Seppeltsfield is a locality in

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

on the western side of the

Barossa Valley The Barossa Valley (Barossa German: ''Barossa Tal'') is a valley in South Australia located northeast of Adelaide city centre. The valley is formed by the North Para River. It is notable as a major list of wine-producing regions, wine-producin ...

. It is also the location of the historic Seppeltsfield winery. At the

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, Seppeltsfield had a population of 138. Seppeltsfield was established in 1852 when

Joseph Ernst Seppelt Joseph Ernst Seppelt (1813 – 29 January 1868) was a German-born Australian viticulturist and merchant who migrated to South Australia in 1849, and in 1851 settled in the Barossa Valley where he established Seppeltsfield, South Australia ...

bought land and moved there after having migrated from

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to South Australia in 1849. He attempted to grow tobacco, then grew corn, wheat and grapes.

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