Inneston

Inneston is a heritage-listed historic gypsum mining township located within Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park at the southern tip of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Established in 1913 and abandoned by 1930, it preserves restored workers' cottages, mining ruins and Inneston Lake. Now managed as part of the national park, it offers visitors insight into early 20th-century industrial settlement amid coastal mallee scrub, salt lakes and limestone landscapes.

Visitors can explore a well-preserved ghost town within a national park setting, with restored stone cottages available as heritage accommodation, ruins of the gypsum factory, manager's residence, and Inneston Lake where gypsum was extracted. The site features interpretive signage, a self-guided heritage walk, mallee scrub and salt lake scenery, and opportunities to see kangaroos and emus. The township is accessed via unsealed park roads and is surrounded by coastal dunes and scrubland.

Established in 1913 by the Inneston Gypsum Mining Company and named after founder William Robert Innes. Developed as a company town to extract gypsum from Inneston Lake, with a factory, jetty at Stenhouse Bay, and housing for around 150 residents. Mining ceased in 1930 due to the Great Depression and the town was abandoned. The area was incorporated into Innes National Park in 1970 and the township is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register as an example of an early 20th-century industrial settlement.

Represents a rare intact example of a South Australian company mining town and is heritage-listed for its industrial and settlement history. Located on Narungga Country, within Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park which is co-managed with Narungga traditional owners.