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Lavender Federation Trail
The Lavender Federation Trail is a long distance walking trail in the eastern Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia. It extends from Murray Bridge, South Australia, Murray Bridge to Clare, South Australia, Clare. It is named after Terry Lavender OAM and development started in 1999. Route The trail starts at Sturt Reserve by the Murray River in Murray Bridge. It climbs out of Murray Bridge through Rocky Gully and Kinchina Conservation Park, and passes Monarto Safari Park. The trail crosses the ridge with views over the Bremer River (South Australia), Bremer River valley, and up to the summit of Mount Beevor (503m). The trail continues north along the eastern Mount Lofty Ranges through the Eden Valley wine region to Truro, South Australia, Truro. The next section continues north to Eudunda, South Australia. It was extended to Manoora, South Australia, Manoora in 2017. The trail was completed to Clare with a grand opening on 5 May 2018. There are several loops off of the main trail, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Lofty Ranges
The Mount Lofty Ranges are a range of mountains in the Australian state of South Australia which for a small part of its length borders the east of Adelaide. The part of the range in the vicinity of Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and defines the eastern border of the Adelaide Plains. Location and description The Mount Lofty Ranges stretch from the southernmost point of the Fleurieu Peninsula at Cape Jervis northwards for over before petering out north of Peterborough. In the vicinity of Adelaide, they separate the Adelaide Plains from the extensive plains that surround the Murray River and stretch eastwards to Victoria. The Heysen Trail traverses almost the entire length of the ranges, crossing westwards to the Flinders Ranges near Hallett. The mountains have a Mediterranean climate with moderate rainfall brought by south-westerly winds, hot summers and cool winters. The southern ranges are wetter (with of rain per year) than the northern ranges (). Southern r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eudunda, South Australia
Eudunda is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated 110 kilometres northeast of Adelaide in the Regional Council of Goyder. As of 2021, Eudunda had a population of 815 people. Eudunda is known as the birthplace of author and educator Colin Thiele. Etymology The town name of Eudunda originates from the name of the spring to the west of the town, which local Aboriginal people called ''judandakawi.'' According to Dr. Phillip Clarke of the South Australian Museum, ''judandakawi'' means 'sheltered water.' The earliest-known written mention of the name Eudunda was published in ''The Express and Telegraph'' on 8 March 1872. History The area is the traditional lands of the Ngadjuri people. The Ngadjuri have been largely overlooked in the histories of colonisation and the subsequent dispossession from their traditional lands. The first Europeans in the area were those travelling to Adelaide markets from New South Wales and Queensland in the 1830s. In 1838, four lives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterloo, South Australia
Waterloo is a settlement in South Australia, located just off the Barrier Highway between Manoora and Black Springs, approximately north-east of the state capital of Adelaide. History The township of Waterloo was surveyed and established in 1865 in the Hundred of Waterloo, County of Light. It derives its name from the famous battle of the Napoleonic Wars. Waterloo is situated in a valley on the head of the Light River. Located about midway between Kapunda and Burra, it is not to be confused with Waterloo Corner on the Adelaide Plains. In 1866 a petition was signed by 233 of the inhabitants and settlers for the establishment of a police station and courthouse. The government rejected this, as the township then comprised not more than six houses, a flourmill, and a hotel. The locality is the birthplace of Tom Kruse, the Australian outback mailman who worked on the Birdsville Track in the border area between South Australia and Queensland. Land Use Although the towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutton, South Australia
Dutton is a settlement in South Australia. The small township lies approximately north of Truro on the Eudunda Road. It was first laid out in 1866 and lots were advertised for sale in the German-language newspaper '' Südaustralische Zeitung''. The Hundred may have been named after Francis Stacker Dutton, a two-time Premier of South Australia, instigator of the Kapunda Copper Mine, South Australian commissioner at the 1862 International Exhibition, and Agent-General for South Australia in London. Francis was the younger brother of Frederick Dutton, the proprietor of Anlaby Station, near Kapunda. Dutton School opened in 1880 and closed in 1903. Dutton North School, built on the Levi's Water Hole property near the boundary with Frankton, opened in 1914 and closed in 1927. It also once had a Lutheran school. The historic former St John's Lutheran Manse and Blacksmith's Shop and Dwelling are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register The South Australian Heritage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keyneton, South Australia
Keyneton is a locality in South Australia. The town is in the Mid Murray Council local government area, north-east of the state capital, Adelaide. The town was named after English pastoralist Joseph Keynes (related to the Keynes Family), who had settled the area in 1842 and whose descendants still live and farm in the area. It is in the Eden Valley wine region. The historic former North Rhine Mine Engine House in Pine Hut Road and the Bridge Over the River Somme on the Sedan-Angaston Road are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register The South Australian Heritage Register, also known as the SA Heritage Register, is a statutory register of historic places in South Australia. It extends legal protection regarding demolition and development under the ''Heritage Places Act 1993'' .... Notable people * Sarah Lindsay Evans (1816–1898), temperance activist References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrogate, South Australia
