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KAPUNDA , a municipal See also: town of See also: Light county, See also: South See also: Australia, 48 m. by See also: rail N.N.E. of Adelaide
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Pop
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(Igor), 1805
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It is the centre of a large See also: wheat-growing See also: district
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The celebrated copper mines discovered in 1843 were closed in 1879
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There are quarries near the town, in which is found See also: fine marble of every colour from dark blue to See also: white
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This marble was largely used in the Houses of Parliament at Adelaide
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