The Town
Located 92 km from Adelaide and 26 km from Port Wakefield, Balaklava is an important service town to the surrounding rural community.
Balaklava came into existance in 1849 as a stopover points on the route from the Burra copper fields to Port Wakefield. The town was established in 1870 by an Adelaide grain merchant, Charles Fisher. It was named after the famous Crimean War Battle of Balaklava. Fisher built large wheat stores along the tramway to the port of Port Wakefield to attract farmers to the area. By 1885 the town had grown to a population of 550, today it stands at approximately 1700.
Even today the town is economically driven by wheat and sheep farming.
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