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43-727: The North Kapunda Hotel is a pub located in Kapunda , South Australia . The hotel is believed by ghost hunters and tour operators to be "one of the most haunted pubs in Australia". The hotel was opened in November 1849 as the North Kapunda Arms before being renamed Garland Ox in 1853 and renamed the North Kapunda Hotel three years later in 1856 when it was bought by James Crase who rebuilt it in 1865 before selling it around 1875. The hotel
86-537: A brief illness, Sidney Kidman died at his home at 76 Northgate Street, Millswood (now Unley Park ), aged 78, on 2 September 1935. His body was interred at the Mitcham Cemetery in the presence of hundreds of mourners; his cortege extended for more than 1.5 miles (2.4 km). He left most of his £300,000 estate to his family and to charities. Kidman donated his home in Kapunda , which he acquired around 1900 and called Eringa after Eringa Station , to
129-484: A different treatment method (cooking the ore with salt to produce copper chloride). Copper prices fell in 1877 and the mine closed in 1879. A railway from Adelaide was opened in 1860, and extended to Eudunda and Morgan in 1878. The Corporate Town of Kapunda was established in 1865 to form a local governing body for the township and the District Council of Kapunda was established the following year to govern
172-564: A major refurbishment. On the night of 29 March 2022, the building caught fire, having spread from a nearby transportable classroom building. Eighty firefighters from the Metropolitan Fire Service battled the blaze, but were hampered by a limited water supply, and explosions around the building. The walls were left standing, but there was significant damage to the roof. Staff members were "heartbroken". Writer Colin Thiele once described
215-576: A one-eyed horse aptly named Cyclops that he had bought with his savings. He joined a drover and learned quickly. He then worked as a roustabout and bullock-driver at Poolamacca cattle station , and Mount Gipps Station . and later as a drover, stockman and livestock trader. He made money trading whatever was needed, and supplying services (transport, goods, a butcher shop) to new mining towns springing up in outback New South Wales and South Australia, (including Cobar , Kapunda , Burra and eventually Broken Hill ). After he and his brothers worked on
258-626: A one-fourteenth share in the BHP mine for 10 bullocks worth about £4 each. He sold his share for £150 less £50 commission and was satisfied with the profit. He had mail contracts on a fairly large scale and in 1886 bought Owen Springs Station . Gradually he extended his holdings until they reached out into Queensland and New South Wales. In 1895 Kidman, in partnership with his brother Sackville, acquired Cowarie Station . In 1896, Kidman bought his first property in Queensland, Annandale Station , situated in
301-474: A strong Catholic community and Saint Mary MacKillop visited and established a convent there. St John's Reformatory for Girls operated from 1897 to 1909. The southern entrance to the town has been dominated since 1988 by the 8-metre (26 ft) statue of Map Kernow ("the son of Cornwall "), a traditional Cornish miner. The statue was destroyed by a fire on the morning of 1 June 2006 but has since been rebuilt by its creator, Ben van Zetten. Today, Kapunda
344-429: Is a producer of cereal crops , mainly wheat, barley and oats. Value-added services carried out by local industry include stock feed milling and hay processing. Kapunda is a contributor to the wine-growing industry centred in the nearby Barossa Valley . The population was 2,917 at the 2016 Australian census . The Kapunda Historical Society runs a museum housed in the old Baptist Church building. Kapunda has hosted
387-633: Is said that a woman was murdered in one of the rooms by a man known as "the man in black". The man in black is believed to be one of four spirits that haunt the premises. In March 2014, paranormal television series Haunting: Australia investigated the pub. Kapunda Kapunda is a town on the Light River near the Barossa Valley in South Australia . It was established after a discovery in 1842 of significant copper deposits. The population
430-705: Is somewhat low, averaging 491.7 mm (19.36 in) between 104.8 precipitation days. Extreme temperatures have ranged from 45.4 °C (113.7 °F) on 9 January 1939 to −3.3 °C (26.1 °F) on 9 July 1959. The second St Rose of Lima Catholic Church, replacing one designed by Edmund Wright and E. J. Woods built in 1866 and subsequently demolished, was built in 1938, to designs by Herbert Jory in Romanesque Revival style, and has been described as "perhaps Jory's Romanesque masterpiece". The Sydney -based magazine Builder commented that "the long narrow window openings, infilled with cast cement grilles,
