Kapunda is in South Australia, Australia. It is 77 km from Adelaide and began as a copper mining town in the 1840’s. This mining continued till 1879. Marble was also mined here.
According to Wikipedia, miners were traditionally Cornish, labourers were Irish and smelter specialists were Welsh. Trade and agriculture were Scottish and English. There were German farmers and timber cutters.
2 June 1886: Michael Cullinan and Betsy Wakefield are married here.
