Moonta

Moonta is a beautifully preserved town ....in it's hayday in the 1860s.....lovely old buildings in the main Street, old stone houses and a huge church.

It was the second biggest town in SA at the time....copper was discovered ( by a wombat...now imortalised with a statue in the town park)

This led to a massive influx of miners from Cornwall where they were living in extreme poverty. Thousands had their passage paid to come and work the mines.

We explored the museum at the old mine site housed in the old school building ...it had 1100 pupils at its peak.

Nice town living on its Cornish history.....Cornish Pasties are the main food available in town.