Clare Valley Attractions

From 1845 to 1877 copper mining brought prosperity to the area round Burra (pop. 1200), which has preserved evidence of its past in the form of miners' cottages, mine buildings and chimneys. Burra is now the center of a sheep-farming area.

The town features a courthouse, police lockup and Bon Accord Mine buildings (museum).

Clare (pop. 2600) is the chief town of the Clare Valley. Documents show that there was a settlement here, named after County Clare in Ireland, as early as 1832.

The mid-19th C courthouse is now a museum of local history. The Sevenhill Cellars, still run by priests, can be visited.

Mintaro is classified as a Heritage Town. In the past a staging post for the transport of copper from Burra to Port Wakefield, it declined after the construction of the railroad. Features of particular interest are Robinson's Cottage, a settler's house, and Martindale Hall, a neoclassical mansion that is now a hotel.