Normanville

History

The town was established by South Australia's first dentist, Robert Norman, in 1849. General houses for people were built first, followed by the general store, and the hotel. This was quickly followed by the local Government House, which housed the Police Officer, court house, and jail cells. Norman opened the Normanville Hotel in 1851 and a church soon after. The Normanville Hotel became the host of the first district council meeting for the area. The town eventually grew to become a successful wheat exporting area, using the nearby jetty at the current Normanville Beach as a port for ships coming and going. However, with the development of Adelaide as the capital city, it lost its prior importance. Normanville includes the following sites listed on the South Australian Heritage Register: * 18 Main South Road: Normanville Wesleyan Cemetery * Little Gorge Beach, Main South Road: Dickson Beach House * Williss Drive: Ferguson's Flour Mill *Normanville Coastal Dunes *Normanville Court House

Most-observed species

• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,297
• Little Raven

  Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves
  983
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  940
• western grey kangaroo

  Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) · Mammalia
  915
• Superb Fairywren

  Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves
  823
• Welcome Swallow

  Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
  693
• Silver Gull

  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves
  676
• Red Wattlebird

  Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  674

Most recent

• M 3 — 2022-03-29
  3 km ESE of Macclesfield, Australia
• M 4 — 2022-03-05
  3 km SW of Mount Barker, Australia
• M 3.9 — 2017-02-01
  9 km NW of Murray Bridge, Australia
• M 3.3 — 2011-10-18
  3 km ESE of Hawthorndene, Australia
• M 3.8 — 2010-04-16
  2 km N of Macclesfield, Australia
• M 2.8 — 2007-07-08
  26 km SW of Normanville, Australia