St Agnes is a suburb of

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

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 is around 15 km northeast of the city centre. It is located in the

City of Tea Tree Gully The City of Tea Tree Gully is a local council in the Australian state of South Australia, in the outer north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide. The major business district in the city is at Modbury, where Westfield Tea Tree Plaza, the Civic Centre a ...

. Facilities and amenities on the suburb include Ardtornish Primary School, founded in 1882, and the ''Steventon'' Post Office that opened around January 1859, to be renamed ''

Tea Tree Gully The City of Tea Tree Gully is a local council in the Australian state of South Australia, in the outer north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide. The major business district in the city is at Modbury, where Westfield Tea Tree Plaza, the Civic Centre ...

'' in 1872, and ''Teatree Gully'' in 1925. ''Tea Tree Gully'' changed again in 1966 and finally became ''St Agnes'' in 1969.

Ardtornish Primary School

Ardtornish Primary School is a state government R-7 coeducational school with an enrolment of about 500 students. The original school was built in 1842 on the Lower North East Road in Hope Valley, and named after

Ardtornish Castle Ardtornish Castle is situated in the grounds of the Ardtornish estate in Morvern, on the west coast of Scotland. It stands at the seaward end of a promontory which extends in a southerly direction into the Sound of Mull, about south-east of the ...

in Scotland. In 1980 the school moved to its current site in St Agnes. An extensive history can be found on the School's website along with a slightly shorter version "for younger readers".The History of Ardtornish – for Younger Readers
ardtornish.weebly.com

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