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Torrens Family
Torrens may refer to: Places South Australia * Electoral district of Torrens, a state electoral district * Lake Torrens, a salt lake north of Adelaide * River Torrens, which runs through the heart of Adelaide * City of West Torrens, a local government area in Adelaide * Torrens Building, a heritage-listed government office building in the Adelaide city centre * Torrens Island, places associated with Torrens Island northwest of the Adelaide city centre * Torrens Linear Park, from the hills to the coast along the course of the River Torrens * Torrens Road, Adelaide * Torrens (biogeographic subregion), see Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia Australia Capital Territory * Torrens, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra Other places * Torréns Bridge, a bridge over the Rosario River in Hormigueros municipality, Puerto Rico People * Torrens (surname), a list of people * Torrens Knight (born 1969), Ulster loyalist and alleged police informer Other uses * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the " Torrens title" land registration system. Torrens is an suburban electorate in Adelaide's north-east. It includes the suburbs of Gilles Plains, Greenacres, Hampstead Gardens, Hillcrest, Holden Hill, Klemzig, Manningham, Oakden, Vale Park, Valley View and Windsor Gardens. Torrens has had three incarnations as a South Australian House of Assembly electoral district. It was first created for the 1902 election as a five-seat multi-member district stretching from the north-eastern suburbs through the eastern and southern suburbs to the south-western suburbs; together with the three-member Port Adelaide (covering the north-western and western suburbs) and the four-member Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torréns Bridge
__NOTOC__ The Torréns Bridge () 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 unique in the later territory of the United States. It is named for Modesto Torréns Morales, mayor of Hormigueros from 1875 to 1879, during a period when the municipality advocated for improved transportation linkages from the settlement of Hormigueros to the rest of the island. Improvement of the difficult Rosario River crossing (''Paso de las Nieves'') on the road from the town to the main highway south of the river was seen as critical to economic development, especially after Hormigueros municipality separated from San Germán in 1874. In 1898 during the Spanish–American War, the Torréns Bridge was captured by the U.S. Army to aid its advance during the Battle of Hormigueros and subsequent march on Mayagüez.. The bridge was added to the U.S. Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrens Act (other)
Torrens Act or Torrens ACT may refer to: * Torrens title * Torrens, Australian Capital Territory Torrens (postcode 2607) is a suburb in the Woden Valley (district), Woden Valley district of Canberra, Australia. It is named after Robert Richard Torrens, Sir Robert Torrens, a former Premier of South Australia and instigator of the Torrens tit ... * The Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Act 1868 ( 31 & 32 Vict. c. 130) in the UK, known as Torrens' Act {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Blue Mountains, Auckland, New Zealand, and Suzhou, China. Torrens University Australia, along with Think Education and Media Design School, together form Torrens Global Education, which is part of Strategic Education, Inc. History An application from Laureate Education Asia to found a private university was approved by the Government of South Australia in October 2011. Upon commission, Torrens University became the 33rd university in Australia and the first new university for 20 years. The go-ahead for the new university was given by the South Australian Cabinet following Premier Mike Rann's negotiations in Australia and in Cancun, Mexico, with Laureate chairman Douglas Becker and Chancellor Michael Mann. Honorary Laureate Chancellor and former US President Bill Clinton publicly endorsed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrens Connect
Torrens Connect is a public transport operator in Adelaide, Australia that began 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 owned by a consortium of Torrens Transit, John Holland and UGL Rail. , Torrens Connect has a fleet of 24 tram sets and over 200 buses. History In July 2019, the Government of South Australia announced its intention to privatise the Adelaide Metro tram services operated by the Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure. In March 2020, the Torrens Connect consortium of Torrens Transit, John Holland and UGL Rail UGL Rail is an Australian rail company specialising in building, maintaining and refurbishing diesel locomotives, diesel and electric multiple units and freight wagons. It is a subsidiary of UGL (company), UGL and is based in Melbourne, with a s ... were awarded the North-South contract. The contract began in July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrens Transit
