European settlement in the Pekina district began in earnest in 1846 when Price Maurice brought
3000 sheep to the district. The Pekina station, "one of the most profitable sheep runs" in
South Australia, became a stopping-point for coaches on the run between Blinman and Burra.
In 1871, the station was resumed and broken up for closer settlement. The region was settled
by German and especially Irish migrant farmers. Problems with drought, rust and locusts in
the 1880s meant the town grew slowly with only around 75 residents at the beginning of the 20th century.

Pekina's Irish Roman Catholic heritage has seen the district nicknamed "Vatican Valley".
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Its a town on a road that passes through, if you blink you would miss it. We called in because
one of our friend's parents lived there many many years ago.