Woodside, South Australia
Woodside is a town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. The town is between Balhannah and Lobethal, 37 kilometres (23 mi) from the state capital, Adelaide. Mount Barker is also nearby.
| Woodside South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Woodside main street | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°57′11″S 138°52′27″E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,608 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1850s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5244 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 37 km (23 mi) from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Adelaide Hills Council | ||||||||||||||
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Description
The town is a useful traffic hub linking Oakbank, Lobethal and Charleston. It is on the Onkaparinga Valley Road, South Australian route B34, and is 25 km due East of Adelaide's CBD.
Amenities include a swimming pool, library, second hand store, grocery store, tennis club, netball club, two pubs, lawyer, bowls club, and playing fields. Local businesses include Woodside Cheese Wrights, Melbas Chocolate Factory,[3] a Lobethal Bakery and Bird in Hand winery.[4]
It is home to the Woodside Barracks (16th Air Land Regiment.
Woodside Air Base was used by Aerotech for aerial firefighting, who relocated to Brukunga Airbase [5] in 2016.
History
The first European explorers through the Woodside district were Dr George Imlay and John Hill in January 1838.[6]
In 1839 the South Australian Company took out several special surveys which secured much of the central Mount Lofty Ranges and the sources of the Onkaparinga.
The Johnston family of Oakbank founded Woodside in the 1850s, primarily to improve their brewery business.
Gold was discovered in area. The largest mine was the Bird-in-Hand mine which operated from 1881 to 1889.
Woodside was served by the Mount Pleasant railway line from 1918 to 1953.
There was an army base here. There was also an immigration detention centre here and it was open for many years.[7]
References
- "Search results for 'Woodside, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Woodside (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- https://www.melbaschocolates.com.au/
- http://www.birdinhand.com.au/ Bird in Hand
- "South Australian Country Fire Service Promotions Unit".
- "SOUTH AUSTRALIA". The Australian. 27 March 1838. p. 3.
- "Detainees moved out of Inverbrackie detention centre ahead of closure". ABC News. 12 December 2014.