KADINA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

---

The largest town on the Yorke Peninsula, Kadina is the main commercial centre for the region. It has strong Cornish influences from the migration of Cornish miners to the area in the 19th century.
Nearby Paskeville is famed as the host town for the Yorke Peninsula Field Days, held biennially in September, with the next event to be held in 2011. This event is the oldest in Australia and one of the biggest, exhibiting millions of dollars worth of farm machinery.
Location: 150 km north-west of Adelaide; 10 km east of Wallaroo; 50 km north east of Port Wakefield; 44 metres above sea level
Origin of name: of Aboriginal origin, it is derived from 'caddy-yeena' or 'caddy-inna' which is believed to mean 'lizard plain'.
Brief history: the town of Kadina was laid out in 1861. In 1863 the large Matta Matta copper mine was built following the discovery of ore-deposits a year previous. Like Moonta (18 km south west) and Wallaroo (10 km west), with which Kadina forms South Australia's copper triangle, Kadina's mines were worked by miners from Cornwall, England.
Built features: Bank & Currency Museum; Wallaroo Mines; town of Paskeville (19 km south east).
Heritage features: Harvey's Pumping Station (c.1860); Matta Matta mine manager's house (1863); Kadina Railway Station (1878); Banking & Currency Museum (1874, Bank of South Australia); Church of Christ (1920); Pioneer Cemetery (c.1860); Wallaroo Mine (1860); former Police Residence (c.1900); Harvey's Engine House; Wallaroo Mine Historical Site (1.5 km south-west)