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Lewiston is a semi-rural locality 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 ...
, 6 km east of
Two Wells, 12 km west of
Gawler and 56 km from the
Adelaide city centre
Adelaide city centre () is the inner city locality of Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is known by locals simply as "the City" or "Town" to distinguish it from Greater Adelaide and from the City of Adelaide l ...
. At the
2011 census, Lewiston had a population of 2,947.
Lewiston is an animal and crop farming area.
Lewiston was named by local residents in December 1864, in honour of
James William Lewis,
Post Master General of South Australia from 1861 until 1869.
[Porter (2015)] Lewis had approved a branch Post Office for the Lewiston district, which was to operate from the school house.
The name Lewiston was first used when the branch Post Office opened on 1 February 1865. The first Post Mistress was Isabella Mitchell, wife of the school master William Mitchell.
The school opened in January 1857 and was known as the Port Gawler East school. In 1866 the name of the school was changed to Lewiston. The school closed in 1944 and was demolished.
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Towns in South Australia
1864 establishments in Australia
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