Castambul
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb
| name = Castambul
| city = Adelaide
| state = sa
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| lga = Adelaide Hills Council
| postcode = 5076
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| stategov = Morialta
| fedgov = Mayo
| elevation = 151
| dist1 = 20
| location1= Adelaide
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| near-n = Paracombe
| near-ne = Cudlee Creek
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Castambul is a small locality near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.
History
Castambul was originally named Sixth Creek, but was renamed Castambul by Price Maurice after the Kastamonu (previously Kastambul) region in the Black Sea area of Turkey.
In the 1850s, Australia's first payable gold mine (the Victoria) was located in the area.[http://www.mindat.org/loc-26091.html Victoria Gold Mine] at Mindat.org The area was also home to Price Maurice, who moved to Castambul in 1856 and bred Angora goats for wool. Angora goats were introduced from Turkey to South Australia by John Haigh, who bred them near Port Lincoln. After purchasing Haigh's flock, Maurice was impressed with their potential and soon sent to Turkey for additional animals. His enterprises in South Australia were very successful but he returned to Britain with his family in 1862 for health reasons.[http://www.ahc.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=208#C Adelaide Hills Council - Historical Town Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625165304/http://www.ahc.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=208 |date=25 June 2006 }} Retrieved 15 June 2006[https://archive.today/20070330075328/http://members.ispwest.com/johnkirk/Price%20Maurice.html Maurice Home Page], John Kirkwood. Retrieved 9 July 2006
Kastambul Post Office opened on an unknown date and closed at the end of 1971.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=SA&country= | accessdate = 26 May 2011}}
Today, very little exists of the old settlement.
In 1966, work started on the Kangaroo Creek Reservoir, a dam of the River Torrens, and in 1969, it was completed at a cost of $5.3 million. Apart from supplying water to eastern Adelaide, it also serves a flood protection role and holds 19,160 megalitres.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sawater.com.au/SAWater/Education/OurWaterSystems/Water+Storage+(Reservoirs).htm |title=SA Water - Kangaroo Creek Reservoir |access-date=9 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124153923/http://www.sawater.com.au/SAWater/Education/OurWaterSystems/Water%2BStorage%2B%28Reservoirs%29.htm#kangaroo |archive-date=24 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Geography
Castambul is located east of Montacute on the road out of Adelaide via Athelstone (Gorge Road).
Facilities
Castambul has a CSR calcite quarry and tea gardens, both located on Gorge Road, and the former Victoria Goldmine on Batchelor Road is a heritage-listed site.[http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/heritage/pdfs/understanding_part1.pdf Understanding South Australia's Built Heritage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624052600/http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/heritage/pdfs/understanding_part1.pdf |date=24 June 2006 }}, Department of Environment and Heritage, last amended March 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2006.
Transport
The area is not serviced by Adelaide public transport.
References
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{{Commons category|Victoria Gold Mine}}
{{Adelaide Hills Council suburbs}}
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