Mount Compass is a town in the Fleurieu Peninsula

Fleurieu Peninsula

The Fleurieu Peninsula is a peninsula located south of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia. It was named after the French explorer and hydrographer Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin as he mapped the south coast of Australia in 1802.Towns of interest in the...

, on the A13 south of Adelaide

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, and North of Victor Harbor. It is a small community, traditionally supported by farming. Both market gardens and dairy have proved lucrative in the area. At the 2006 census

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, Mount Compass had a population of 695.

The name is said to have come from the 1840s, when Governor Gawler

George Gawler

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supposedly lost his compass near the site.

There is also a local area school that covers from years R-12 with the focus farm project that is run on the adjacent farm to the school.

Compass Cup

Since 1973, Mount Compass has hosted the country's only Cow Race, the Compass Cup. Originally conceived as a way to bring together the surrounding communities by the late Marcy Stewart, it has become a regional institution that attracts thousands of visits to the town over the weekend.

Sports Facilities

Mount Compass Golf Club