These highly significant Areas range from Innamincka (Cooper Creek),
the Arckaringa Hills and Beltana in the north to Penola, Mount Gambier
and Mount Schank in the south-east. State Heritage Areas are also
located at the mid-north towns of Burra and Mintaro, the Moonta
Mines site in Yorke Peninsula's Copper Triangle, and the river port
of Goolwa. Closer to Adelaide are the Hills towns of Hahndorf and
Mount Torrens, the southern suburb of Colonel Light Gardens and
historic precincts within metropolitan Port Adelaide and Gawler.
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SHA
|
Gazettal
Date
|
Description
|
Maps |
| Arckaringa
Hills |
declared*
20 December 1985
|
a fragile geological site of exceptional beauty
|
|
| Belair
National Park |
declared*
19 September 1985
|
the birthplace of South Australia's
national park system |
|
Beltana
|
declared*
16 July 1987
|
integral to the history and development
of South Australia's inland regions |
|
|
Burra
|
declared*
28 January 1993
|
one of Australia's earliest, largest and best-preserved nineteenth
century mining towns
|
|
|
Colonel
Light Gardens
|
authorised*
4 May 2000
|
Australia's most complete example of an early twentieth century
garden suburb
|
|
| Gawler
Church Hill |
declared*
6 June 1985 |
retains elements of Colonel Light's plan for South
Australia's first country town |
|
| Goolwa |
declared*
24 September 1987 |
one of Australia's principal nineteenth century
river ports |
|
|
Hahndorf
|
declared*
25 August 1988
|
Australia's oldest surviving German settlement
|
|
| Innamincka
/ Cooper Creek |
declared*
16 May 1985 |
a permanent watercourse in an arid region and
a place of great natural beauty; historically associated with
Burke and Wills |
|
| Mintaro |
declared*
20 September 1984 |
a well-preserved mid-nineteenth century village |
|
| Moonta
Mines |
declared*
10 May 1984 |
the site of Colonial South Australia's largest
(copper) mining enterprise |
|
| Mount
Gambier Cave Gardens & Environs |
authorised*
2 August 2001 |
a unique urban park and the original settlement
site for South Australia's major regional centre |
|
| Mount
Gambier Volcanic Complex |
declared*
11 June 1992 |
a geological site of recent volcanic activity
and a major tourist destination since the 1880s |
|
| Mount
Schank |
declared*
11 June 1992 |
a rare and relatively undisturbed volcanic cone |
|
| Mount
Torrens |
authorised*
5 December 2002 |
an intact nineteenth century Adelaide Hills settlement |
|
| Penola
(Petticoat Lane / Woods MacKillop Schoolhouse) |
authorised*
11 December 1997 |
a 'turn of the century' country lane adjacent
to a highly significant Mary MacKillop site |
|
| Port
Adelaide |
declared*
29 April 1982
NB - boundary (Todd Street) amended 22 September 2004
|
South Australia's most substantial and continuous
group of commercial and administrative Colonial buildings; associations
with the State's major port |
|
* The distinction between 'declared' and 'authorised' State Heritage
Areas is explained in the ABOUT STATE HERITAGE
AREAS section
