The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-31
LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA.
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Anil ORIh l8iR-

YOUR readers somewhat OF 3 terra lncog-
nita, the following rough notes Of q short
tour through a portion Of the more re-
Gently settled district OF South Australia
may prove OF interest. Having a few days
on hand with nothing particular to do, /,
in company with a brother, decided to
visit some country north Of Adelaide, to.
wards which our newest settlers are NOV
ing. For over thirty years wheat culture
10 South Australia, had been limited TO q
small extent Of country Immediately
around Adelaide. The land to the north,
east and west being given up to pastoral
interests. But in the last five or six
years this has been changed. For many
years it was thought that beyond 50 or
100 miles from Adelaide nOrthward the
country was too dry, owing to scarcity oil
rain, for wheat culture. But the
"cOckatoos" farmers thought they
would risk 1t. The adventure has
proved a success. And now the far
mer has migrated into pasture lands
driving the wealthy ~"squGtter" (sheep.
iarmer) win ms !olks ~ hetI' II,
away into tue Interior v seeH tIeS" AT inn
ana pastures new nAs 'u" "
miles east o. tne n05:nel" eA' 49, "
spenceFS oun' .nen uiieos sYuiu iH'
ocean wa eoYet "a. NAM H. ~ 1000
trics Of o. Au'ItAl,A ine' n
tnat' cleAr ntousI W ."s no,,S'
and new SCUM nA.es eo" a.O" ~, ,Lo "on,i.
east ana east ns as.Oo' ans ".n.
nent 10 'ne nof'n' anu 'ueu .a'e'
portion Of the country mes' Oh oPeHCef
Gull to the boundary oil the colony anu
to the ocean, will give you the main pas
toral region Of Australia. But | must
get back to my tour, and send you these
grand facts some other time, II acceptable.
Having Adelaide by rail. we are whirled
ovsr s;,bt mile. oi iron road through
srbrrbsn towns 10 Por. Adelaide. on the
s.s, sids of s., VINCENT. Gult. The
oa..,;rs ,,S.msr !, At The wharf with
s,a.m nr md Tho GBIus Ps,ern at The
mat bssa TIE cargo Of vegetables,
n;.nos nIoxs being ali aboard
ra ga, swsy Al dull speed abeadn
o,;diog down ,be n.rrow, winding chan.
S.l ibs. Is,ds nm, into the vulE Head
inc xe.tw.rd wa watch the beautiful
- ~ h;II, hsL;rd Adelaide as.,bev
- "a ~.
are oA'nea III luz soiS0us XIV" VI"
setting SUM- "Ligh' on she
bow" tells US that the T~rowbridge Light
Ia warning US away from trsacherouS reefs
at the southern end Of Yorks Peninsula.
This n~spin,ula separates 81. yincept,s
.@ s.. Calf W. ro,msd M
,'om LH"s-na.
boat'shaped promon'oty ia 'hee sfi'
night. With a threat oil exactiDg double
fare" by the skipper il we fail to appear
a, breakfast we retire to our narrow
bs,,bs. having once or twice repeated
"0h ~ over ths railing. before unit,
o''% - oLoaur a.a
ing 'ne oecsi ioi We nAu GuOpPy see
Next morning nnas US on ueck carry
watching a distant island asit rises iron
the sea, the low lying coast line trendinl
avay 10 the northwest beyond. A low
-aai ~ rocks covared nv a t~reaeberou,
Ss,ar ,ri Erovn "a N,
.n'ee 'egs y. " ~" Wv
llpafra Reel Is on 'ne Polt "U"'~ VT
round Cape Elizabeth and drop IN,
Choir iniMoonta harbor off an unfinished
jetty. We land in the steamers boat, and
getting into q cab are driven two miles
oyer a good metal road to Moonta. Moon
ia Is the now world-renowned copper
mining region, eclipsing byfar the we'll
known "Bnrre.Burre" mine, noted now
only in obsolete geographic. Moonta
is a neat, regular, Philadelphia
looking town, built Of stone. Around
the town may be seen the surface work
ings OF the "shafts,n where men are busy
raising the precious ore, BY aid Of ma
chinery Of the newest make, to the
'grass.n This mining district ia on the
west side Of York's Peninsula, and com.
prises Kadrina, Walldroo and Moonta,
about two hundred miles by sea from
Adelaide. II Is a miserable, barren
country, only itfor copper raising.
Only afew years ago this was merely a
sheep run" or ranch, as a 'Westerner"
would say. One Of the employees, a
shepherd, as he roamed the country in
charge Of his flock, found on the summit
Of a small hillock, a Curious green.col.
ored stone" cropping out OF the soil. He
knocked of some samples, perhaps be.
because they reminded him OF his
native land, for he was a son Of the
"Emerald Isle" and took them home.
On learning that the specimens bore the
magic name Of Cooper" he hied away to
Adelaide TO secure the land which, though
leased to his sheep owning employer,
still belonged to the government. Alas,
the sheep farmer bad got wind oil Paddy's
End, and had taken time by the iorc.loek;
so when the gentle shepherd made his ap'
plication he found he was just in time TO
10 be too late. Thus were started those
mining operations which have given
steady employment TO many thrifty
"Cousin.J ackiesn emigrants from Corn
wall, England, giving rise TO q town Of
1900 in Moonla alone. Wallaroo and
Kadina mines, further north with their
smelling works, and toiliDg Thousands,
had 10 leave for another trip. Behind
a long-legged horse driven by a courte.
u host W. we're shown over the place.
The "Promenade" formed along the Great