Wallaroo

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Wallaroo is a historic coastal town on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula, known for its former copper mining industry and popular fishing and holiday beaches.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wallaroo canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locality
town
adjacentTo Kadina
Moonta
surface form: Moonta Bay
bay Wallaroo Bay
climate Mediterranean climate
coast Spencer Gulf
country Australia
distanceFromAdelaide approximately 160 kilometres northwest
hasActivity boating
recreational fishing
tourism
hasFeature Wallaroo jetty
harbour
marina
sandy beaches
hasHeritage historic industrial buildings
maritime heritage
hasPortHistory export of copper ore
shipping of agricultural products
hasRecreation beach walking
crabbing
swimming
hasTransport boat ramp
port facilities
hasView Spencer Gulf
historicalIndustry copper mining
copper smelting
historicalRole port for copper exports
isCoastalTown true
knownFor fishing
former copper mining industry
holiday beaches
localGovernmentArea Copper Coast Council
locatedIn Copper Coast region
Yorke Peninsula
primaryEconomicSector fishing
service industries
tourism
region Copper Triangle
regionType historic coastal town
state South Australia
timeZone Australian Central Standard Time
timeZoneDST Australian Central Daylight Time
tourismType coastal tourism
heritage tourism

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yorke Peninsula hasMajorTown Wallaroo
Kadina hasNearbyTown Wallaroo
Moonta associatedWith Wallaroo