Wallaroo is located 160km north-west of Adelaide on the western side of the York Peninsula. Wallaroo is one of three Copper Triangle towns famed for their historic shared copper mining industry, and known together as 'Little Cornwall,' the other two being Kadina and Moonta. The towns first copper smelter was lit in 1861, after which the industry flourished, and the township grew rapidly. Wallaroo began shipping refined copper in 1862 and within just six years over 100 tonnes were produced weekly.
Those visiting Wallaroo can find short-term parking at Wallaroo Rest Area, 11 Cornish Terrace. Parking is $6 per vehicle per night for self-contained vehicles only and is limited to 24 hours. Visitors are able to pay by purchase of a boat ramp ticket from the Wallaroo Boat Ramp ticket machine.
Local events include the annual Antiques and Collectables Fair, the Kernewek Lowender, Paskeville Field Days, and the Copper Coast Marina Festival. Historic buildings include the former Tipara Lighthouse (1877), Cornucopia Hotel (1862), Town Hall (1902), Old Railway Station (1914), Caroline Carleton’s residence (c1870), Court House (1865), Customs House (1862), the Seaman’s Recreation Centre (c1880) and Hughes Chimneystack, the only above ground reminder of the chimneys and furnaces erected by the Wallaroo Mining and Smelting Company. The Wallaroo Heritage and Nautical Museum in the old post office (1865) contains extensive historical maritime displays and local tours and guides for groups can be booked here.
Tourist/Visitor Centre
Farm Shed Museum & Tourist Centre (20km), 50 Moonta Rd, Kadina SA
Ph: 08 8821 2333
thefarmshed@coppercoast.sa.gov.au
www.coppercoast.sa.gov.au
Casual Parking
Owen Terrace
Short Term Parking
Wallaroo Rest Area, 11 Cornish Terrace, self-contained vehicles, (24hr) unpwr $6.00 pvpn, pay by purchase of a boat ramp ticket from the Wallaroo Boat Ramp ticket machine
Dump Point
Victoria St, adj BP service station
Potable Water
Heritage Drv
Hospital
Ernest Terrace, Ph: 08 8823 0200
Doctors Surgery
Ernest Terrace, Ph: 08 8823 2644
Dentist
Doswell Terrace, Kadina, Ph: 08 8821 1300
Pharmacy
45 Owen Terrace, Ph: 08 8823 2524
Supermarket
Foodland, 50 Hughes St, Ph: 08 8823 2990