Town in South Australia
| Echunga South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Hagen Arms Hotel, located in the main street | |||||||||||||||
  Echunga | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°06′0″S 138°47′0″E / 35.10000°S 138.78333°E / -35.10000; 138.78333 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 630 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1839 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5153 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Mount Barker | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Electoral district of Heysen | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo | ||||||||||||||
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Echunga (/ɪˈtʃʌŋɡə/ ih-CHUNG-gə) is a small town in the Adelaide Hills located 34 kilometres (21 mi) south-east of Adelaide in South Australia.
The area was settled by Europeans during the period of British colonisation of South Australia in 1839, with the town laid out in 1849. The name of the town was derived from a name takes its name from the Kaurna word Ityangga, meaning "over there" or "close by".
Gold was discovered in 1852 and Echunga became the first proclaimed goldfield in South Australia. This led to a gold rush; however, it did not last long, with the diggings exhausted and all but abandoned within a year. Subsequent discoveries in 1853 and 1854 led to smaller and equally short-lived rushes. In 1868 more gold was discovered at nearby Jupiter Creek, which proved to be a much larger and long-lived field.
For a brief time Echunga prospered and it has been estimated that at its peak it had grown to a population in excess of 1,200. Echunga is part of Battunga Country.
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Echunga (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- "Placename Details: Echunga". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 1 August 2007. SA0021861. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Echunga". Retrieved 29 March 2007.
- Schultz, Chester (30 April 2018). "Place Name Summary: (PNS) 1/02: Kawandilla" (PDF). Adelaide Research & Scholarship. The Southern Kaurna Place Names Project. University of Adelaide. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Echunga, South Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
- "Battunga Country". Retrieved 3 July 2007.
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