Basket Range

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Basket Range

Total population

100

Air quality index

25Good

Elevation463 m

WeatherAvg high 65.8°F

Coordinates-34.94°, 138.77°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Basket Range is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It is located on an approximately north–south ridge that runs from Deep Creek in the north to Greenhill Road in the south. The area is completely encircled by hills, giving the town the appearance of nestling within a large basket, hence "Basket Range".

Geography

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

Climate

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

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

Nora Heysen

Australian painter (1911-2003)

A

Andy Delmont

Australian cricketer

B

Brad Hill

Australian basketball player

Dylan Lewis

Australian broadcaster and Big Brother winner

E

Elery Hamilton-Smith

Australian academic

Emma Wirkus

Australian soccer player

F

Fred Stacey

Australian politician

George John Robert Murray

judge in South Australia (1863–1942)

Jack Mortimer

Australian politician

Tiffany Cromwell

Australian road bicycle racer

R

Randolph Roy Bruce

Australian soldier (1897–1957)

R

Richard Blackburn

Australian judge (1918-1987)

Ted Mattner

Australian politician (1893–1977)

D

Dorrit Black

Australian painter (1891–1951)

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

Nearby places in South Australia

• Ashton
  1.6 mi away
• Uraidla
  1.7 mi away · pop. 931
• Carey Gully
  1.7 mi away
• Cherryville
  1.9 mi away
• Montacute
  3.6 mi away
• Cudlee Creek
  7.4 mi away · pop. 126
• Longwood
  7.6 mi away · pop. 98
• Inglewood
  8 mi away
• Bradbury
  8.7 mi away · pop. 142
• Adelaide
  9.4 mi away · pop. 1,245,011
• Gumeracha
  10.6 mi away · pop. 721
• Echunga
  11.5 mi away · pop. 630

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Geography & sun

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

Gallery

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

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