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Heritage Grants Rechner Cottage, Light Pass

Community and Wellbeing

Local history and heritage

As our vision and values state, we value the unique identity, heritage, land and place of our council area and acknowledge that our story is not just one, but many.

The Barossa Story is a journey that dates from First Nations through to European settlement and the Barossa as we know it today. The people who have called the Barossa home share an enduring connection to land and place.

To honour this connection, we have developed a visual storyboard in the customer service entrance of our principal office located at Nuriootpa. The hero images are well-known local figures who embody this theme and are recognisable as custodians of the land and place that is the Barossa:

  • Quenten Agius - Ngadjuri elder and cultural specialist
  • George Fife Angas - Visionary, businessman, early settler and benefactor (etched portrait Henri Manesse, from the book George Fife Angas, father and founder of South Australia)
  • Prue Henschke - viticulturist, botanist and environmentalist; Baron of the Barossa (photo credit John Kruger)
  • Adrian Hoffmann - Barossa Young Citizen of the Year, inaugural Barossa Young Ambassador and Baron of the Barossa (photo credit Pete Thornton)

To view the artwork, visit our principal office located at 43-51 Tanunda Road Nuriootpa.

Large gum tree with blue sky

Barossa heritage sites

Visit key heritage places across the Barossa region.

Group of people in front of wagon in vineyard

Local and family history

Our Local History Room at the Nuriootpa Library has a great collection of resources to help explore local and family history.

Women pushing pram on walking path

Local heritage trails

Our local heritage walks and trails are a great way to experience the beauty and heritage of the Barossa.

Angaston Railway Station

Regional Heritage Network

Our many heritage, historical and cultural groups contribute to our sense of identity.

Queens Jubilee Tree Planting

First Nations peoples

We acknowledge the Ngadjuri, Peramangk and Kaurna people and their ancestral connection to their land, and pay respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.

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