ARTHURTON, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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A small inland farming town.
Location: 14 km north of Maitland; 36 km south east of Moonta.
Origin of name: named after Arthur Musgrave, a son of Sir Anthony Musgrave, who was Governor of South Australia from 1873 to 1877. The Aboriginal name for the locality was "Kalkabury" which meant "Sheoak hill". In 1874, when the first post office opened, it was known as Kalkabury until 1876 when it was officially changed to Arthurton
Brief history: In 1872 the pastoral lease on this area of land was revoked and under "the Waste Lands Amendment Act". The land was subdivided into sections for farming purposes, and was called the Kalkabury Agricultural Area. When the site for the township was surveyed the same surveyor referred to town blocks as part of the township of Arthurton. It was on Section 58, north of the town, that the Smith brothers designed and built their first stump-jump plough in 1876.
Built features: Arthurton Hotel; Soldiers Memorial Hall (1927); Paskeville Service reservoirs.