Springton, South Australia

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Springton
South Australia
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Springton
Coordinates 34°42′31″S139°05′24″E / 34.7085°S 139.0901°E / -34.7085; 139.0901 Coordinates: 34°42′31″S139°05′24″E / 34.7085°S 139.0901°E / -34.7085; 139.0901
Population607 (2011 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 5235
Location20 km (12 mi) E of Williamstown
LGA(s) Barossa Council
State electorate(s) Schubert
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Springton:
Flaxman Valley Taunton, Eden Valley Eden Valley
Mount Crawford Springton Sanderston
Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant Milendella

Springton is a settlement in South Australia. [2] At the 2011 census, Springton had a population of 607. [1] It draws its name from Springs Dairy which was on the site before the town subdivision was surveyed. [3]

South Australia State of Australia

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

There is a large hollow red gum tree on the outskirts of the town. This tree was used as the first home in South Australia of Friedrich Herbig when he migrated from Germany in 1855. He married three years later and his first two children were born in the tree before he built a hut nearby in 1860. The tree is known as the Herbig Family Tree. [4]

<i>Eucalyptus camaldulensis</i> species of plant

Eucalyptus camaldulensis, commonly known as the river red gum, is a tree that is endemic to Australia. It has smooth white or cream-coloured bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, white flowers and hemispherical fruit with the valves extending beyond the rim. A familiar and iconic tree, it is seen along many watercourses across inland Australia, providing shade in the extreme temperatures of central Australia.

Springton includes the former village of Friedensberg less than two kilometres south of the Springton township. [5] The village had a Lutheran church (1861–1899), school (1861–1913) and cemetery. The building is now used as a museum. [6] All of Friedrich Herbig's children and almost half of his grandchildren attended the school. [7]

Another of the early pioneer families in the area was the Polden family, who also settled in the nearby Mount Pleasant and Mount Crawford areas from the 1840s.[ citation needed ]

Mount Pleasant, South Australia Town in South Australia

Mount Pleasant is a town situated in the Barossa Council, just north of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, 55 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide. It is located in the Barossa Council and Mid Murray Council local government areas, and is at an altitude of 440 metres above sea level. Rainfall in the area averages 687 mm per annum.

Mount Crawford, South Australia Town in South Australia

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.

Springton is in the Eden Valley wine region. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Springton". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 April 2016. Blue pencil.svg
  2. ↑ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Placename Details: Springton". Property Location Browser. Land Services Group, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 19 March 2010. SA0064164. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Herbig Family Tree". South Australian Tourism Commission . Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Placename Details: Friedensberg". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia, Land Services. 25 October 2006. SA0005270. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Friedensberg Early German School Museum, Springton". SACommunity. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  7. ↑ D. Nutting (2001). "Friedensberg Church and School". German Australia. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Eden Valley Wine Region (map)" (PDF). Phylloxera and Grape Industry Board of SA. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2015.


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