Name: Warooka
Item: Warooka
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Situated 228 kilometres west of Adelaide, Warooka is a small town known as the gateway to the bottom end of the Yorke Peninsula. The name ‘Warooka’ comes from the Aboriginal word ‘wiruka’, meaning ‘muddy waterhole’. Warooka is a major service centre for the surrounding area. It offers an excellent central location to explore the bottom end of the Yorke Peninsula. It also has a white, sandy and very attractive sheltered beach, perfect for swimming and windsurfing. Wheat and sheep farmers first settled Warooka in the 1850s. It was not until 1876, however that it was officially established, with settlers beginning to move into the town during the late 1870s. Many Irish people settled in this area and in 1876, the first stone was laid to the first Catholic Church. In 1877, the Warooka hotel was built. Interesting story: On September 19, 1902 at 8.30pm, Warooka was hit by an earthquake, measuring six on the Richter scale. The earthquake caused huge damage with the first known deaths from an earthquake ever recorded in Australia.

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