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Mount Torrens
South Australiatown
Mount Torrens
Total population
324
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Mount Torrens is a small town in the eastern Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, 46 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 8 kilometres east of Lobethal. It is on Onkaparinga Valley Road (B34) between the towns of Charleston and Birdwood. It is the eastern end of the Amy Gillett Bikeway, which follows the former railway alignment from Oakbank. Mount Torrens is within the jurisdiction of the Adelaide Hills Council and the Mid Murray Council.
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History
The town was developed by the Dunn family in the early 1840s. Then known as Barton Springs, it incorporated a farmhouse, smithy, stables and the Cornish Arms inn. The town proper was laid out in 1853 to serve the River Murray trade at Mannum and a nearby copper mine. A small gold deposit was discovered in 1870, but by World War I the town's importance had diminished, and the town that stands today is virtually unchanged since that time.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves1,577
- Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves1,395
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves1,257
- Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves1,040
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves1,030
- New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) · Aves987
- Little RavenCorvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves977
- Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves913
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3 — 2022-03-293 km ESE of Macclesfield, Australia
- M 4 — 2022-03-053 km SW of Mount Barker, Australia
- M 3.2 — 2018-08-0811 km WNW of Mannum, Australia
- M 3.9 — 2017-02-019 km NW of Murray Bridge, Australia
- M 3.3 — 2011-10-183 km ESE of Hawthorndene, Australia
- M 3.8 — 2010-04-162 km N of Macclesfield, Australia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in South Australia
- Birdwood3.8 mi away · pop. 932
- Charleston4.5 mi away · pop. 317
- Gumeracha5.5 mi away · pop. 721
- Forreston6.3 mi away · pop. 98
- Tungkillo7 mi away · pop. 146
- Woodside7.2 mi away · pop. 1,890
- Chain of Ponds7.6 mi away
- Inverbrackie7.8 mi away · pop. 119
- Cudlee Creek8.2 mi away · pop. 126
- Mount Pleasant8.4 mi away · pop. 618
- Kersbrook8.8 mi away · pop. 417
- Millbrook9.2 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API