9 May Street

Wallaroo SA 5556

Down the road is the local hospital and close by is the main street to the township with the local shops, Foodland, School, Jetty and the Local pub.
History of Wallaroo:
Wallaroo is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, 160 kilometres north-northwest of Adelaide. It is one of the three Copper Triangle towns famed for their historic shared copper mining industry, and known together as ''Little Cornwall'', the other two being Kadina (about 8 kilometres to the east) and Moonta (about 18 kilometres south). At the 2006 census, Wallaroo had a population of 3,053.
Wallaroo was first settled in 1851 by a sheep grazier, Robert Miller. In 1857, Walter Watson Hughes purchased the land and named it ''Walla Waroo''. The name was subsequently shortened to ''Wallaroo''.
Wallaroo settlement was established on Wallaroo Bay by 1861 and was proclaimed as a town in 1862. By 1865 the population was 3,000, and peaked at 5,000 in 1920. It was Yorke Peninsula's largest and most important port until 1923 when copper production ceased, and the largest and most important on Spencer Gulf until the Port Pirie smelters were established in 1890.
Wallaroo was connected to Kadina by horse-drawn tramway in 1862 and to Moonta in 1866. A connection to Adelaide was completed by 1880. The District Council of the Copper Coast governs Wallaroo at the municipal level.
Wallaroo lies in the state electoral district of Goyder and the federal electoral Division of Grey.
This is a great place to get away or to settle down. Viewing is by appointment so pick up the phone and arrange your inspection soon.
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For further information please call Teresa Maurici Seal 0417 080 058 or 8353 3000.