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unusual facts about Barossa



Ben Cane

Over the next five years he held numerous jobs, working at Languedoc, New South Wales, at Domaine Dujac in Morey-St.-Denis, France, De Bortoli Wines in the Yarra Valley, Poderi Colla in Piedmont, Italy, and Yalumba Wines in the Barossa Valley.

Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow

He is identified with the Zeitung, a German newspaper published in South Australia, and represented Barossa in the South Australian House of Assembly from 20 May 1876 to 22 April 1890 when he was not reelected.

Mengler

Mengler Hill (formerly Mengler's Hill), a hill in the Barossa Ranges, and one of the most popular lookouts in the Barossa Valley in the state of South Australia

Samuel Ford Whittingham

Whittingham served in command of a force of Spanish cavalry and infantry under La Peña at the battle of Barrosa, on 5 March 1811, and kept in check a French corps of cavalry and infantry which attempted to turn the Barossa heights by the seaward side.

SS Barossa

The SS Barossa was a 4,239 gross ton cargo ship built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee for the Adelaide Steamship Company in 1938.

Sturt Highway

None of the Sturt Highway was constructed as dual-carriageway, however work was recently completed to upgrade the highway to freeway standards between the Gawler Bypass and Greenock in the Barossa Valley.

Zephyr Quartet

Zephyr has received tuition from the Takács Quartet, the Australian String Quartet and at the National Academy of Music, performed at festivals including the Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Barossa Music Festival and the Glenelg Jazz Festival and has presented concert series in 2004 and 2005 to great critical acclaim.


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