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Armagh
South Australia
Armagh; South Australia
	The old disused kiln and chimney
	Armagh Location in South Australia
Coordinates	33°50′S 138°35′E / 33.833°S 138.583°E
Population	351 (SAL 2021)
Established	1850
Postcode(s)	5453
Location	137 km (85 mi) north of Adelaide ; 3 km (2 mi) west of Clare ;
LGA(s)	District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys
Region	Mid North
State electorate(s)	Frome
Federal division(s)	Grey
	Localities around Armagh:

Armagh is a small historic village in the western Clare Valley, about 137 km north of Adelaide, South Australia.

History

The village was named after the town and county of Armagh in Ireland.^{[citation needed]} It was founded in 1850 to benefit from the new copper mine, operated by the Royal Mining Company at nearby Emu Flat. The mine was built as part of a mania for copper mining prompted by the large copper finds at Burra and Kapunda but, though some mining efforts continued until 1910, was never successful commercially.^[2]

The town today

Today the hills around Armagh are known for the production of wine and olive oil. Most of the old town has vanished leaving only a brick kiln, claypit, a few houses and the Miner’s Home Hotel, now a private museum.

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Armagh (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ Noye, Robert J. (1980). CLARE – A District History. Hawthorndene, South Australia: Investigator Press. pp. 118–123.