Adelaide is the capital and largest city of South Australia,and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna. The area of the city centre and surrounding Park Lands is called Tarndanya in the Kaurna language.
The Barossa Valley is a valley in South Australia located 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Adelaide city centre. The valley is formed by the North Para River. It is notable as a major wine-producing region and tourist destination.
Penfolds Grange is an Australian wine,made predominantly from the Shiraz (Syrah) grape and usually a small percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon. It is widely considered one of Australia's "first growth" and its most collectable wine. The term "Hermitage",the name of a French wine appellation,was commonly used in Australia as another synonym for Shiraz or Syrah. Penfolds is owned by Treasury Wine Estates.
The Division of Barker is an Australian electoral division in the south-east of South Australia. The division was established on 2 October 1903,when South Australia's original single multi-member division was split into seven single-member divisions. It is named for Collet Barker,an early explorer of the region at the mouth of the Murray River. The 63,886 km²seat currently stretches from Morgan in the north to Port MacDonnell in the south,taking in the Murray Mallee,the Riverland,the Murraylands and most of the Barossa Valley,and includes the towns of Barmera,Berri,Bordertown,Coonawarra,Keith,Kingston SE,Loxton,Lucindale,Mannum,Millicent,Mount Gambier,Murray Bridge,Naracoorte,Penola,Renmark,Robe,Tailem Bend,Waikerie,and parts of Nuriootpa and Tanunda.
Santos Ltd. is an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company,with its headquarters in Adelaide,South Australia. It owns liquefied natural gas (LNG),pipeline gas,and oil assets. It is the biggest supplier of natural gas in Australia,with its plants in the Cooper Basin in South Australia and South West Queensland supplying the eastern states of Australia. Its operations also extend to the seas off Western Australia and Northern Territory.
Tanunda is a town situated in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia. In the 2021 census,Tanunda recorded a population of 4,710 people.
Barossa Council is a local government area in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. The council area covers 912 square kilometres,and had a population of over 23,000 in the 2016 Census.
Loxton is a town on the south bank of the River Murray in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is located on the lands of the Erawirung people who occupied the area before the arrival of Europeans.
Norma Margaret Plummer AM is a former Australian national player who also served as netball coach for both Australia and South Africa. She was coach of Australia from 2003 to 2011,ending her coaching career with the Diamonds on 67 victories from 89 Tests —a success rate of 75 per cent. She was replaced as coach of Australia by Lisa Alexander. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to the sport. In November 2022 it was announced she would be returning to South Africa to coach the South Africa national netball side the Spar Proteas starting in 2022. The announcement came ahead of the 2023 Netball World Cup that is currently held in South Africa.
Angaston is a town on the eastern side of the Barossa Valley in South Australia,77 km northeast of Adelaide. Its elevation is 347 m,one of the highest points in the valley,and has an average rainfall of 561 mm. Angaston was originally known as German Pass,but was later renamed after the politician,banker and pastoralist George Fife Angas,who settled in the area in the 1850s. Angaston is in the Barossa Council local government area,the state electoral district of Schubert and the federal Division of Barker.
Schubert is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly covering an area of 2,017.8 km2. It is named after Max Schubert,the winemaker of Penfolds Grange Hermitage. The Barossa Valley area was first represented by the seat of Barossa. The seat of Custance was abolished and recreated as Schubert in the 1994 redistribution and first contested at the 1997 election. Schubert incorporates all of the Barossa Council,and is made up of portions of the Adelaide Hills Council,City of Playford,City of Tea Tree Gully,Light Regional Council,and Mid Murray Council. Areas covered include Eden Valley,Kersbrook,Nuriootpa,Lyndoch,Springton,Tanunda,and Williamstown.
Kathryn Joy Reynolds is a former Australian politician. She was an Australian Democrats member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 2003 to 2006.
Penfolds is an Australian wine producer that was founded in Adelaide in 1844 by Christopher Rawson Penfold,an English physician who emigrated to Australia,and his wife Mary Penfold. It is one of Australia's oldest wineries,and is currently part of Treasury Wine Estates.
Cockatoo Valley is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 41 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Nuriootpa.
Steven Spence Marshall is a former Australian politician who served as the 46th premier of South Australia between 2018 and 2022. He was a member of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the South Australian House of Assembly from 2010 until 2024,representing the electorate of Dunstan.
Stephan Karl Knoll is a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly electorate of Schubert for the Liberal Party from 2014 to 2022. Knoll served as Minister for Transport,Infrastructure and Local Government and Minister for Planning in the Marshall Ministry between 2018 and 2020,and as Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly from February to July 2020.
Jenny Borlase,also known as Jenny Kennett,is a former Australia netball international. Between 1989 and 1999 she made 70 senior appearances for Australia. She was a member of the Australia teams that won gold medals at the 1991,1995 and 1999 World Netball Championships,the 1993 World Games and the 1998 Commonwealth Games. At club level,Borlase played for Garville in both the South Australia state league and the Mobil Superleague and for Adelaide Ravens and Melbourne Kestrels in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. She also represented South Australia. Borlase was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1992. After retiring as a player,Borlase has remained involved in netball as both an administrator and coach.
Brian Morgan Hurn was an Australian first-class cricketer and politician who served as Mayor of Barossa Council.
The 2022 South Australian state election was held on 19 March 2022 to elect members to the 55th Parliament of South Australia. All 47 seats in the House of Assembly,and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for re-election.
Darcie Rose Brown is an Australian cricketer who plays as a fast bowler for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League,and for the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). She made her international debut for the Australia women's cricket team in March 2021,and earned a contract with Cricket Australia the following month.
