Кадина: История горнодобывающего и сельскохозяйственного центра Южной Австралии.

Kadina (/k//ə/'/d//iː//n//ə/ kəDEEnə) is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of the Australian state of South Australia, approximately 144 kilometres north northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. The largest town of the Peninsula, Kadina is one of the three Copper Triangle towns famous for their shared copper mining history. The three towns are known as "Little Cornwall" for the significant number of immigrants from Cornwall who worked at the mines in the late 19th century. Kadina's surrounds form an important agricultural base for the region, and are used for growing cereal crops. Kadina used to be a mining town but now the majority of Kadina's land is used for farming.

Kadina is about north east of Moonta and east of the port town of Wallaroo. There are 6 suburbs making up Kadina's township, each being a distinct historic locality or hamlet. These are: Jericho, Jerusalem, Matta Flat, New Town and Wallaroo Mines as well as central Kadina itself. Kadina East was previously a gazetted suburb east of Kadina's centre, later merged into Kadina itself. Further lines connecting Kadina to Port Wakefield, to the southeast, and Bute, to the northeast (Kadina Brinkworth railway line), opened in 1878 and 1879, respectively. In 1872 Kadina became a municipality by establishment of the Corporate Town of Kadina. By 1875, the population had increased to 20,000, mostly composed of Cornish miners. In 1907 the adjacent Government Town of Kadina East was surveyed west of Eliza Terrace to cope with the need to house the growing population of the town. Mining at Kadina ceased completely in 1938, and the rail lines fell into disuse and were closed in 1989.

Kadina exists in a semi arid location, above Goyder's Line, and is surrounded by mallee scrub. It is located inland and above sea level. Kadina experiences a cold semi arid climate, bordering on a hot summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk/Csa), Trewartha: BSal/Csal); with warm to hot, dry summers; mild to warm, relatively dry springs and autumns; and mild, relatively dry winters. Due to its location, the seasonal temperature variations are more extreme than Adelaide's. The average January temperature is and the average July temperature is Average rainfall of Kadina is The weather patterns are similar to those of Adelaide.

Kadina was once chiefly a copper mining town with the Wallaroo Mines being south westerly adjacent to the township. Since the closure of the mine in the 1920s, agriculture has been the dominant local industry.

Kadina is surrounded by lands used for broadacre cereal cropping. Staples such as barley, wheat as well as various oilseeds and legumes like canola, chickpeas and field peas are commonly grown in the area. Barley and wheat from the region is considered to be some of the best in the world.

The town today consists of important historical colonial and federation buildings gathered around Victoria Square. Kadina also contains the Farm Shed Museum & Tourism Centre (Kadina Heritage Museum) and remnants of the Wallaroo Mines. Kernewek Lowender, a Cornish festival, is held every odd year in May in Kadina (as well as Moonta and Wallaroo, with each location hosting the festival for one day). Kadina and its surrounds benefit generally from the tourism throughout the Copper Triangle and has experienced general growth due throughout the 2000s and 2010s due to the Copper Cove housing development at Wallaroo.

The town serves as the base for local radio station Gulf FM, broadcasting at 89.3 FM. The Yorke Peninsula Country Times newspaper is based in Kadina.