Currency Creek (35°26′S 138°46′E / 35.433°S 138.767°E, postcode 5214) is a small town located on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula about 6 km north of Goolwa. The Currency Creek area was initially explored by Charles Sturt in the late 1820s, with the area being officially named in 1837 after the whaling boat Currency Lass.[1] The township was surveyed in the 'Currency Creek Special Survey' of 1840.
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History
While exploreing the Fleurieu Peninsula and Lake Alexandina region and looking for other outlets to the sea, explorers Thomas Bewes Strangways, Young Bingham Hutchinson and party discovered the waterway in November 1837. Their bullock wagon was unable to proceed over the waterway and they decided to make the area their base for some time. They reported on the good grassland in the area and its potenial for agriculture. The creek was named in honour of the whaling boat they were using to explore the lake.
Wine industry
Currency Creek lends its name to a wine region that stretches from Port Elliot in the west, to Lake Alexandrina to the east, and includes Hindmarsh Island. The main grape varieties grown are Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz. Vineyards were first established in the area in 1969, with the region producing its first vintage in 1972.
Currency Creek Arboretum
The Currency Creek Arboretum is named after the nearby geographical feature and town. It is being developed as a specialist eucalypt (Angophora, Eucalyptus and Corymbia) arboretum with its main purpose being research into Australia's most dominant natural group of plants, the eucalypts.[2]
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External links
- Currency Creek, South Australia is at coordinates 35°26′53″S 138°46′01″E / 35.448°S 138.767°ECoordinates: 35°26′53″S 138°46′01″E / 35.448°S 138.767°E
- Headstones of the Currency Creek cemetery
- Currency Crek at Manning Index of South Australian history
- Currency Creek wine region at Wine Australia
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