Wallaroo was one of the australian grain loading points, distributed along the
Spencer Gulf, situated on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.
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Wallaroo away (3)
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Copper mine
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In 1859, a shepherd found copper in Moonta that made the wealth of the city.
After the copper boom, the export of grain permitted to reuse the port installations.
It is now a little resort place with 2300 inhabitants, where is located a mining museum.
The Pamir put there in 1932.
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City Hall |
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Nautical museum |
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Primary school |
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Sonbern Lodge - 1914 |
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Sonbern Lodge beach |
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Sonbern Lodge - 1914 |
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Villas |
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The jetty |
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Villas and... grain silo |
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