Scott Creek, South Australia

Scott Creek is a locality in the Adelaide Hills about 24 kilometres (15 mi) southeast of Adelaide in South Australia. It includes the "ceased Government Town" of Cotton.^[2]

Scott Creek South Australia
Scott Creek
Coordinates	35°03′25″S 138°42′18″E / 35.057°S 138.705°E / -35.057; 138.705
Population	225 (SAL 2021)^[1]
Established	1969
Postcode(s)	5153
Location	6 km (4 mi) west of Mylor 8 km (5 mi) south of Stirling
LGA(s)	Adelaide Hills Council
State electorate(s)	Heysen
Federal division(s)	Mayo
Localities around Scott Creek: Ironbank Longwood Cherry Gardens Scott Creek Dorset Vale Bradbury
Footnotes	^[2]

Scott Creek has a primary school and a Soldiers' Memorial Hall.^[3] The school has 55-65 students.^[4]

The Scott Creek Conservation Park is south of Scott Creek, in the neighbouring locality of Dorset Vale.

Both the town and the conservation park are named for the creek that flows through them. They would have been used by the Peramangk people before European settlement began in the late 1830s. Copper was discovered in 1850, and silver soon after. Mining ceased in 1887 after extraction of 10 000 ounces (310 kg) of silver.^[5]

Scott Creek Airport is a small grass airstrip in nearby Clarendon which is used to support South Australian Country Fire Service water bombing aircraft.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Scott Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  
2. "Placename Details: Scott Creek". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. SA0060630. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. Google (18 May 2017). "Scott Creek, South Australia" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
4. "Information Booklet 2016" (PDF). Scott Creek Primary School. p. 5. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
5. "Scott Creek Conservation Park" (PDF). Department for Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs. January 1998. Retrieved 18 May 2017.