Salt Creek, South Australia

Salt Creek
South Australia

Oil drill monument
Salt Creek
Coordinates 36°07′0″S 139°39′0″E / 36.11667°S 139.65000°E / -36.11667; 139.65000Coordinates: 36°07′0″S 139°39′0″E / 36.11667°S 139.65000°E / -36.11667; 139.65000
Established 1850s
Postcode(s) 5264
Location
LGA(s) The Coorong District Council
Region Limestone Coast
State electorate(s) MacKillop
Federal Division(s) Barker

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.

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.

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