A sleepy Wheatbelt town situated between the Mt. Lofty Ranges and the Barunga Range. The town achieved notoriety in 1999 when it was discovered to be the site of the largest serial killing in Australia. The putrefying remains of eight people were discovered in six barrels inside the town's disused bank building in what were to become known as the 'bodies-in-the-barrels' murders.

Where is it?: 145 km north of Adelaide; 50 km north of Crystal Brook.

About Snowtown

Natural features: salt lakes; Lake Bumbunga

Built features: Snowtown Memorial Hall (1919); Snowtown Institute (1889); St Candice's Catholic church.

Origin of name: named by Governor William Francis Drummond Jervois in 1878, possibly after Thomas Snow who was Jervois' aide de camp, although Sebastian Snow was the Governor's Private Secretary.

Brief history: The town had its beginnings when pioneer farmers arrived around 1868, the year in which the Snowtown pub was built.