Castambul is a small locality near

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. It is located in the

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local government area.

History

Castambul was originally named Sixth Creek, but was renamed Castambul by Price Maurice after the

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(previously Kastambul) region in the

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area of Turkey. In the 1850s, Australia's first payable gold mine (the Victoria) was located in the area. The area was also home to Price Maurice, who moved to Castambul in 1856 and bred

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s for wool. Angora goats were introduced from

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to South Australia by John Haigh, who bred them near

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. After purchasing Haigh's flock, Maurice was impressed with their potential and soon sent to Turkey for additional animals. His enterprises in South Australia were very successful but he returned to Britain with his family in 1862 for health reasons. Kastambul Post Office opened on an unknown date and closed at the end of 1971. Today, very little exists of the old settlement. In 1966, work started on the

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, a dam of the

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, and in 1969, it was completed at a cost of $5.3 million. Apart from supplying water to eastern Adelaide, it also serves a flood protection role and holds 19,160 megalitres.

Geography

Castambul is located east of

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on the road out of Adelaide via Athelstone (Gorge Road).

Facilities

Castambul has a CSR

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and tea gardens, both located on Gorge Road, and the former Victoria Goldmine on Batchelor Road is a heritage-listed site.Understanding South Australia's Built Heritage
, Department of Environment and Heritage, last amended March 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2006.

Transport

The area is not serviced by Adelaide public transport.

References

{{authority control Suburbs of Adelaide Towns in South Australia