{"id":3321,"date":"2023-03-31T15:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T05:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=3321"},"modified":"2023-04-02T14:25:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T04:55:28","slug":"towns-and-localities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=3321","title":{"rendered":"Towns and Localities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Adelaide Hills are full of small townships. Most people know of those on the main roads but there are many others less obvious and then there are the localities only known to the locals, often with unusual names whose origins are almost lost in time. This is a topic that has endless possibilities, but we had to start somewhere, so here are a small sample to get us off the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you have memories of any of these locations or can you tell us a story of a location in the Hills? Contact us at mldhsgateways@mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au<\/a> or drop into the History Centre at the Coventry Library, 63 Mount Barker Road, Stirling.
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The Adelaide Hills are full of small townships. Most people know of those on the main roads but there are many others less obvious and then there are the localities only known to the locals, often with unusual names whose origins are almost lost in time. This is a topic that has endless possibilities, but … Continue reading “Towns and Localities”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaNLq6-Rz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3759,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=3759","url_meta":{"origin":3321,"position":0},"title":"Adelaide Hills Wine Region","date":"July 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"After notable failures during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, grapegrowing and winemaking almost disappeared from the Adelaide Hills. 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