Cherryville is a small town in the
Adelaide Hills,
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
. It was named in around 1840 after the
native cherry trees that grew in the area, although some historians claim that it was not named until 1892, when horticultural
cherry
A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The nam ...
plantings became widespread in the area.
Prior to this, land holdings were typically of around and used primarily for
pastoralism
Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. The animal ...
or small-scale vegetable gardens.
Cherryville Post Office opened on 2 January 1899 and closed in 1974.
The town received national attention in May 2013 when the
2013 Cherryville bushfire burnt out of scrub and farmland surrounding the district. The fire was notable in that it occurred outside the fire-ban season, leading to calls to review the State's fire ban policy.
References
Suburbs of Adelaide
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