Stump Jump Plough
The ingenuity of early settlers is displayed at the Ardrossan Museum with the history of the âstump jump ploughâ. In 1876 the laborious backbreaking work of clearing mallee stumps became a practical proposition with this invention.
Ardrossan And District Historical Museum
16 Fifth Street, Ardrossan
+61 8 8837 3939
Yorke Peninsulaâs close relationship between the land and sea is reflected in the displays at the Ardrossan Museum. The building housing the Museum is the former factory of CH Smith, an agricultural machinery manufacturer and developer of the Stump Jump Plough. Also featured prominently is the history of the âZanoniâ, a sailing ship which sank off Ardrossan in 1867, on its way from Port Wakefield to Port Adelaide, with a full load of South Australian wheat bound for England.