was surveyed in 1874. The name is derived from the
Aboriginal words ''curre'' (emu) and ''mulka'' (deep water hole), referring to the nearby caves.
[
Farming land was first opened up in the mid-1870s, and Curramulka flourished the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Port Julia was used to ship produce from the town.]mechanics' institute
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, was built in 1885. Additions were built in 1906, 1922, and 1939, and in 1934 the building was transferred to the local council. It still stands for use by the community in 2020.Ardrossan
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developed as the main regional port for wheat and wool, Curramulka's importance diminished, but it started to grow again in the 21st century.[
On 19 November 2009 a large fire started in paddocks near Curramulka.]
Caves
Nearby is an extensive chain of limestone
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caves. They were first explored in 1850, and major extensions discovered in 1984. They have of known passages in an area of approximately 400m x 300m and depth 46m. Corra-Lynn is the longest cave in the region.
Football
Ngadjuri
The Ngadjuri people are a group of Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands lie in the mid north of South Australia with a territory extending from Gawler in the south to Orroroo in the Flinders Ranges in the north.
Name
Their ethn ...
man Vince Copley
Vincent Warrior Copley (born Vincent Gilbert Warrior; 24 December 1936 – 10 January 2022) was an Aboriginal Australian sportsman, activist, elder, and leader.
Early life
Vincent Gilbert Copley, usually known as Vince, was born into poverty ...
became coach and captain of the Curramulka AFL
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Education
* Angel Foundation for Learning, a Canadian Roman Catholic charity
* Ankara Science High School, a high school in Ankara, Turkey, natively referred to as ''Ankara Fen Liesi''
* Assessment for learning
Military
* ...
team (in the now defunct Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League
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), reached the premiership in 1957, 1958, and 1959. It was his first experience of being welcomed into white people's homes, after experiencing racism in other country towns. In those days, the town was affectionately referred to as "the Currie".
See also
*List of cities and towns in South Australia
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:For a list of suburbs in metropolitan areas of Adelaide, see lists inside following individual city council articles: City of Adela ...
References
External links
Yorke Peninsula website
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