Established 1850s Region Limestone Coast Postal code 5264 Federal division Division of Barker | Postcode(s) 5264 State electorate(s) MacKillop Local time Thursday 4:53 AM | |
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Location 207 km (129 mi) south-east of Adelaide
86 km (53 mi) north-west of Kingston SE
58 km (36 mi) south-east of Meningie LGA(s) The Coorong District Council Weather 13°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 60% Humidity | ||
Salt Creek is a small settlement in South Australia, located along the Coorong, and is also the location of the Coorong National Park Information Centre.
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Map of Salt Creek SA 5264, Australia
Oil rig monument
In 1892, a group of entrepreneurs, who believed there was oil located in the Coorong, drilled Australia's first oil well. They were unsuccessful, as it was later discovered that the 'oil' was in fact a flammable, compacted vegetable substance (known as 'coorongite'). A replica of the oil rig has been built as a monument to this enterprise. References in literature The novel "Salt Creek" by Lucy Treloar is set in the Coorong at Salt Creek in the 1850s and 1860s, and includes references to the "Travellers' Rest" Inn, and to William & Catherine Robinson, the proprietors, and to Malachi Martin, and the murder/s committed by Martin.