Tanunda
Looking across the vineyards towards Tanunda from Mengler's Hill Lookout
LGA:	Barossa Council
Established:	1848
Postcode:	5352
Population:	3500
Median property value:	$243,000 (2006)

Tanunda is a town situated in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia, 70 kilometres north east of the state capital, Adelaide (34°31′S 138°57′E). The town derives its name from an Aboriginal word meaning water hole. Town population is approximately 3500. Download high resolution version (2032x1107, 1146 KB) The Barossa Valley, looking towards Tanunda from Menglers Hill. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... Barossa Council is a Local Government Area in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. ... Postal codes were introduced in Australia in the early 1970s when Australia Post introduced automated sorting. ... Tanunda is surrounded by vineyards showing Autumn colour. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Leafy Seadragon (marine); Piping Shrike (bird: unofficial); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Const. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Australian Aborigines are the indigenous peoples of Australia. ...

Settlement

The first settlement in what is today referred to as Tanunda, was the village of Bethanien settled in 1842. This village was settled by Prussian immigrants who arrived with Pastor Gotthard Fritzsche. Langmeil was the next settlement in 1843, which was settled by Prussian immigrants who relocated from Klemzig where they had originally settled in 1838, when they had arrived with Pastor August Kavel, Tanunda village was settled sometime later. Langmeil and Bethanien were both renamed during the Great War to Bilyara, and Bethany respectively. Langmeil had its name reverted from Bilyara in 1975. Bethany (, postcode 5352) is a small village located about 2 km south east of Tanunda in the Barossa Valley. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A stereotypical German The Germans (German: die Deutschen), or the German people, are a nation in the meaning an ethnos (in German: Volk), defined more by a sense of sharing a common German culture and having a German mother tongue, than by citizenship or by being subjects to any particular... Gotthard Daniel Fritzsche (20 July 1797 – October 26, 1863) was one of the first founding pastors of Lutheranism to emigrate to Australia. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Klemzig is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... August Ludwig Christian Kavel was born in Berlin, Germany on September 3, 1798. ... During World War I, many German-sounding place names in Australia were changed. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Military dead: 4 million The First World War, also known as The Great War, The War to End All Wars, and World War I (abbreviated WWI) was...

As development of the Tanunda area continued, the villages of Langmeil and Tanunda were joined. Today the township is simply called Tanunda.

Industry

Tanunda and the Barossa Valley comprise one of Australia's premier wine-growing areas, and the town is surrounded by vineyards. Tanunda is surrounded by vineyards showing Autumn colour. ... A vineyard A vineyard is a place where grapes are grown for making wine, raisins, or table grapes. ...

Culture

The German heritage of Tanunda is still present today. The town has a male choir the Tanunda Liedertafel, the history of which is thought to date back to 1868. Tanunda Liedertafel is a 52 member male choir in Tanunda, South Australia. ...

See also

• Barossa Valley
• Barossa Deutsch

Tanunda is surrounded by vineyards showing Autumn colour. ... Barossa Deutsch refers to a hybrid dialect of German, spoken in and around the Barossa Valley in South Australia. ...

External links

Coordinates: -34.525° 138.958° Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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