473-592: The 1921 Birthday Honours for his support of the war effort. Kidman's entrepreneurial initiatives extended to many other rural industries. Probably his only unsuccessful business venture was the Kidman & Mayoh shipyard, which he established with engineer brothers Arthur and Joseph Mayoh in the Sydney suburb of Putney when the Commonwealth Government called for 24 wooden ships to be built by various companies for
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#1733084618382516-763: The Channel Country and described as ideal fattening country for cattle. In 1899 he acquired Eringa Station in South Australia , Austral Downs (NT), and Carcoory Station. By 1903, Kidman owned or was a part owner of some 38,000 square miles (98,420 km ) of country ranging from the Carlton Hill Station in Western Australia to Victoria River Downs Station in the Northern Territory and Macumba Station in South Australia, and properties in
559-595: The Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1909 along with another two stations, one being Northcote and Victoria River Downs in the Northern Territory, for £200,000. Boorara Station was acquired in 1913. Kidman acquired Yancannia Station in far western New South Wales in 1916, followed by Corona Station , also in the far west of New South Wales, in 1917. In 1916, Kidman invested in Glenroy Station with
602-547: The Education Department in 1921. It was used as the administration building for the Kapunda High School, later heritage-listed , and extensively renovated in 2011–12. The building was gutted by fire on the night of 29 March 2022, with extensive damage to the roof. The Adelaide suburb of Kidman Park was named in his honour. The Kidman Way , a rural road in the western region of New South Wales, part of which
645-565: The Kapunda Celtic Music Festival since 1976. The town was titled the most haunted town in Australia after a television documentary went to air about this, which led to an increase in the number of tourists that visit the area. The ruins of the Reformatory, located outside the town, were bulldozed for this reason. The town is close to the historic Anlaby Station with its 23-room homestead, houses, gardens and other buildings on
688-458: The area. Underground mining became more difficult as the mines reached deeper. A steam engine to drive a water pump was installed in 1847, replaced by a larger one in 1851. Mining operations ground to a halt in 1851 with the impact of the Victorian gold rush , restarted in 1855. In 1865, the mine was leased to a Scottish company which switched to open-cut mining methods and replaced the smelters with
731-467: The channel county of Queensland, including Annandale and Bulloo Downs . Kidman acquired Diamantina Lakes Station in 1908, paying A£25,000 for the station and all its stock. Later in 1908, he bought the 700 square kilometres (270 sq mi) Mount Poole Station in outback New South Wales. The estimated size of Kidman's holdings in 1908 was 50,000 square miles (129,499 km ). Another large Channel Country property, Durham Downs Station ,
774-605: The company was estimated at A$ 360 million. Two Chinese companies, Genius Link Asset Management and Shanghai Pengxin, sought to acquire the company, but the sale was eventually blocked by the Treasurer of Australia , Scott Morrison who cited the national interest clause in the Foreign Investment Act . In 2016, the company was purchased by Hancock Prospecting (67%) and Shanghai CRED (33%). In 1992, Kidman's Tree of Knowledge , at Glengyle Station , Bedourie , Queensland,
817-602: The design of which has an Eastern flavour, are an interesting innovation". The house which became known as Sir Stanley Kidman's home, Eringa , was built in 1876 by Alexander H. Greenshields, who named it Lanark House after his birthplace, Lanark , in Scotland . Greenshields was a prominent citizen, who built up a drapery business and was a member of many local organisations, as well as the municipal council. The grounds and conservatories of Lanark House occupied nearly 4 acres (1.6 ha). Greenshields died in 1897 and Kidman acquired
860-406: The government to buy the two ships. However, the first ship – reported as "the largest wooden ship ever built in Australia" – was damaged on launching and failed to receive its necessary first-class certification. A saga of litigation followed, and the vessels, one stripped of usable timber, were burned in 1923. Kidman lost many thousands of pounds, but was reported to have said that his biggest regret
903-699: The latter figure equating to 3.7 per cent of the area of Australia's mainland. On 68 separate stations were stocked about 176,000 head of cattle and 215,000 head of sheep. They comprised a vast network from both the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Fitzroy River in Western Australia down into South Australia near the Flinders Ranges and also across New South Wales. He was well served by his vision of drought-proofing his empire through growing and fattening cattle on
