Salt Creek, South Australia
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Oil drill monument
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 Salt Creek
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| Established | 1850s |
| Postcode(s) | 5264 |
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| LGA(s) | The Coorong District Council |
| Region | Limestone Coast |
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop |
| Federal Division(s) | Barker |
Salt Creek is a small settlement in South Australia, located along the Coorong, and is also the location of the Coorong National Park Information Centre.
Oil rig monument
In 1892, a group of entrepreneurs, who believed there was oil located in the Coorong, drilled Australia's first oil well. They were unsuccessful, as it was later discovered that the 'oil' was in fact a flammable, compacted vegetable substance (known as 'coorongite'). A replica of the oil rig has been built as a monument to this enterprise.
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