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South Australia - Australia

Mount Barker, South Australia

Mount Barker is an expanding city, home to 10 258 residents that is 33 kilometres up the South Eastern Freeway, east of Adelaide, in South Australia. It is the seat of the District Council of Mount Barker, is the largest town in the Adelaide Hills, and is one of the fastest growing areas in the state. Mount Barker is close enough to Adelaide that many people commute there on a daily basis, although it is far enough away from the city that people call it "the country".

Located at -35.0667, 138.85 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Hahndorf, South Australia

Hahndorf is a small town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. Currently an important tourism spot, it has previously been a centre for farming and services. It is accessible from Adelaide, the South Australian capital, via the South Eastern Freeway. The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named Kay in Prussia, many of whom were aboard the Zebra arriving on 28 December 1838.

Located at -35.0167, 138.817 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Balhannah, South Australia

Balhannah is a town in the Adelaide Hills about 30 km southeast of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It was established in 1839 as a farming community. The fruit cold store built in 1914 was one of the first in Australia and is still in use. It is on the main interstate railway between Adelaide and Melbourne. In the past it was the junction for a branch line that ran up the Onkaparinga Valley and beyond to Birdwood and Mount Pleasant.

Located at -34.9833, 138.817 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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District Council of Mount Barker

The District Council of Mount Barker is a local government area centred on the town of Mount Barker just outside of the Adelaide metropolitan area in South Australia.

Located at -35.0639, 138.858 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Local Government Areas of South Australia

Stirling, South Australia

Note: Stirling North is a different town, in the Mid North of South Australia. Stirling (sometimes called Stirling East) is an affluent town located in the Adelaide Hills. It is administered by the Adelaide Hills Council. Its population is about 2500, though the town has largely merged with neighbouring townships such as Crafers and Aldgate. Other nearby towns are Heathfield and Bridgewater.

Located at -35.0152, 138.736 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Bridgewater, South Australia

Bridgewater is a town in the Adelaide Hills, south-east of Adelaide in South Australia. It is the former end of the Adelaide-Bridgewater railway line; this route was closed in 1987. The railway was converted to standard gauge in 1995 and continues to be the main line from Adelaide to Melbourne, but no trains stop at the now demolished Bridgewater railway station.

Located at -35, 138.767 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Totness, South Australia

Totness is a recent addition to South Australia, and consists mainly of industrial zoned areas. It is commonly referred to as Mount Barker or Littlehampton but is actually a town of its own. There is no street sign indicating you are entering Totness. It is about 2 km from Mount Barker, and 1 km from Littlehampton, but the towns have merged due to growth. It is also home to the Totness Recreation Park.

Located at -35.049, 138.839 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Totness Recreation Park

Totness Recreation Park, is a public park near the town of Totness, South Australia in the central Mount Lofty Ranges. Covering 41 hectares of land, the park is divided by the South Eastern Freeway and features a large dam. It was declared as a reserve in 1970 and re-designated as a recreation park in 1972. The park has no visitor facilities except for access tracks.

Located at -35.0581, 138.837 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Parks in South Australia, 1970 establishments in Australia

Littlehampton, South Australia

Littlehampton is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. At the 2006 census, Littlehampton had a population of 2,064. Littlehampton was laid out in 1849 by Benjamin Gray who named it after his native town in Sussex. By 1890 Littlehampton had become a busy industrial area. There were factories producing bricks, jam, sauces, bacon, wattle extract, a brewery and a sawmill.

Located at -35.05, 138.85 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Wistow, South Australia

Wistow is a small town, just outside Mount Barker, on Wellington Road. It is a town formed around the interesction of Wellington Road (Mount Barker to Wellington) and Strathalbyn Road It is home to a delicatessan, a hall and a church. The delicatessan also has two petrol pumps available for vehicle refuelling. It has a cricket ground on the top of a hill.

Located at -35.1, 138.867 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Echunga, South Australia

Echunga is a small town in the Adelaide Hills located 34 km south-east of Adelaide in South Australia. The area was initially settled in 1839, with the town laid out in 1849. Gold was discovered in 1852 and Echunga became the first proclaimed goldfield in South Australia. This led to a gold rush, however it did not last long with the diggings exhausted and all but abandoned within a year. Subsequent discoveries in 1853 and 1854 led to smaller and equally short-lived rushes.

Located at -35.1, 138.783 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Verdun, South Australia

Verdun is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, Australia, on the road from Hahndorf to Balhannah. Verdun is approximately 4 km from Hahndorf and 5 km from Bridgewater. There is one school, one pub and a general store. Verdun originally had the German name Grunthal, after being named by the Prussian settlers who established the town. The town was renamed in 1917 after one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War, the Battle of Verdun.

