|
SARDI Loxton Research Centre
The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) is the principal research institute of the Government of South Australia, with a network of research centres, laboratories and field sites both in metropolitan Adelaide and throughout South Australia. SARDI is part of Primary Industries and Regions SA. Head Office The SARDI Head Office is located in the Waite Research Precinct, along with CSIRO, the University of Adelaide#Waite, University of Adelaide's Waite Campus, and others, in the Adelaide suburb of Urrbrae, South Australia. Metropolitan sites Plant Research Centre The Plant Research Centre is located in the Waite Research Precinct, along with CSIRO,CSIRO Waite Campus www.csiro.au the University of Adelaide's University of Adelaide#Waite, Waite Campus, and other research and educational establishments, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Research Institute
A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often implies natural science research, there are also many research institutes in the social science as well, especially for sociological and historical research purposes. Famous research institutes In the early medieval period, several astronomical observatories were built in the Islamic world. The first of these was the 9th-century Baghdad observatory built during the time of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun, though the most famous were the 13th-century Maragheh observatory, and the 15th-century Ulugh Beg Observatory. The Kerala School of Astronomy and Mathematics was a school of mathematics and astronomy founded by Madhava of Sangamagrama in Kerala, India. The school flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries and the original discoverie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SARDI Lenswood Agricultural Centre
The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) is the principal research institute of the Government of South Australia, with a network of research centres, laboratories and field sites both in metropolitan Adelaide and throughout South Australia. SARDI is part of Primary Industries and Regions SA. Head Office The SARDI Head Office is located in the Waite Research Precinct, along with CSIRO, the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus, and others, in the Adelaide suburb of Urrbrae, South Australia. Metropolitan sites Plant Research Centre The Plant Research Centre is located in the Waite Research Precinct, along with CSIRO,CSIRO Waite Campus www.csiro.au the |
Naracoorte, South Australia
Naracoorte is a town in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, approximately 336 kilometres south-east of Adelaide and 100 kilometres north of Mount Gambier, South Australia, Mount Gambier on the Riddoch Highway (A66). History Before the colonisation of South Australia in 1836, the land now occupied by the town of Naracoorte was situated on the border of lands occuped by the Bindjali people to the east and Ngarrindjeri to the east. Naracoorte was formed from the merger of two towns, Kincraig, founded in 1845 by Scottish explorer William Macintosh, and Narracoorte, established as a government settlement in 1847. The name has gone through a number of spellings, and is believed to be derived from the Australian Aborigine, Aboriginal words for ''place of running water'' or ''large waterhole''. It grew during the 1850s as a service town for people going to and from the Victorian gold rush. The Post Office opened on 22 March 1853 and was known as Mosquito Plains until 1861. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penola, South Australia
Penola is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located about southeast of the state capital of Adelaide in the wine growing area known as the Coonawarra. At the , town of Penola had a population of 1,312. It is known as the central location in the life of Mary MacKillop (St. Mary of the Cross), the first Australian to gain Roman Catholic sainthood, in 2010. In 1866 McKillop and a Catholic priest, Julian Tenison-Woods, established a Catholic school in the town. Penola was on the Mount Gambier to Wolseley railway line which opened in 1887, until its closure to freight on 12 April 1995, and then to Limestone Coast Railway tourist passengers on 1 July 2006. History The Aboriginal Australians living in the area when Europeans arrived were the Bindjali people, although this meaning has also been ascribed to Coonawarra by the same source. A different source reports that the Bindjali expression, ''pena oorla'' means "wooden house", which referred to the first pub i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roseworthy, South Australia
Roseworthy is a small town in South Australia, about 10 km north of Gawler on the Horrocks Highway. At the 2016 census, Roseworthy had a population of 994. Roseworthy has a large grain storage facility consisting of both storage silos and bunkers for grain grown in the surrounding areas, and grain is now taken by road transport to Port Adelaide for export where it was once taken by rail. Roseworthy is the junction of the former Peterborough railway line and Morgan railway lines, both constructed as broad gauge railway lines (although the Peterborough line was originally narrow gauge from Terowie to Peterborough), and remained that gauge for their entire service. Both lines were originally built to support export from copper mines, respectively at Burra and Kapunda before being extended beyond those towns. The railways later served primarily to carry grain to port instead of copper, but have now been supplanted by road transport. The Roseworthy campus of the University of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Lincoln, South Australia
