Puttapa
Puttapa Station
Location in South Australia
Puttapa or Puttapa Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station.
It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Beltana in the outback of South Australia.
The area that covered by Puttapa was once part of a much larger lease taken up by John Haimes in 1854 which eventually became Beltana Station.[1] The area was known as the Puttapa paddock and was eventually sold to Steven Lock in 1911 and became Puttapa Station.[1]
Heritage listings
Puttapa Station contains a number of heritage-listed sites:
- Copper King Copper and Ochre Mine [2]
- Ajax Mine Fossil Reef (designated place of palaeontological and geological significance) [3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Puttapa Station.". Flinders Range Research. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ↑ "Copper King Copper & Ochre Mine". South Australian Heritage Register. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Ajax Mine Fossil Reef". South Australian Heritage Register. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
Coordinates: 30°48′08″S 138°29′14″E / 30.80235°S 138.48734°E
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