KIMBA SILOS Traditional Cache
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Halfway Across Australia Kimba is situated at the northern edge of Eyre Peninsula's truly vast grain growing belt. Early explorations of the Kimba and Gawler Ranges districts were made by Edward John Eyre's expedition in 1839. Near Kimba, Eyre discovered water and camped at Refuge Rocks. Locals now refer to this camp site as Secret Rocks. By the 1870s Kimba had been opened up to pastoral lease holders. More intensive European settlement of the area commenced in 1908 however, when the pioneering Haskett family sowed their first wheat and oat crops. Kimba's early pioneers often referred to the area as Heartbreak plains. In all truth Kimba's early pioneering years were very tough indeed, with many farmers constructing primitive huts from flattened kerosene tins. Kimba grain silos from White's Knob Lookout View from White's Knob Lookout Early transport on Northern Eyre Peninsula was equally primitive and typically consisted of Bullock Teams and Camel Trains. Such transport become outmoded with the completion of Kimba's Railhead in 1913. In common with other Eyre Peninsula towns of the time, water was freighted in by rail once a fortnight. Early Australian pioneer's house built in 1908. Can be seen at the Kimba and Gawler Ranges Historical Museum. Early Australian Pioneer's House (1908) Today Kimba is the centre of a major wheat growing area, and site of one of South Australia's largest inland grain terminals. The name Kimba has its origins in a local aboriginal language and is said to mean "Bush Fire".
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