Penrice, South Australia
Localities around Penrice: | ||
Stockwell | ||
Light Pass, Nuriootpa | Penrice[2] | Moculta |
Angaston | ||
Penrice is a small town in the Barossa Valley of South Australia, just north of Angaston.
Penrice is the site of a large limestone and marble quarry which was operated by Penrice Soda Products until that company failed. The quarry was bought by Adelaide Brighton Cement as a going concern in July 2014.[3] Penrice quarry Penrice Stone Train was the last customer of the Barossa Valley railway line,[4] but the railway has not been used since Adelaide Brighton bought the quarry.
Penrice was named by Captain Richard Rodda most likely after Penrice, an estate near St Austell, Cornwall.[4] Some sources suggest the village was named after a town in Glamorganshire, Wales[5]
Penrice is in the Barossa Council local government area, the state electoral district of Schubert and the federal Division of Barker.[2]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Penrice (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Property Location Browser". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Adelaide Brighton buys Penrice Angaston quarry as going concern". Australia: ABC News. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ a b "History of the Area". Angaston & Penrice Historical Society. November 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Penrice". Placenames Online. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
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