Moonta

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locality town

Moonta is a historic former copper mining town on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula, known for its rich Cornish heritage and well-preserved 19th-century architecture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Moonta canonical 4
Moonta Bay 4
Moonta, South Australia 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locality ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWith Kadina ⓘ
Wallaroo ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
daylightSavingTimeZone ACDT ⓘ
distanceFromAdelaide approximately 165 km northwest ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
retail and services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ethnicInfluence Cornish people ⓘ
surface form: Cornish
foundedAsMiningTown 1860s ⓘ
hasArchitectureStyle 19th-century colonial ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
hasAttraction Moonta Mines Museum ⓘ
Moonta Mines Museum ⓘ
surface form: Moonta Mines State Heritage Area

heritage railway at Moonta Mines ⓘ
historic mine sites ⓘ
hasFestival Kernewek Lowender (Cornish Festival) ⓘ
hasSuburb Moonta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Moonta Bay

Port Hughes ⓘ
heritageStatus Australian National Heritage List ⓘ
surface form: National Heritage List (Australia)

State Heritage Area ⓘ
part of Australian Cornish Mining Sites ⓘ
knownFor 19th-century architecture ⓘ
Cornish heritage ⓘ
copper mining history ⓘ
language English ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Copper Coast Council ⓘ
locatedIn Yorke Peninsula ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Spencer Gulf ⓘ
nickname Little Cornwall ⓘ
partOf Copper Triangle ⓘ
postalCode 5558 ⓘ
primaryHistoricIndustry copper mining ⓘ
region Copper Coast region ⓘ
surface form: Copper Coast
roadAccessFromAdelaide via Port Wakefield Road and Copper Coast Highway ⓘ
state South Australia ⓘ
timeZone ACST ⓘ
tourismType coastal tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
traditionalOwners Narungga people ⓘ
surface form: Nharangga people

Referenced by (9)

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

Yorke Peninsula → hasMajorTown → Moonta ⓘ
Gulf St Vincent → hasMajorTownOnCoast → Moonta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moonta Bay
Maitland → nearbyTown → Moonta ⓘ
subject surface form: Maitland, South Australia
Kadina → hasNearbyTown → Moonta ⓘ
Wallaroo → adjacentTo → Moonta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moonta Bay
Moonta → hasSuburb → Moonta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moonta Bay
Port Hughes → near → Moonta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moonta Bay
Port Hughes → near → Moonta ⓘ
Wallaroo, South Australia → nearbyTown → Moonta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moonta, South Australia