Echunga
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1839 | ||||||||||||
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| Postcode | 5153 | ||||||||||||
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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.[2] The name of the town was derived from the Kaurna word Ityangga, meaning "over there"[3] or "close by".[4]
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 more long-lived field.[2]
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.[4] Echunga is part of Battunga Country.[5]
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