Jupiter Creek, South Australia

Coordinates: 35°07′0″S 138°46′0″E / 35.11667°S 138.76667°E / -35.11667; 138.76667
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Jupiter Creek
AdelaideSouth Australia
Jupiter Creek is located in South Australia
Jupiter Creek
Jupiter Creek
Coordinates35°07′0″S 138°46′0″E / 35.11667°S 138.76667°E / -35.11667; 138.76667
Population231 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5153
LGA(s)District Council of Mount Barker
Suburbs around Jupiter Creek:
Bradbury Chapel Hill
Dorset Vale Jupiter Creek Echunga
Kangarilla Meadows

Jupiter Creek (postcode 5153) is a semi-rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It lies within the District Council of Mount Barker, west of Echunga.

Gold Diggings[edit]

It is part of the former goldmining area the Battunga Country.[2] Jupiter Creek was the site of a gold discovery in the mid-1800s, there still exists a fossicking reserve in the old diggings with an interpretive walking trail.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Jupiter Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Battunga Country". Retrieved 3 July 2007.