Heritage & History
Cornish copper towns, lighthouses and shipwrecks.
The best heritage & history in Marion Bay
Little Cornwall's copper-mining triangle of Moonta, Wallaroo and Kadina tells one of Australia's great immigrant stories. Walk past poppet heads and miners' cottages, climb historic lighthouses and trace shipwrecks scattered along the coast.
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Cape Spencer Lighthouse
Clifftop light guarding Investigator Strait.
A modern lighthouse on dramatic cliffs at the south-west tip of the peninsula, with sweeping views to Kangaroo Island.
Corny Point Lighthouse
Whitewashed 1882 light on the south-west corner.
A heritage 1882 lighthouse marking the corner where Spencer Gulf meets Investigator Strait, framed by quiet beaches.
Ethel Wreck
Rusting ribs of a barque wrecked on the beach in 1904.
The skeletal remains of the Norwegian barque Ethel, driven ashore in 1904 and still visible on the beach below the cliffs.