Gifford Hill, South Australia

Gifford Hill
Gifford Hill; South Australia
	Gifford Hill
Coordinates	35°09′54″S139°13′23″E / 35.165°S 139.223°E Coordinates: 35°09′54″S139°13′23″E / 35.165°S 139.223°E
Postcode(s)	5253
Area	22.26 km2 (8.6 sq mi) [1]
LGA(s)	Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s)	Hammond
Federal Division(s)	Barker
	Localities around Gifford Hill:

Last updated April 12, 2019 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Gifford Hill is a semi-rural locality approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south west of the centre of Murray Bridge by road. It is named for the geographical feature of the same name which is thought to be named for South Australian pioneer, John Gifford.^[1]^[2]

In 2011, Gifford Hill was slated for urban development in a project called 'Gifford Hill - The Murray Bridge Equine and Village Development'.^[3] The project is a 50/50 joint venture between Burke Urban and the Murray Bridge Racing Club. As of November 2016^[update], the first part of the development, a horse-racing track and equine facility, was set to be complete and ready for use by mid 2018.^[4] In October 2017 the completion date of the facility was pushed back and expected instead to be early 2019.^[5]

Geography

Gifford Hill, the geographical feature after which the locality is named, is the highest point of the Gifford Hills Range, which runs north, parallel to the Murray River on the western side of Murray Bridge, from Gifford Hill to Rocky Gully via White Hill and Kinchina Conservation Park.^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

1 2 "Placename Details: Gifford Hill (Locality Bounded)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 5 February 2007. SA0044883. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
↑ "Placename Details: Gifford Hill (Hill)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 5 February 2007. SA0025986. Retrieved 20 September 2017. Derivation of Name: Probably John Gifford
↑ "Gifford Hill - The Murray Bridge Equine and Village Development - About". 8 June 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
↑ Scadden, Ben (30 November 2016). "Huge boost for new Murray Bridge racetrack after $5m loan from State Government". News Corporation . Retrieved 20 September 2017– via The Advertiser. Officials expect to be racing at a new, world-class equine facility at Murray Bridge by the middle of 2018 [...] the multimillion-dollar development at Gifford Hill, on the outskirts of Murray Bridge, [is set] to include racing and training facilities as well as conference and function rooms which can seat up to 700 people.
↑ "Gifford Hill: Murray Bridge Racing Club targets early 2019 finish date". Murray Valley Standard. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2018. Horses will be racing at Gifford Hill early in 2019, mark John Buhagiar's words. [...] The expected completion date for the equestrian and residential development has been continually pushed back for almost 10 years. [...]

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[PLB-1] 1 2 "Placename Details: Gifford Hill (Locality Bounded)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 5 February 2007. SA0044883. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

[PLBHill-2] "Placename Details: Gifford Hill (Hill)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 5 February 2007. SA0025986. Retrieved 20 September 2017. Derivation of Name: Probably John Gifford

[3] "Gifford Hill - The Murray Bridge Equine and Village Development - About". 8 June 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

[4] Scadden, Ben (30 November 2016). "Huge boost for new Murray Bridge racetrack after $5m loan from State Government". News Corporation . Retrieved 20 September 2017– via The Advertiser. Officials expect to be racing at a new, world-class equine facility at Murray Bridge by the middle of 2018 [...] the multimillion-dollar development at Gifford Hill, on the outskirts of Murray Bridge, [is set] to include racing and training facilities as well as conference and function rooms which can seat up to 700 people.

[5] "Gifford Hill: Murray Bridge Racing Club targets early 2019 finish date". Murray Valley Standard. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2018. Horses will be racing at Gifford Hill early in 2019, mark John Buhagiar's words. [...] The expected completion date for the equestrian and residential development has been continually pushed back for almost 10 years. [...]