Jerusalem,_South_Australia

Jerusalem, South Australia

Jerusalem, South Australia

Town in South Australia

Jerusalem (originally New Jerusalem) is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.[2] The boundaries were formally gazetted in January, 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area.[4]

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History

It was surveyed in 1871 as a result of demand for housing from those involved in the nearby Wallaroo Mines, forming one of four "occupation blocks" in the area.[5] An old resident claimed that the suburb was intended for "gentleman's residences" as opposed to the other occupation blocks, and that a "Councillor Rosenberg" had suggested Jerusalem as a name for an "aristocratic suburb".[6] In 1874, the local newspaper stated that "the name is not considered suitable to the place, and generally strikes the ear of a stranger as somewhat ridiculous", while the local Bible Christian minister stated that "dog-fighting, wombat and wallaby-hunting were the regular Sunday exercises, and sin had stamped its wretched impress upon the whole neighbourhood."[7][8]

A Bible Christian chapel opened at Jerusalem in February 1874.[8] The main Jerusalem football team merged with the Kadina club in 1908,[9] and the "Jews" football and cricket teams were later based at Jerusalem in the 1920s, competing in the local Kadina competitions.[10][11] The Jerusalem Methodist Church opened in January 1922, built by voluntary labour on a block of land donated by the Wallaroo and Kadina Mining Company.[12][13] The Jerusalem Sunday School began in March of the same year.[14] Prior to the church's opening, the Wallaroo Mines Gospel Mission Band had been holding open-air and cottage meetings at Jerusalem for three years.[15] It remains in operation as the Jerusalem Uniting Church.[16]

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Jerusalem (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "Search result(s) for Jerusalem, 5554". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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    Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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    "Search result(s) for Jerusalem, 5554". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. [5]
    Drew, Greg (1990). Discovering Historic Kadina, South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy and the District Council of Northern Yorke Peninsula. p. 15.
  6. [6]
    Bailey, Keith (1990). Copper City Chronicle: A History of Kadina. p. 166.
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    Payton, Philip (2007). Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia's Little Cornwall. University of Exeter Press. p. 158.
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    "The Wallaroo Times". The Wallaroo Times and Mining Journal. Vol. X, no. 926. South Australia. 21 February 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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    Bailey, Keith (1990). Copper City Chronicle: A History of Kadina. p. 163.
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    "JERUSALEM NEWS". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. LVII, no. 6072. South Australia. 29 August 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "JERUSALEM ITEMS". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. LIX, no. 6859. South Australia. 24 October 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "JERUSALEM METHODIST CHURCH". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. LVI, no. 5899. South Australia. 1 February 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "NEW CHURCH AT JERUSALEM". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. LVI, no. 5897. South Australia. 25 January 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "GENERAL NEWS". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. LVII, no. 6023. South Australia. 10 March 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. [15]
    "KADINA AND DISTRICT CHURCHES". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. LXV, no. 7405. South Australia. 2 May 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "Jerusalem Uniting Church (Kadina)". Uniting Church of Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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