| Jupiter Creek Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Jupiter Creek | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°07′0″S 138°46′0″E / 35.11667°S 138.76667°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 231 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5153 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Mount Barker | ||||||||||||||
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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
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
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Jupiter Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ "Battunga Country". Retrieved 3 July 2007.
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