Torrens may refer to:

Places

South Australia

Electoral district of Torrens Torrens is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Located along the River Torrens, it is named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th-century Premier of South Australia noted for being the founder of th ...

, a state electoral district *

Lake Torrens Lake Torrens ( Kuyani: ''Ngarndamukia'') is a large ephemeral, normally endorheic salt lake in central South Australia. After sufficiently extreme rainfall events, the lake flows out through the Pirie-Torrens corridor to the Spencer Gulf. Is ...

, a salt lake north of Adelaide *

River Torrens The River Torrens , (Karrawirra Parri / Karrawirraparri) is the most significant river of the Adelaide Plains. It was one of the main reasons for the siting of the city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. It flows from its source in the ...

, which runs through the heart of Adelaide *

Torrens Building The Torrens Building, named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, is a State Heritage-listed building on the corner of Victoria Square and Wakefield Street in Adelaide, South Australia. It was originally known as the New Government Offices, and a ...

, a heritage-listed government office building in the Adelaide city centre * Torrens Island (disambiguation), places associated with Torrens Island northwest of the Adelaide city centre *

Torrens Linear Park The Torrens Linear Park was completed in 1997 as the first of its kind developed in Australia where it is the largest hills-to-coast park. It began as a flood mitigation scheme along the River Torrens running westward from the Adelaide Hills, ...

, from the hills to the coast along the course of the River Torrens *

Torrens Road, Adelaide Torrens Road is an arterial road in the northwestern suburbs of Adelaide, Australia. The road is aligned southeast to northwest and is parallel with Port Road for most of its length. Route It commences at the City Ring Route along the edge of ...

* Torrens (biogeographic subregion), see Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia

Australia Capital Territory

Torrens, Australian Capital Territory Torrens (postcode 2607) is a suburb in the Woden Valley district of Canberra, Australia. It is named after Sir Robert Torrens, a former Premier of South Australia and instigator of the Torrens title system of land registration. The suburb w ...

, a suburb of Canberra

Other places

Torréns Bridge __NOTOC__ The Torréns Bridge ( es, Puente Torréns) is a historic bridge over the Rosario River in Hormigueros municipality, Puerto Rico. It was built in 1878 in a beam bridge structure with lattice girders and transverse joists, a design un ...

, a bridge over the Rosario River in Hormigueros municipality, Puerto Rico

People

Torrens (surname) Torrens is the surname of: * Alba Torrens (born 1989), Spanish basketball player * Albert Torrens (born 1976), Australian rugby league footballer * Attwood Torrens (1874–1916), English cricketer and soldier * Cristina Torrens Valero (born 1974) ...

, a list of people *

Torrens Knight use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , body_discovered = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinates ...

(born 1969), Ulster loyalist and alleged police informer

Other uses

* , two ships and a shore base of the Royal Australian Navy * ''Torrens'' (clipper ship) (1875–1910) *

Torrens Transit Torrens Transit is an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operates some services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Government of South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems, which is a part of the ...

, a bus company providing public transport in Adelaide, South Australia *

Torrens Connect Torrens Connect is a public transport operator in Adelaide, Australia that commenced operating bus and tram services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure in July 2020. It is ...

, an Australian company that is owned by the above company *

Torrens University Australia Torrens University is an Australian international private, for-profit university and vocational registered training organisation, with campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Blue Mountains, Australia, Auckland, New Z ...