Jupiter Creek, South Australia

Jupiter Creek
Adelaide, South Australia

Jupiter Creek

Coordinates

35°07′0″S 138°46′0″E / 35.11667°S 138.76667°ECoordinates: 35°07′0″S 138°46′0″E / 35.11667°S 138.76667°E

Population

275 (2011 census)^[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

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 (31 October 2012). "Jupiter Creek (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
↑ "Battunga Country". Retrieved 3 July 2007.

Towns and localities of the District Council of Mount Barker

Biggs Flat Blakiston Brukunga Bugle Ranges Bull Creek Callington Chapel Hill Dawesley Echunga Flaxley Green Hills Range Hahndorf Harrogate Hay Valley Jupiter Creek Kanmantoo Littlehampton Macclesfield Meadows Mount Barker Mount Barker Junction Mount Barker Springs Mount Barker Summit Nairne Paechtown Paris Creek Petwood Prospect Hill St Ives Totness Wistow

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