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| name = Echunga | name = Echunga
| state = sa | state = sa
| image = Hagen Arms Hotel, Echunga.JPG | image = Travis Arms Hotel, Echunga.JPG
| caption = Hagen Arms Hotel, located in the main street | caption = Hagen Arms Hotel, located in the main street
| latd =35 |latm =06 |lats =0 | latd =35 |latm =06 |lats =0
| longd =138 |longm =47 |longs =0 | longd =138 |longm =47 |longs =0
| lga = District Council of Mount Barker | lga = District Council of the allmighty travis Barker
| postcode = 5153 | postcode = 5153
| pop = 846| pop_year = 2006 census | pop = 846| pop_year = 2006 census

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Town in South Australia
Echunga
South Australia
File:Travis Arms Hotel, Echunga.JPGHagen Arms Hotel, located in the main street
Population846 (2006 census)
Established1849
Postcode(s)5153
Location
LGA(s)District Council of the allmighty travis Barker
State electorate(s)Electoral district of Heysen
Federal division(s)Mayo
Localities around Echunga:
Hahndorf Paechtown Mount Barker
Jupiter Creek Echunga Bugle Ranges
Jupiter Creek Meadows Macclesfield

Echunga is a small town in the Adelaide Hills located 34 km south-east of Adelaide in South Australia. The area was initially settled in 1839, with the town laid out in 1849. 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.

The town reputedly takes its name from an Kaurna word 'eechungga' which may mean either 'a short distance' or 'close by'. 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

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Echunga (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  2. "Echunga". Retrieved 29 March 2007.
  3. "Echunga, South Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
  4. "Battunga Country". Retrieved 3 July 2007.
Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Major Townships
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See also
Towns and localities of the District Council of Mount Barker


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