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In 1845 copper was discovered at Burra. Cornish miners, Welsh and German smelters, Irish teamsters, English labourers and Spanish muleteers lived in villages with names of various derivation: Kooringa (Aboriginal), Redruth and Copperhouse (Cornish), Aberdeen (Scottish), Llwchr (Welsh), and Hampton (English). Download

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  20170505_132341.jpg - In 1845 copper was discovered at Burra.  Cornish miners, Welsh and German smelters, Irish teamsters, English labourers and Spanish muleteers lived in villages with names of various derivation:  Kooringa (Aboriginal), Redruth and Copperhouse (Cornish), Aberdeen (Scottish), Llwchr (Welsh), and Hampton (English).  
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