South Australia

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Early History of South Australian Chess

South Australia.pdf

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The area approximately bounded by Wallaroo, Kadina and Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula is known as the Copper Coast or Copper Triangle. Copper was mined there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, providing a significant income for South Australia at the time. The world's largest Cornish Festival is held biennially in the Copper or Cornish Triangle, reflecting the Cornish ancestry of the miners. https://www.kernewek.org/

By 1875, the success of the Moonta Mines and those in the surrounding area had made Moonta the second largest town in South Australia. Moonta Mines itself had a population of around 5,000.
All three towns had chess clubs:

Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) Sat 15 Apr 1871
Matches between Wallaroo and Moonta
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...20Chess%20Club

Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser (SA : 1878 - 1922) Tue 26 Nov 1878
Moonta wins 9 – 6 against Adelaide in a series of Telegraphic matches
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...0Chess%20Clubs

Wallaroo Times (Port Wallaroo, SA : 1882 - 1888) Wed 18 Jul 1888
Wallaroo match with Hoyleton via telegraph. Cross board match with Moonta next Wednesday.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...20Chess%20Club

Wallaroo Times (Port Wallaroo, SA : 1882 - 1888) Sat 21 Jul 1888
Old Kadina Club Not Dead
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...20chess%20Club

Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser (SA : 1878 - 1922) Fri 6 May 1910
Moonta in 1910
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...20Chess%20Club

Copper prices had begun to decline by the 1880s, and in 1889 forced the Moonta Mining Company to merge with the owners of Wallaroo Mines to form the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. The mine finally closed in 1923, after which the Moonta Mines locality sharply declined.

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The Burra Chess Club.


Burra.pdf

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Early History of the Adelaide Chess Club


Early History of the Adelaide Chess Club.pdf