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 ...

, 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. ...

, 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 Ad ...

, which runs through the heart of Adelaide *

City of West Torrens The City of West Torrens is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Since the 1970s, the area was mainly home to many open spaces and parks, however after the mid-1990s (1993–1995) the LGA became more resid ...

, a local government area in 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 heritage-listed government office building in the Adelaide city centre *

Torrens Island Torrens Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Adelaide, Adelaide metropolitan area in the Port River Estuary about northwest of the Adelaide city centre. Since European settlement of Adelaide in 1836 ...

, places associated with Torrens Island northwest of the Adelaide city centre *

Torrens Linear Park The Torrens Linear Park is a linear park that runs along the River Torrens in South Australia, spanning from the edge of Adelaide Hills in Athelstone to the coast in West Beach and Henley Beach South. Upon completion in 1997, it was the fir ...

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

Torrens Road 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 ...

, Adelaide * Torrens (biogeographic subregion), see

Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeography, biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities ( ...

Australia Capital Territory

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 ...

, a suburb of Canberra

Other places

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 te ...

, 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 197 ...

, 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 = , nationality = , organization = Ulster Defence Association , movement = Nort ...

(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) * MS ''Torrens'' (1939), a Norwegian general cargo ship *

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 Ap ...

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

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 ...

, 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, Blue Mountains, Auckland, New Zealand, and Suzhou, Chin ...