Palmer, South Australia
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Palmer is a town just east of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, 70 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 15 km west-north-west of Mannum (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".). It is located in the Mid Murray Council local government area.
Palmer has a primary school (opened 1882),[1] a general store, hotel[2] and a Lutheran Church[3] of which Carl Heinrich Loessel was the first pastor, from 22 May 1869 before the church was built, succeeded by the long-serving Pastor Kuss.[4]
There are some rock formations at the Granite Boulders Area Geological Site.[5]
History
Palmer is sited on the western confines of the Indigenous Ngaralta people. The first European explorers through the Palmer district were Dr George Imlay and John Hill in January 1838.[6]
The Reedy Creek special survey was granted on 14 September 1846 to Enthoven, Capper and Masterman with Samuel Davenport as agent. The township of Palmer was laid out in August 1873 on section 960.[7] The town was named after Colonel George Palmer, a South Australian Colonisation Commissioner.[8] It was settled as a mining and agricultural settlement. The Kitticoola mine was discovered as a copper and gold deposit in 1845.[9] The remaining surface elements of the underground mine are heritage-listed.[10] Hillgrove Resources acquired rights for further mineral exploration in 2014.[11]
Heritage listings
Palmer has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Adelaide-Mannum Road: Granite Boulders Area Geological Site[5]
- Mannum Road: Palmer Police Station and Cells[12]
- off Mine Road: Kitticoola Mine[10]
- Palmer Road: Homestead Complex[13]
- off Western Boundary Road: Reedy Creek Railway Bridge[14]
References
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- ↑ Lutheran Church of Australia. Retrieved 7 April 2007
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External links
- Map of Palmer (Mid Murray Council)
