Two Wells is a town approximately north of the

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adjacent to

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and passed by the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. The first settlers in the area used two aboriginal wells in the area as a freshwater source. At the , Two Wells had a population of 1926.

The two wells

Originally the wells were natural and permanent waterholes. In the 1880s the wells were deepened and strengthened to facilitate regular use by travelling stock. By 1900 a water pipeline supplied the area, and the wells were neglected. In the 1960s a local youth group rehabilitated the wells and surrounding area, but after a time they were again neglected. In 1979 the area was again rehabilitated, partly fenced, and signed as a reserve. It continues to be maintained by interested locals. Two Wells cemetery 1

Governance

The boundaries were of the town officially fixed on 21 June 1990. Two Wells is located in the federal

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, the state

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and the local government area of the

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Media

The local newspaper is the ''Two Wells and Districts Echo'', began as a newsletter in 1978, before changing to newspaper tabloid format in 2010. Servicing around 4,000 households in both Two Wells and Lewiston, between 2002 and 2010, it was known as "''Your Local Echo''", and prior to that as simply "Newsletter (Two Wells Community Advancement Association)". Along with a sister publication, ''

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'', it is produced by Papers & Publications, whose main office is on Howe Street,

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Notable persons

James Park Woods who was born in Two Wells in 1886, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces in 1916 and was awarded a

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for gallantry during preliminary attacks on the Hindenburg Line in September 1918. Woods survived the war and returned to a career in viticulture in Western Australia. ABC TV host Annabell Crabb was born and went to school in Two Wells.

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