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Jerusalem (originally New Jerusalem) is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.[1] The boundaries were formally gazetted in January, 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area.[3]

Jerusalem South Australia
Jerusalem
Coordinates	33.979630°S 137.710830°E / -33.979630; 137.710830
Postcode(s)	5554 [1]
LGA(s)	Copper Coast Council
State electorate(s)	Narungga[2]
Federal division(s)	Grey[1]
Localities around Jerusalem: Matta Flat Kadina Kadina Matta Flat Jerusalem Kadina Kadina Kadina Kadina
Footnotes	Coordinates[3]

History

It was surveyed in 1871 as a result of demand for housing from those involved in the nearby Wallaroo Mines, forming one of four "occupation blocks" in the area.[4] An old resident claimed that the suburb was intended for "gentleman's residences" as opposed to the other occupation blocks, and that a "Councillor Rosenberg" had suggested Jerusalem as a name for an "aristocratic suburb".[5] In 1874, the local newspaper stated that "the name is not considered suitable to the place, and generally strikes the ear of a stranger as somewhat ridiculous", while the local Bible Christian minister stated that "dog-fighting, wombat and wallaby-hunting were the regular Sunday exercises, and sin had stamped its wretched impress upon the whole neighbourhood."[6][7]

A Bible Christian chapel opened at Jerusalem in February 1874.[7] The main Jerusalem football team merged with the Kadina club in 1908,[8] and the "Jews" football and cricket teams were later based at Jerusalem in the 1920s, competing in the local Kadina competitions.[9][10] The Jerusalem Methodist Church opened in January 1922, built by voluntary labour on a block of land donated by the Wallaroo and Kadina Mining Company.[11][12] The Jerusalem Sunday School began in March of the same year.[13] Prior to the church's opening, the Wallaroo Mines Gospel Mission Band had been holding open-air and cottage meetings at Jerusalem for three years.[14] It remains in operation as the Jerusalem Uniting Church.[15]

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