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Balaklava-Auburn Road, Balaklava, South Australia.
Description
FROM 1849 TO 1857 A LARGE NUMBER OF BULLOCK AND MULE
TEAMS TRAVELLED THE GULF ROAD BETWEEN BURRA AND PORT
WAKEFIEID, CARTING COPPER ORE FROM THE BURRA COPPER
WORKS TO THE PORT, RETURNING WITH COAL AND OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.
THIS
SPOT
AWAS
KNOWN
AS
THE
DEVIL'S
GARDEN,
A
TREACHEROUS BOG IN WINTER SURROUNDED BY SANDHILLS
WHICH WERE DIFFICULT TO CROSS IN SUMMER
CORDUROY
ROAD OF NATIVE PINE POLES CUT FROM THE SCRUB WAS LAID
OVER THE AREA, AND THE REMAINS OF THIS ROAD ARE BURIED
BENEATH THE SAND NEARBY
THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE JUBILEE 150 RE ENACTMENT
OF THE GULF ROAD TRAFFIC
UNVEILED
BY
AW.
OLSON
MB
327
OCTOBER
1986.
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Location
Lat: -34.117554 Lng: 138.475483