The city is the trading center of the Barossa Valley and is located at its northern end near the Sturt Highway 270 meters above sea level. The name of the city comes from the Aboriginal language and means something like "meeting place". Today around 5,700 people live in Nuriootpa, which is also home to some of the most famous wineries such as Elderton , Kaesler Wines , Penfolds and Wolf Blass . Nuriootpa is part of the Barossa Council , although some northern outskirts are in the Light Regional Council .
history
Before the settlement by European immigrants, a small number of Aborigines lived in the area. They met regularly to trade goods and participate in complex social rites. It is believed that Nuriootpa was one of the great meeting places in South Australia.
The first European explorers came through the Barossa Valley in 1838. Colonel William Light , the Surveyor-General of South Australia, sold the area around what is now Nuriootpa to the entrepreneur George Fife Angas . In the period that followed, the area was briefly known as Angas Park. After the discovery of a copper deposit near Kapunda , the town became an important stopping point for miners and drivers of ox teams. To meet the growing demand for accommodation, William Coulthard built the Red Lion Hotel. The city that was officially founded in 1854 grew around this hotel.
