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Edith Street, Edithburgh
08 8852 6273 Website
Entry Type: Paid
Category: History & Museums
Last Update: 09-12-2018
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Overview
Located in the old McGlew & Adams Produce Store next to the jetty, the museum has detailed displays illustrating the early settlement, industrial, social and maritime history of the area when this once busy port was a continuous hub of activity from the 1870s-1930s.
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.
The Museum’s displays include:
Early settlement
Agricultural
Commercial
Industrial
Military
Sporting
Opening Times
Saturdays and Sundays
2.00pm to 4.00pm
Other times by appointment.
Price
Adults $3.00
Children 50 cents
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