Meadows, South Australia

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Meadows
South Australia
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Meadows
Coordinates 35°11′0″S138°45′0″E / 35.18333°S 138.75000°E / -35.18333; 138.75000 Coordinates: 35°11′0″S138°45′0″E / 35.18333°S 138.75000°E / -35.18333; 138.75000
Population1,369 (2016 census) [1]
EstablishedCirca 1850
Postcode(s) 5201
LGA(s) Mount Barker
State electorate(s) Heysen
Federal Division(s) Mayo
Localities around Meadows:
Kangarilla Jupiter Creek Echunga, Flaxley
Meadows Green Hills Range, Macclesfield
Kuitpo, Prospect Hill Bull Creek Paris Creek
Footnotes [2]

Meadows is a town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It boasts several historic buildings, craft shops, a winery and bakery. Every year, the town hosts the Meadows Country Fair and Meadows Easter Fair. At the 2006 census, Meadows had a population of 752. [3]

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The land incorporating Meadows was part of the Seventh Special Survey undertaken by Charles Flaxman on 31 January 1839.

The 5000 hectare Kuitpo Forest, known for bushwalking, cycling, and horse riding, lies to the south, west and north of Meadows. The nearby Prospect Hill Museum tells the story of the regional dairy industry and includes a re-created milk room.

History

The land including and surrounding Meadows is alternatively known as Battunga Country, Battunga being an official alternate name for Meadows. [4] [5]

Transport

Meadows is fairly close to Mount Barker and Hahndorf. It is serviced three times a day, once in the morning and twice in the afternoon by Adelaide Metro Route 850 to Aldgate, which connects to a city service T863.

On Tuesdays only, Meadows is also by serviced by 2 Southlink country services to Mt Barker. The 856 comes once in the morning and the 857 comes back in the afternoon once.

The routes 856 and 857 cannot be found on Adelaide Metros home page like the route 850 but can be found on Southlink's homepage along with the route 836 to Callington from Mt Barker.

Notes and references

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Meadows (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 January 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Placename Details: Meadows". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 1 August 2007. SA0044042. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Meadows (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  4. "TOWNS, PEOPLE, AND THINGS WE OUGHT TO KNOW". The Chronicle . LXXVI (4, 004). Adelaide. 10 August 1933. p. 46. Retrieved 13 December 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Placename Details: Meadows". Property Location Browser. 1 August 2007. SA0044042. Retrieved 13 December 2017. Alternative Name: Battunga; Derivation of Name: Meadows Special Survey; Other Details: Possibly named by Charles Flaxman, being the person who took up the Special Survey. Boundaries created in November 2003 for long established name.


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