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Edith Street, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
We Welcome Bus Tours & Group Bookings -
Limited Wheelchair Access
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Take
a step back in time when
you visit the EDITHBURGH MUSEUM
Adjacent to the jetty & situated in the old McGlew & Adams Produce
Store,
the Edithburgh Museum is often described as "the
best small museum in South Australia"
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Now a popular holiday &
tourist destination,
Edithburgh was once a totally different
place - an industrial town -
which exported salt from the crude product off the
lakes to the best refined table salt packed in its own
special glass jars & cloth bags.
Grains, gypsum, lime & eggs were other products shipped from Edithburgh
which, by the early 1920's
was South Australia's 3rd busiest outport. |
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The Museum's well defined detailed
displays include -
Early settlement, the agricultural,
commercial, industrial, military,
sporting & social history of the area
with major emphasis on the -
Salt Industry
from harvesting off the lakes to transporting along the steel track, through to refining & export.
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Port of Edithburgh
Its shipping & the Jetty
from the 1870's to the 1930's
this once busy port was a continuous hub of activity.
Discover what it was like in the 1930's
with the interactive display.
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Shipwrecks
of the area including a detailed exhibit
& many artifacts from the
'Clan Ranald' which sank off Troubridge Hill in 1909, & claimed the lives of 40 crew members
[ all of whom are buried in the Edithburgh Cemetery
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Sit at the old 'Edithburgh Corporation' meeting table & browse through
the
Cemetery records, School Album, Museum publications
& a multitude of other memorabilia
Research Assistance is available
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The Edithburgh Museum is open
2.00pm to 4.00pm Sundays
Other times by appointment.
Adults $3.00
Children .50 cents
Group discounts apply
For further information or bookings, contact -
Meridith ( 08 ) 8852 6187
Email: meridithc@internode.on.net |