Nangkita, South Australia
| Nangkita South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Nangkita | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°21′S 138°41′E / 35.35°S 138.69°ECoordinates: 35°21′S 138°41′E / 35.35°S 138.69°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5210 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Alexandrina Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Finniss | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Mayo | ||||||||||||||
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Nangkita is a rural locality on Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, south of the capital, Adelaide.
Nangkita was founded as a Village Settlement in the 1890s as a commune in a scheme set up by the South Australian government under Part VII of the Crown Lands Amendment Act 1893,[1] intended to mitigate the effects of the depression then affecting the Colony. The settlement grew a magnificent crop of tobacco, but the potato and onion crops were ravaged by grubs.[2] The commune closed not long after that.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "The Crown Lands Amendment Act, 1893 (SA )". Part VII. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ↑ "Nangkita Village Settlement". Weekly Herald. IV, (175). South Australia. 12 February 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "No title". South Australian Register. LXIII, (16, 079). South Australia. 26 May 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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