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Overview

Moonta sits on the Copper Coast of Yorke Peninsula, 165 km north‑north‑west of Adelaide, and has grown to 5,219 residents according to the 2021 Census – the fastest‑expanding community on the coast. Its seaside neighbours Moonta Bay, Port Hughes and Simms Cove offer white‑sand beaches favored by anglers, sailboarders and retirees, while the biennial Kernewek Lowender Cornish festival brings a lively cultural calendar. The town’s historic centre, with limestone miners’ cottages and several heritage‑listed sites such as All Saints Anglican Church and the former Moonta railway station, gives the area a distinctive “Little Cornwall” charm.

Local amenities include a range of beach‑side accommodation – caravan parks, holiday houses, bed‑and‑breakfasts and a motel – plus public spaces like Ivan Polgreen Memorial Park, Jones Park and Jubilee Park. Education is served by Moonta Area School, and the former railway station now operates as a visitor information centre and museum. Although passenger rail services ended in 1969 and the line closed in 1984, the heritage railway at Moonta Mines provides a tourist link to the town’s mining past, complementing the mixed housing stock of historic cottages and modern holiday dwellings.