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#1733084618382946-788: The meeting chamber and main office of the Light Regional Council . The Kapunda hospital is the main hospital in the Light Valley. However, its birthing and emergency services have intermittently been reported as closed for short periods because of COVID-19 pandemic . Kapunda Homes, a residential aged care facility, occupies an extension wing of Kapunda Hospital. [REDACTED] Media related to Kapunda, South Australia at Wikimedia Commons Sidney Kidman Sir Sidney Kidman (9 May 1857 – 2 September 1935), known as Sid Kidman and popularly named "the Cattle King",
989-501: The outcrop, beginning mining early in 1844 after good assay results. Mining began with the removal of surface ore and had progressed to underground mining by the end of the year. Copper was mined until 1879. There are also quarries near the town which provide fine marble ranging from dark blue to white. Marble from the Kapunda quarries was used to face Parliament House in Adelaide , and
1032-516: The owners at the time, Reginald Spong and Jabez Orchard, forming the Glenroy Pastoral Company. He acquired the Urisino station in 1913 along with Elsinora and Thurloo Downs in outback New South Wales from Goldsbrough Mort & Co . In 1924, Kidman acquired Merty Merty Station in outback South Australia. By the time World War I broke out, Kidman was a millionaire. He was knighted in
1075-521: The pedestal of the statue of Venus on North Terrace, Adelaide is made of Sicilian and Kapunda marble. Ore was initially exported to Swansea in Wales, but later Welsh smelters migrated to South Australia and the ore was smelted locally by 1851. Typically, the miners were Cornish , labourers were Irish and smelter specialists were Welsh. Trade and agriculture were Scottish and English. German farmers and timber cutters at nearby Bethel had already been in
1118-492: The property around 1900 and used it as his residence, naming it Eringa after one of his properties, Eringa Station . It was damaged by fire in 1902. After gifting it to Kapunda High School in 1921, the building was originally used as classrooms, then as the library until 2010, and after that as an administration building. The building was heritage-listed , and in 2011–12 the South Australian Government funded
1161-657: The property, many of which are being restored by its current owners. Kapunda has a hot-summer mediterranean climate#mediterranean climate ( Köppen: Csa/Csb), with very warm, dry summers and cool, wetter winters. Temperatures vary throughout the year, with average maxima ranging from 29.7 °C (85.5 °F) in January to 13.5 °C (56.3 °F) in July, and average minima fluctuating between 14.6 °C (58.3 °F) in February and 5.3 °C (41.5 °F) in July. Annual precipitation
1204-412: The remote stations in the north and bringing them down the lines of stations along the great inland river systems to markets in the south, providing good feed and water on the way to sell them in top condition. Kidman was most at home around the campfire but comfortable with civic leaders. He animated extraordinary loyalty from his employees; working for Kidman was a "sort of badge of pride". Following
1247-467: The same station, they bought their own. On 30 June 1885, Kidman married Isabel Brown Wright. They had four children. Kidman saved money and bought a bullock team, opened a butcher's shop and store at the Cobar copper rush, and made good profits. When he was 21 he inherited £400 from his grandfather's estate and used the money to buy and sell horses and cattle. Kidman was in his middle twenties when he acquired
1290-683: The school as "unique". Kapunda was home to several newspapers. The Kapunda Herald (known as the Northern Star from 1860 to 1863 and the Kapunda Herald and Northern Intelligencer from 1864 to 1878) was printed in the town until 1951, when it was merged with the Barossa News to become the Barossa and Light Herald . Another publication, the Farmers' Weekly Messenger (4 April 1874 – 27 September 1878)
1333-484: The surrounds. The Baptist Church building was constructed in 1866. Kapunda is known for being the home of Sir Sidney Kidman (1859–1935). He was a major cattle pastoralist who at one time owned 68 properties with a total area larger than the British Isles . He held annual horse sales at Kapunda with up to 3,000 horses sold during the week. His house, Eringa , was donated to the Education Department in 1921, and it
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1376-494: The war effort. The company employed hundreds of men to fell and square heavy timber on the north coast of New South Wales. With labour in short supply, "bush carpenters" went from the north coast to work in the shipyard, assisting the skilled shipwrights. However, on cessation of hostilities the government reduced Kidman & Mayoh's contract from six to two. Early in 1920 the Australian trading company, Burns Philp , made an offer to
