88 George Street, Moonta SA 5558, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Aug 2021 | $262,500 | — |
The property features four bedrooms and one bathroom. It offers spacious living for families or retirees.
88 George Street is in the historic town of Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula, about 166 km north‑northwest of Adelaide. It lies roughly 14 km south of the port of Wallaroo and 17 km south‑west of Kadina.
Nearby heritage sites include the Moonta railway station, now a National Trust museum, All Saints Anglican Church on Blanche Terrace, the Moonta Masonic Hall, the Bank of South Australia building, and the Moonta School of Mines. These historic buildings give the town a distinctive Cornish‑mining character.
Several parks are within a short walk, such as Ivan Polgreen Memorial Park (approximately 0.4 km), Clem McCauley Park (0.4 km), Victoria Park (0.6 km), Jones Park (0.8 km), and Jubilee Park (about 1 km). They provide space for recreation and community gatherings.
Moonta has a dry Mediterranean climate with semi‑arid conditions, similar temperature ranges to Adelaide. The town sits above Goyder’s Line and is surrounded by mallee scrub.
Tourism is a key industry, with beach‑side accommodation at Moonta Bay, Port Hughes and Simms Cove, as well as fishing and sail‑boarding on the nearby coast. The region also supports dry‑land farming of barley, wheat, legumes and other crops, and hosts the Kernewek Lowender Cornish festival every odd‑year May.
Yes, a number of former copper‑mining shafts are close by, including Caroline Shaft, Hancocks Shaft, Alice Shaft, Halls Shaft, Warmingtons Shaft, Milne Shaft, Elders Shaft and Waterhouse Shaft, all within roughly 1–1.6 km of the house.
