Ashton

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Ashton

Elevation546 m

WeatherAvg high 64.3°F

Coordinates-34.94°, 138.74°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ashton is a town in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia. It was named by George Hunt in 1858 after his home Ashton in England. Ashton is from the old English word aesctun, which means "ash tree town".

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Thomas Playford

Australian politician and fruit grower (1896-1981)

Jeremy Burgess

Australian motorcycle racing engineer

Kevin Scarce

Australian navy officer

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Russ Henshaw

Australian freestyle skier

John Burton Cleland

Australian biologist (1878-1971)

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Algy Hay

Australian footballer

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Andy Delmont

Australian cricketer

Dylan Lewis

Australian broadcaster and Big Brother winner

Emma Wirkus

Australian soccer player

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Eric Johnson

Australian rules footballer and cricketer (1902-1976)

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Esme Melville

Australian theatre, television and film actress

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Fred Stacey

Australian politician

George Giffen

Australian cricketer (1859-1927)

George John Robert Murray

judge in South Australia (1863–1942)

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George Ligertwood

Australian judge

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Gordon Sawley

Australian rules footballer (1913-1942)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Australia

• Uraidla
  1.3 mi away · pop. 931
• Basket Range
  1.6 mi away · pop. 100
• Carey Gully
  2.4 mi away
• Cherryville
  2.5 mi away
• Montacute
  3.3 mi away
• Longwood
  7.3 mi away · pop. 98
• Adelaide
  7.8 mi away · pop. 1,245,011
• Cudlee Creek
  8.2 mi away · pop. 126
• Inglewood
  8.3 mi away
• Bradbury
  8.4 mi away · pop. 142
• Gumeracha
  11.7 mi away · pop. 721
• Echunga
  11.8 mi away · pop. 630

Browse all places in South Australia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ashton

The Nigel Ashton papers

Robert Freestone · 1994

Ashton's Hotel

Rhondda Harris · 2017

Painting The Rocks

Paul Ashton · 2010

Australian History Now

Anna Clark · 2013

Railways, relics, and romance

Moore, David · 1995

The great mistakes of Australian history

Martin Crotty · 2006

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

white ramping-fumitory

Fumaria capreolata

Seen 2026-07-22

calla lily

Zantedeschia aethiopica

Seen 2026-07-22

African flag

Chasmanthe floribunda

Seen 2026-07-22

Australian Magpie

Gymnorhina tibicen

Seen 2026-07-22

Galah

Eolophus roseicapilla

Seen 2026-07-22

Adelaide Rosella

Platycercus elegans adelaidae

Seen 2026-07-22

Australian Wood Duck

Chenonetta jubata

Seen 2026-07-22

Little Pied Cormorant

Microcarbo melanoleucos

Seen 2026-07-22

ploughshare wattle

Acacia gunnii

Seen 2026-07-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Ashton, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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