Mount Crawford, South Australia

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Mount Crawford
South Australia
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Mount Crawford
Coordinates 34°42′54″S138°57′07″E / 34.714961°S 138.952013°E / -34.714961; 138.952013 [1]
Population138 (SAL 2021) [2]
Postcode(s) 5351
LGA(s)
State electorate(s) Schubert
Federal division(s) Mayo
Localities around Mount Crawford:
Williamstown Pewsey Vale Flaxman Valley
Kersbrook Mount Crawford Springton
Forreston Cromer Mount Pleasant
Footnotes [3]

Mount Crawford is a locality in the Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia. It is named after the mountain of the same name in its boundaries, also known as Teetaka. [4]

The locality of Mount Crawford is crossed by Warren Road (route B34 between Williamstown and Birdwood) and edged by Route B35 where it branches from that road towards Mount Pleasant. The space between the two roads is Cromer, but both sides of the Y junction are Mount Crawford. [3] The Warren Conservation Park and south bank of Warren Reservoir are also in Mount Crawford. The South Para River rises in Mount Crawford, then flows along the northern boundary of the locality, through the Warren Reservoir. The Heysen Trail (a long-distance hiking trail) also crosses Mount Crawford.

Mount Crawford is located within the local government areas of the Adelaide Hills Council and the Barossa Council. [1] It is within the boundaries of the Adelaide Hills wine region. [5]

In 1846, Mount Crawford's population was recorded as 530; [6] by 1855 it was down to 397. [7] According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there were 127 people living there in 2016. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search results for 'Mount Crawford, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Crawford (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. 1 2 "Placename Details: Mount Crawford (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 6 February 2007. SA0046780. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Barossa-Survey-Vol-3-1977" (PDF). data.environment.sa.gov.au. School of Architecture, S.A. Institute of Technology, and the Department of History, Adelaide College of Advanced Education, for the Australian Heritage Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Adelaide Hills". Register of Protected GIs and Other Terms. Wine Australia . Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  6. ↑ P. L. Simmonds, Esq. (1846). Colonial Magazine and East India Review, Volume 9: Abstract of Census Returns of South Australia, April 1846. Simmonds & Ward. p. 285. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "HCCDA Document 'SA-1855-census' page 1: South Australia., Census Returns. 16. District of Mount Crawford". hccda.anu.edu.au. Australian Data Archive. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "2016 Census Quickstats: Mount Crawford (Code: SSC40935)". censusdata.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 10 March 2018.


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