Torrens Transit is an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operates services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Department for Infrastructure & Transport. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. History In April 2000, Torrens Transit began operating the Adelaide Metro East–West contract, with 255 buses under contract to the Department for Infrastructure & Transport. In April 2005, Torrens Transit began operating the North–South and Outer North East contracts that had previously been run by Serco. In July 2011, Torrens Transit began operating a new eight-year East–West contract, with an optional four-year extension exercisable based on performance criteria. The North–South and Outer North East area contracts passed to Light-City Buses in October 2011. In April 2013, Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes for continued poor performance, with these being returned to Torrens Transit. In November 2014, Torrens Transit began operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Torrens (1939)
MS ''Torrens'' was a Norwegian cargo motor ship built in 1939 by Kockums Mek.Verksted AB., Malmö, Sweden, for Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg, Norway. In 1940, after the German invasion of Norway, the ship operated for the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (Nortraship) in London. Voyages in early 1940 involved U.S. Atlantic ports and the Philippines, China and Japan. By mid 1940 the operations tended to be out of U.S. Pacific coast ports, with occasional visits to the Atlantic, to the same destinations. The same pattern repeated in 1941. With entry of the United States into the war ''Torrens'' was transferred to the U.S. War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 23 January 1942. The ship was allocated to Army requirements until 22 January 1946. The ship first operated as a cargo ship but was converted into a troop ship with a capacity for 1,702 passengers. Until June 1945 ''Torrens'' operated in the Southwest Pacific theater. After June 1945 the ship operated to Europe until January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrens (clipper Ship)
''Torrens'' was a three-masted clipper ship that was built in England in 1875 and scrapped in Italy in 1910. She was designed to carry passengers and cargo between London and Port Adelaide, South Australia, and was the fastest ship to sail on that route. She is notable as the last sailing ship on which Joseph Conrad served before he began his writing career. Building James Laing built ''Torrens'' for £27,257 at his Deptford shipyard in Sunderland, largely to the specifications of Sea captain, Captain Henry Robert Angel (1829 – June 1923). She was jointly owned by Angel and the Elder Line, but Angel was her major owner. ''Torrens'' was a composite ship, with a steel framed and teak planks. Her registered length was , her beam was and her depth was . Her tonnages were and . Her three masts were "heavily sparred and carried a main sky sail yard, and for many years she was the only vessel with studding sail booms running in the Australian trade". ''Torrens'' was launched on 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrens Knight
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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), professional female tennis player from Spain * Henry Torrens (British Army officer, born 1833) (1823–1889), British lieutenant general and colonial governor * Henry Torrens (British Army officer, born 1779) (1779–1828), British major general and Adjutant-General to the Forces * Hugh Torrens, British historian of geology and paleontology * Jackie Torrens, Canadian writer, actor, documentary-maker and journalist * James H. Torrens (1874–1952), American congressman and influential Tammany Hall figure * Jonathan Torrens (born 1972), Canadian actor and television personality, brother of Jackie Torrens * Luis Torrens (born 1996), Venezuelan baseball player * Philip Torrens (born 1960), British actor (a.k.a. Pip Torrens) * Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrens, Australian Capital Territory
Torrens (postcode 2607) is a suburb in the Woden Valley (district), Woden Valley district of Canberra, Australia. It is named after Robert Richard Torrens, Sir Robert Torrens, a former Premier of South Australia and instigator of the Torrens title system of land registration. The suburb was gazetted on 12 May 1966. Location and description The suburb is located along the district of Woden's southern edge. It adjoins the suburbs of Pearce, Australian Capital Territory, Pearce, Mawson, Australian Capital Territory, Mawson and Farrer, Australian Capital Territory, Farrer. It is bounded by Beasley Street to the north, Athllon Drive to the east, and the Canberra Nature Park to the south. To the west the skyline is dominated by the Mount Taylor (Australian Capital Territory), Mount Taylor nature reserve. Torrens contains a small shopping centre, a neighbourhood oval, and Torrens Primary School. History The name was proposed by "contemporaries of Sir Robert Torrens; SA pioneers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Islands on the lake include Andamooka Island and Murdie Island, both near the western shore; Trimmer Inlet runs between Andamooka Island and the shore, and Carrapateena Arm is an arm extending westwards south of Murdie Island. Description Lake Torrens lies between the Arcoona Plateau to the west and the Flinders Ranges to the east, about north of Port Augusta and about north of the Adelaide city centre. The lake is approximately above sea level,Barker, McCaskill & Ward, p.173, 1995 with a maximum depth of 1 m. It is located within the boundaries of Lake Torrens National Park. Lake Torrens stretches approximately in length and in average width. It is Australia's second largest lake when filled with water and encompasses an area of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