Located at -35, 138.783 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Warrawong Sanctuary

Warrawong Sanctuary is a wildlife reserve near Adelaide, South Australia. Warrawong was established by Dr John Wamsley to conserve endangered Australian wildlife. He purchased the first 35 acres, a degraded dairy farm, in 1969, with 50 acres later added Wamsley eradicated all feral plants and animals from the sanctuary and erected a surrounding fence to preserve the sanctuary's feral free state.

Located at -35.0362, 138.736 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Protected areas of South Australia, Animal sanctuaries

Bridgewater railway station

Bridgewater railway station was a railway station located in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Bridgewater and was 37.2 km or 23 miles, 32 chains away from Adelaide by rail. The station opened in the 1880s and was the terminus of the now defunct Bridgewater line. It consisted of three platforms (all of which are now demolished). Platform 1 was a stand alone platform that was 140.2 metres long and Platforms 2 and 3 were an island platform both 170.7 metres long.

Located at -35.0083, 138.76 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Carripook railway station

Carripook station was 36.380 km (22m72ch) by rail from Adelaide Railway Station on the now closed Bridgewater line. It was located in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Bridgewater, South Australia, to the east of the Kain Avenue level crossing. It consisted merely of a platform, 67.1 metres in length, and a shelter shed. A reserve is located right next to the station, but lacks interest by local residents. The station lasted well after passenger service on this line stopped in 1987.

Located at -35.0086, 138.751 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in South Australia, Railway stations closed in 1987

Mylor, South Australia

Mylor (postcode 5153) is a small village in the Adelaide Hills.

Located at -35.05, 138.75 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Jibilla railway station

Jibilla railway station was 35.6 km (22m 29ch) by rail from the Adelaide Railway Station on the now closed Bridgewater line in South Australia. The station was located in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Aldgate, South Australia, immediately east of the Yatina Road level crossing, and was on the opposite side of Mount Barker Road to the Aldgate bus depot. Facilities were basic, consisting of an 85.3 metre long platform and a shelter.

Located at -35.0119, 138.744 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in South Australia, Railway stations closed in 1987

Balhannah railway station

Balhannah railway station is a railway station on the Adelaide-Melbourne line, but is now not in use. The station is in the Adelaide Hills town of Balhannah, and is located 45.8 km by railway from Adelaide Railway Station. The station opened in April 1883, originally with three platforms, the main platform of which had a weatherboard signal cabin, ticket office and the resident engineers office, like the one at Ambleside.

Located at -34.996, 138.829 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in South Australia, Railway stations opened in 1883

Mount Barker railway station

Mount Barker railway station is a preserved railway station in South Australia on the Victor Harbor railway line, formerly operated by South Australian Railways and it successor, Australian National. With only broad gauge track running through the station, it has been disconnected from the Adelaide metropolitan network since the standardisation of the Adelaide-Melbourne line in 1995.

Located at -35.064, 138.864 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Ambleside railway station

Ambleside railway station was located about 43.5 km by railway from Adelaide Railway Station, on the Adelaide–Melbourne line, in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Balhannah. The year in which the station closed is not known, possibly in the 1960s.

Located at -35.0044, 138.808 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in South Australia, Railway stations opened in 1883

Mount Barker Junction railway station

Mount Barker Junction railway station is a railway station in South Australia located on the Melbourne-Adelaide railway, 50km (31mi 25ch) by rail from Adelaide Railway Station. It is west of the junction of the Victor Harbor railway line. The station consists of an abandoned station building and a 120 metre-long platform.

Located at -35.0242, 138.859 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in South Australia

Blakiston, South Australia

Blakiston is a town in the Australian state of South Australia. The town is located approximately 36 kilometres south-east of the state capital, Adelaide, adjacent to the Princes Highway. Its postal code is 5250 - though it has no post office. Post is delivered to the neighbouring town of Littlehampton which shares the post code. The town and surrounding countryside make up around 16 square kilometres. At the 2006 census, Blakiston and the surrounding area had a population of 697.

Located at -35.05, 138.883 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Jupiter Creek, South Australia

Jupiter Creek (postcode 5153) is a semi-rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It lies within the District Council of Mount Barker, west of Echunga.

Located at -35.1167, 138.767 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Flaxley, South Australia

Flaxley is a small settlement in the Adelaide Hills located 39 km south-east of Adelaide in South Australia. It is situated in-between the larger towns of Echunga, Macclesfield and Meadows. It is based near the property "Battunga" meaning "rolling hills" in Aboriginal vocabulary. The property was purchased by English settler Robert Davenport in 1843.

Located at -35.1, 138.783 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Mount Barker High School

Mount Barker High School is a public high school located in the Adelaide Hills, 34 kilometres east of Adelaide. It was founded in 1908, celebrating its centenary in 2008.

Located at -35.0667, 138.85 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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