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Kersbrook (formerly Maidstone) is a town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area. At the 2006 census , Kersbrook had a population of 367.
Williamstown is considered to be a 'Southern gateway' town into the Barossa Valley. It has one of the oldest public house hotels in South Australia dating from 1841 and several original farm homesteads built by the first homesteaders from rough-cut slab timber. One excellent example of this can be found along Warren Road towards Kersbrook.
In 1864, the town was renamed Chain of Ponds, after a series of nearby ponds which were connected underground. [ 8 ] There was also a nearby township at Millbrook , but it was demolished to make way for the Millbrook Reservoir , which was constructed between 1914 and 1918 to control the flow of the upper Torrens River and supply the eastern ...
Europeans settled the area in the early 1840s, and the township commenced in 1851 with the building of the One Tree Hill Inn. The settlement was located in a strategic location, being close to several larger towns (such as Gawler and Salisbury) with facilities, and became the meeting place of the surrounding rural community, including Gould Creek and Uleybury.
Birdwood, originally named Blumberg, is a town in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia, around 44 km (27 mi) from Adelaide city centre. It is located in the local government areas of the Adelaide Hills Council and the Mid Murray Council. [1]
Quite a lot of wheat was grown; fruit trees were planted and a lot of potatoes marketed". It became a significant exporter of apples and pears, and a cold store, built in 1922 for a fruit-growers' cooperative, is the most prominent building in the town. [5] [6] In 2019, a big bushfire burnt out parts of the town and the areas around it. [7]
Inglewood is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area, and is adjacent to Houghton, Paracombe and the rural districts of Upper Hermitage and Chain of Ponds. At the 2006 census, Inglewood had a population of 264. [2]
The town developed on a parcel of land taken up by the South Australian Company. [3] The first manager of the station was William Beavis Randell who named a home he built, Kenton Park, after his home town in Devon. [3] The Kenton Valley Post Office operated from 1873 to 1973. [4] The school operated from 1904 to 1943. [5]