Kapunda, South Australia
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Kapunda is a town in South Australia, established when copper was found and began to be mined. It lies north of the state capital of Adelaide in the wine growing district of the Barossa Valley at geographic coordinates Template:Coor dm.
The southern entrance to the town is dominated by the 8-metre-tall statue of Map Kernow ("the son of Cornwall"), a traditional Cornish miner.
Kapunda is also famous as the home of Sir Sidney Kidman. He was a major cattle pastoralist who at one time owned 68 properties with a total area larger than the British Isles. He held annual horse sales at Kapunda with up to 3000 horses sold during the week.
Kapunda is in the state electorate of Schubert, the federal Division of Wakefield, and the centre of the Light Regional Council.