1419-489: Was 2,917 at the 2016 Australian census . The southern entrance to the town has been dominated since 1988 by the 8-metre (26 ft) statue of Map Kernow ("the son of Cornwall "), a traditional Cornish miner. The statue was destroyed by a fire in June 2006 but was rebuilt. Francis Dutton and Charles Bagot , who both ran sheep in the area, discovered copper ore outcrops in 1842. They purchased 80 acres (32 ha) around
1462-504: Was also printed in Kapunda by Ebenezer Ward. Within a month, in May 1874, it absorbed another Ward newspaper, Northern Guardian (1 April – 6 May 1874), which itself was a continuation of the Guardian and Northern and North-eastern Advertiser (19 May 1871 – 28 March 1874) and the short-lived Gumeracha Guardian and North-eastern Advertiser (19 March 1870 – 20 October 1870). The North Kapunda Hotel
1505-615: Was an Australian pastoralist and entrepreneur who owned or co-owned large areas of land in Australia in his lifetime. Sidney Kidman was born on 9 May 1857 in Adelaide , in the colony of South Australia , the third son of George Kidman (died December 1857), farmer, and his wife Elizabeth Mary, née Nunn. Kidman’s Childhood home was located on Maryvale Road in Athelstone, Adelaide. Kidman was educated at private schools in Norwood and left his home near Adelaide at age 13 with only five shillings and
1548-470: Was bought in 1909. Kidman bought the property along with Tilbaroo, Morney Plains and Durrie Stations in Queensland, Burrawinna on the border and Macumba Station in South Australia as part of his plan of acquiring prime grazing lands along areas that watercourses followed. He borrowed A£50,000 to pay the A£100,000 asking price. Kidman and the company Bovril Australian Estates purchased Carlton Hill Station in
1591-444: Was featured on television show Haunting: Australia , when cast member Allen Tiller , who was a local at the time, requested to producers, Flame Productions, that Kapunda, known as Australia's Most Haunted Town, should be a feature on the show. Haunting: Australia aired internationally in 2014. Kapunda is in the state electoral district of Frome (since the 2020 redistribution) and the federal Division of Barker . Kapunda hosts
1634-406: Was historically used by Kidman and his business enterprise as stock routes , carries his name. S. Kidman & Co is still the largest private landholder in Australia, although on a much smaller scale. The entire landholding was placed up for sale in 2015: eleven cattle stations covering more than 100,000 square kilometres (38,610 sq mi) and a herd of 155,000 cattle. The total value of
1677-438: Was last to live in the home, was broken into and raped on a warm night in about 1985-86. Since then it was never rented out again. The house was sold and bought again (dates unknown). The next owner of the house at the time started renovation to the house in the early 1990s, adding a front section of rooms made of brick. After an issue with the contracted bricklayers the house was left un-renovated, un-completed and left to perish in
1720-472: Was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register . Kidman is believed to have camped under the tree while planning his pastoral empire in Queensland. Kidman’s ‘stonehouse’ childhood home in Athelstone was a heritage listed Building of Adelaide up until 2024 when it was demolished in early May. The home was sold and bought in the early-mid 1980s and rented out to local tenants. A Female tenant, who
1763-407: Was that the work of the superb axemen of the north coast forests, with their enthusiasm, craftsmanship and loyalty, all went for nothing. By then known as "the Cattle King", Kidman retired in 1927. At the time of his death in 1935, Kidman owned, or had a large interest in, land variously stated to have covered from 85,000 square miles (220,000 km ) to 107,000 square miles (280,000 km ),
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1806-524: Was then named the Sir Sidney Kidman Hotel and eventually renamed to the North Kapunda Hotel in 2010. The pub was the site of the first reading of the Riot Act in South Australia from the hotel's balcony. It also serves as a venue for Fringe events. Ghost hunters claim the pub is "the most haunted pub in Australia" and home to a number of malevolent spirits, drawing tourists to its ghost tours. It
1849-558: Was used as the administration building for the Kapunda High School until it was gutted by fire on the night of 29 March 2022. Kapunda was home to several notable manufacturers of farm and mining machinery: Robert Cameron, Joseph Mellors, James Rowe and Adamson Brothers . It was with this last-named company that Tobias Richards , the founder of, TJ Richards & Sons one of Australia's largest coach-building firms, started his career. HB Hawke & Co , began in 1857 and operated under various names. The firm closed in 1983. Kapunda had
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