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Callington is a small town on the eastern slopes of the Adelaide Hills, on the Bremer River.

Callington was surveyed in 1848, after John Kiernan discovered copper in the rocks. Callington was named after the copper mining town Callington in Cornwall, UK.

• Population: 387 1
• Postcode: 5254
• Location: 60 km east of Adelaide
• Main Roads: South Eastern Fwy (Princes Hwy) M1
• Radio Stations: FM: ABC Classic (103.9 MHz), ABC Radio National (96.9 MHz), Power FM (98.7 MHz) and Triple J (105.5 MHz). AM: 5MU (1125 KHz), ABC Adelaide (891 KHz) and ABC News on Radio (972 KHz)

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	Entering Callington: Strathalbyn Rd as it enters the town of Callington, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Callington: Callington town centre, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census Quickstats

Last updated: 22-Dec-2020 11:07

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