Port Lincoln is a town on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia. It is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, which opens eastward into Spencer Gulf. It is the largest city in the West Coast region, and is located approximately 280 km as the crow flies from the State's capital city of Adelaide (646 km by road). In June 2019 Port Lincoln had an estimated population of 16,418, having grown at an average annual rate of 0.55% year-on-year over the preceding five years. The city is reputed to have the most millionaires per capita in Australia, as well as claiming to be Australia's "Seafood Capital". History and name The Eyre Peninsula has been home to Aboriginal people for over 40 thousand years, with the Barngarla (eastern Eyre, including Port Lincoln), Nauo (south western Eyre), Wirangu (north western Eyre) and Mirning (far western Eyre) being the predominant original cultural groups present at the time of the arrival of Europeans. The ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuriootpa, South Australia
Nuriootpa ( ) is a town in South Australia and the major commercial centre of the Barossa Valley, about an hour's drive north of the state capital, Adelaide. The name of the town is reputed to be the local Aboriginal word for "meeting place". Nuriootpa is situated at the north end of the Barossa Valley, near the Sturt Highway and has a population of over 6500 people, making it the largest town in the area. There are grape-vines growing on some of the buildings in the main streets, and vineyards surrounding the town. It is home to wineries including Penfolds, Elderton Wines and Wolf Blass. History The first recorded Europeans to visit the locality, on 3 March 1838, were the exploration party of John Hill, John Oakden, William Wood, and Charles Willis, ''en route'' to the Murray River from Adelaide. Since the 1930s, Nuriootpa has been cited as an example of inspired community development. The town's community owned and operated retail businesses have funded public facilities, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SARDI Nuriootpa Agricultural Centre
The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) is the principal research institute of the Government of South Australia, with a network of research centres, laboratories and field sites both in metropolitan Adelaide and throughout South Australia. SARDI is part of Primary Industries and Regions SA. Head Office The SARDI Head Office is located in the Waite Research Precinct, along with CSIRO, the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus, and others, in the Adelaide suburb of Urrbrae, South Australia. Metropolitan sites Plant Research Centre The Plant Research Centre is located in the Waite Research Precinct, along with CSIRO,CSIRO Waite Campus www.csiro.au the |
Mount Gambier, South Australia
Mount Gambier is the second most populated city in South Australia, with an estimated urban population of 33,233 . The city is located on the slopes of Mount Gambier, a volcano in the south east of the state, about south-east of the capital Adelaide and just from the Victorian border. The traditional owners of the area are the Bungandidj (or Boandik) people. Mount Gambier is the most important settlement in the Limestone Coast region and the seat of government for both the City of Mount Gambier and the District Council of Grant. The city is well known for its geographical features, particularly its volcanic and limestone features, most notably Blue Lake / Warwar, and its parks, gardens, caves and sinkholes. History Before British colonisation of South Australia, the Bungandidj (or Boandik) people were the original Aboriginal inhabitants of the area. They referred to the peak of the volcanic mountain as 'ereng balam' or 'egree belum', meaning 'home of the eagle hawk', but th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SARDI Mount Gambier Lobster Research
The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) is the principal research institute of the Government of South Australia, with a network of research centres, laboratories and field sites both in metropolitan Adelaide and throughout South Australia. SARDI is part of Primary Industries and Regions SA. Head Office The SARDI Head Office is located in the Waite Research Precinct, along with CSIRO, the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus, and others, in the Adelaide suburb of Urrbrae, South Australia. Metropolitan sites Plant Research Centre The Plant Research Centre is located in the Waite Research Precinct, along with CSIRO,CSIRO Waite Campus www.csiro.au the |
Minnipa, South Australia
Minnipa is a small town serving the local grain growing community located on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. History The Nauo were the indigenous people of the area of Minnipa prior to English colonisation and the area around the town was first settled by Europeans in 1878. At the arrival of the railway line on 5 May 1913, the town consisted of two tents.Minnipa and Eyre Peninsula Development of the surrounding districts followed the railway, and accelerated after the opening of the water pipeline from the Tod River scheme in 1925. By 1960, Minnipa was the major railway centre between [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SARDI Minnipa Research Centre
The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) is the principal research institute of the Government of South Australia, with a network of research centres, laboratories and field sites both in metropolitan Adelaide and throughout South Australia. SARDI is part of Primary Industries and Regions SA. Head Office The SARDI Head Office is located in the Waite Research Precinct, along with CSIRO, the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus, and others, in the Adelaide suburb of Urrbrae, South Australia. Metropolitan sites Plant Research Centre The Plant Research Centre is located in the Waite Research Precinct, along with CSIRO,CSIRO Waite Campus www.csiro.au the |