Harrogate is a small South Australian town, located in the Adelaide Hills on the banks of the Bremer River. It was laid out by Charles Burney Young in 1858, and is believed to be named after Harrogate, North Yorkshire, in England by John Baker. The town has a number of historic buildings, dating back to the mid-19th century, including a former Bible Christian chapel (c. 1859), and a village hall (now a community hall). A post office also operated in the town between the years 1861 to 1974. Harrogate is approximately 56 km from Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei .... References External links Harrogate town website {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrogate, South Australia Adelaide Hills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertstown, South Australia
Robertstown is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated 125 km north of Adelaide, in the Regional Council of Goyder. At the , Robertstown had a population of 223 people. Etymology Robertstown derives its name from John Roberts, the first postmaster in the region, who established the town layout in 1871. Previously, it was referred to as Emu Flats. History The Robertstown area is the traditional lands of the Ngadjuri people. Despite their significant historical presence, the Ngadjuri people have been frequently omitted from historical accounts of colonisation and the process by which they were dispossessed of their traditional lands. In the early days of colonisation, the land in the district was primarily leased to stations like Anlaby and Koonoona. The first settlers were likely stock overlanders from New South Wales. From 1850 onwards, the area was surveyed into smaller blocks, attracting European settlers to the region. As the settlement grew, a wine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Pass, South Australia
Point Pass is a small town in the Mid North of South Australia, 115 kilometres north of Adelaide. It is located north of Eudunda, South Australia, Eudunda, in the Regional Council of Goyder. As of 2021, the population of Point Pass was 123. The town's main amenities include a hotel with social club, district hall with an Australia Post Community Postal Agent, and a Lutheran Church of Australia, Lutheran church. The local oval in Point Pass has been transformed into a campground, while the Point Pass Standpipe Reserve offers public BBQ facilities. Etymology Point Pass is thought to have been named after the Northern Irish town of Poyntzpass by Irish immigrant Mrs Anne Richards. History The area is the traditional lands of the Ngadjuri people. The Ngadjuri have been largely overlooked in the histories of colonisation and the subsequent dispossession from their traditional lands. Point Pass was first colonised by German Lutheran immigrants in 1868. The Point Pass Imman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moculta, South Australia
Moculta is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-east of the municipal seat of Angaston. At the 2016 census, Moculta shared a population of 227 with part of Truro Truro (; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, s ...). The earliest settlers in the area were English, Scottish and Irish migrants, among them the brothers Abraham and David Shannon. German migrants also came to the area from 1853. They built both the Gruenberg (1859) and Gnadenberg Lutheran churches. The township of Moculta itself was surveyed in 1865 and occupied soon after. The locality of Grünberg was renamed to Karalta as a consequence of the move to rename " names of enemy origin" during World War I, but has been named bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springton, South Australia
Springton is a settlement in South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in .... It draws its name from Springs Dairy which was on the site before the town subdivision was surveyed. There is a large hollow red gum tree on the outskirts of the town. This tree was used as the first home in South Australia of Friedrich Herbig when he migrated from Germany in 1855. He married three years later and his first two children were born in the tree before he built a hut nearby in 1860. The tree is known as the ''Herbig Family Tree''. Springton includes the former village of Friedensberg less than two kilometres south of the Springton township. The village had a Lutheran church (1861–1899), school (1861–1913) and cemetery. The building is now used as a museum. All of Fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eden Valley, South Australia
Eden Valley is a small South Australian town in the Barossa Ranges. It was named by the surveyors of the area after they found the word "''Eden''" carved into a tree. Eden Valley has an elevation of 460 metres and an average annual rainfall of 716.2mm. Eden Valley is in the Barossa Council local government area, the state electoral district of Schubert and the federal divisions of Barker and Mayo. Wine industry Eden Valley gives its name to a wine growing region that shares its western boundary with the Barossa Valley wine region. The region is of similar size to the Barossa Valley wine region, and is well known for producing high quality riesling and shiraz wines. Englishman Joseph Gilbert planted the first Eden Valley vineyard A vineyard ( , ) is a plantation of grape-bearing vines. Many vineyards exist for winemaking; others for the production of raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tungkillo, South Australia
Tungkillo (, postcode 5236, altitude 391m) is a town in South Australia, located approximately south of Mount Pleasant. It sits on Adelaide-Mannum Road, north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and north-west of Mannum. At the , Tungkillo had a population of 360. Tungkillo was originally the name of a mine located south of Palmer, which opened in 1847. In 1848, a town was surveyed at the mine, The present-day town was settled by Samuel Patten in 1861, who called it ''South Petherton'' (after the Somerset town of South Petherton from which his family originated). The name of South Petherton was officially altered on 24 January 1906 to Tungkillo, although the two names were used interchangeably as late as 1936. Tungkillo is a corruption of ''tainkila'', a Peramangk Aboriginal word meaning ''ghost moth grubs''. The historic former Terlinga Station Shearing Shed on Hoads Woolshed Road and a former grain threshing floor on Loxton Road, are both listed on the South Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
