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Auldana, South Australia
Auldana is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Burnside. It stands on the site of a once-famous vineyard "Auldana" established by Patrick Auld William Patrick Auld (27 May 1840 – 2 September 1912), usually known as W. P. Auld, Pat or Patrick, was an Adelaide, South Australian vigneron and wine merchant born in Stalybridge (near Manchester, England). He took part in John McDouall ... in 1847.Bishop, Geoffrey C. ''The Vineyards of Adelaide'' Lynton Publications, Adelaide, 1977 Many of the streets are named for grape varieties. References Suburbs of Adelaide {{adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Hills
The Adelaide Hills region is located in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges east of the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia. The largest town in the area, Mount Barker, South Australia, Mount Barker, is one of Australia's fastest-growing towns. Before British colonisation of South Australia, the area was inhabited by the Peramangk people. The Adelaide Hills wine region comprises areas of the Adelaide Hills above . History Before European settlement, the Peramangk people occupied the Adelaide Hills region, including the land from the foothills, north from Mount Barker through Harrogate, South Australia, Harrogate, Gumeracha, Mount Pleasant, South Australia, Mount Pleasant and Springton, South Australia, Springton to the Angaston, South Australia, Angaston and Gawler, South Australia, Gawler districts in the Barossa Valley, and also southwards to Strathalbyn, South Australia, Strathalbyn and Myponga, South Australia, Myponga on the Fleurieu Peninsula, as well as some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magill, South Australia
Magill is a suburb of Adelaide straddling the City of Burnside and City of Campbelltown council jurisdictions, approximately 7 km east of the Adelaide CBD. It incorporates the suburb previously known as Koongarra Park. History Before the colonisation of South Australia in 1836, the land now called Magill was occupied by the Kaurna people. The Kaurna people, the Traditional Owners of the Adelaide Plains, were the first to live in this area and have cared for the land for thousands of years. Before Magill was established in 1838, the area was a woodland with widely spaced gums over native grasses and some small shrubs. In 1836 it is believed there were around seven hundred Kaurna people in the area.Magill-self-guided-historical-walk-ONLINE-VERSION-final-v2.pdf The suburb of Magill was first established as the Makgill Estate, owned by two Scotsmen, Robert Cock and William Ferguson, who met en route to the newly founded colony of South Australia when sailing out from Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Morialta
Morialta is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is a 356 km2 electorate stretching from the Adelaide Hills to the outer eastern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, taking in the suburbs and localities of Auldana, Ashton, Athelstone, Basket Range, Birdwood, Castambul, Cherryville, Cudlee Creek, Forest Range, Gumeracha, Highbury, Kenton Valley, Lenswood, Lobethal, Marble Hill, Montacute, Mount Torrens, Norton Summit, Rostrevor, Summertown, Teringie, Uraidla and Woodforde, as well as part of Chain of Ponds. Morialta is a word derived from the Kaurna language, originally thought to be ''marri-yartalla'', "marri" meaning east and ''yertala'' meaning "flowing water". More recent research has shown that the etymology of the word is ''marri'', meaning "east" and probably ''yarta'', meaning "land, earth, country", or possibly ''yalta'', meaning "cool, fresh, airy"; therefore, probably meaning "eastern land or country" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Sturt
The Division of Sturt is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in South Australia. It was proclaimed at the South Australian redistribution of 11 May 1949. Sturt was named for Captain Charles Sturt, a nineteenth century British officer and explorer. Boundaries Current boundaries see Sturt covering an area of approximately 97 km² east of the city, from Oakden, South Australia, Oakden and Hope Valley, South Australia, Hope Valley in the north to Glen Osmond, South Australia, Glen Osmond in the south, taking in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Suburbs include Athelstone, South Australia, Athelstone, Burnside, South Australia, Burnside, Campbelltown, South Australia, Campbelltown, Dernancourt, South Australia, Dernancourt, Frewville, South Australia, Frewville, Gilles Plains, South Australia, Gilles Plains, Glen Osmond, South Australia, Glen Osmond, Glenside, South Australia, Glenside, Glynde, South Australia, Glynde, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre; the demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Native title in Australia#Traditional owner, traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna, with the name referring to the area of the city centre and surrounding Adelaide Park Lands, Park Lands, in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the Adelaide Hills, foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 includes some of the most arid parts of the continent, and with 1.8 million people. It is the fifth-largest of the states and territories by population. This population is the second-most highly centralised in the nation after Western Australia, with more than 77% of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 26,878. South Australia shares borders with all the other mainland states. It is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria (state), Victoria, and to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Burnside
The City of Burnside is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the South Australian city of Adelaide stretching from the Adelaide Parklands into the Adelaide Hills, Adelaide foothills with an area of . It was founded in August 1856 as the District Council of Burnside, the name of a property of an early settler, and was classed as a city in 1943. The Local government in Australia, LGA is bounded by City of Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide Hills Council, City of Campbelltown, South Australia, Campbelltown, City of Mitcham, Mitcham, City of Norwood Payneham St Peters, Norwood Payneham and St Peters and City of Unley, Unley. A primarily residential upper middle class area, Burnside has little to no industrial activity and a small commercial sector. Over of its area is dedicated to Parks and Reserves, the result being one of the greenest areas in Adelaide. It was one of the first areas outside of Adelaide to be settled, with the early villages of Magill, South Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Auld
William Patrick Auld (27 May 1840 – 2 September 1912), usually known as W. P. Auld, Pat or Patrick, was an Adelaide, South Australian vigneron and wine merchant born in Stalybridge (near Manchester, England). He took part in John McDouall Stuart's sixth expedition (Dec 1861 – Dec 1862) which successfully crossed Australia from south to north.Expedition Six The South Australian Great Northern Exploring Expedition, December 1861 to December 1862, John McDouall Stuart's Companions, John McDouall Stuart Society He was also a member of 's 1864 expedition to select a capital for the |
