Chain Of Ponds, South Australia

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Chain of Ponds South Australia
Postcode:	5231
Location:	29 km from Adelaide
LGA:	Adelaide Hills Council
State District:	Kavel
Federal Division:	Mayo

Chain of Ponds (postcode 5231) is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.

1 History
- 1.1 Kaurna Aborigines
- 1.2 European settlement
2 Geography
3 Facilities
4 Transport
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Kaurna Aborigines

Main article: Kaurna

The Kaurna people (pronounced "Garner" or "Gowna") people were the Indigenous inhabitants of the Adelaide region, numbering approximately 650 in 1842. Few traces exist of the Kaurna people today, other than in some place names. ^[1]

[edit] European settlement

The settlement was established by the South Australian Company. First settled early in the 1840s, the township was laid out after the opening of the Main North East Road in the 1850s. By this time, the town was reported to include two post office buildings, institute, church, service station, a handful of cottages and the old Morning Star Hotel. ^[2]

There was also a nearby township called Millbrook, but it was demolished to make way for the Millbrook Reservoir, which was constructed between 1914 and 1918 to control the flow of the upper Torrens River and supply the eastern suburbs of Adelaide from an appropriate elevation. In the 1970s, Chain of Ponds was also demolished to safeguard against water pollution in the reservoir.^[3]

Little more than a cemetery exists as a reminder of Chain of Ponds, though it appears on maps as a navigation point.

[edit] Geography

Chain of Ponds is located between Inglewood and Gumeracha along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, and south of Kersbrook along the Little Para Road.

[edit] Facilities

The few remaining residents are served by facilities in Inglewood. The Millbrook reservoir has a capacity of 16,500 megalitres.

[edit] Transport

The area is not serviced by Adelaide public transport. A coach is operated from Tea Tree Plaza Interchange to Gumeracha and Mount Pleasant by Affordable Coachlines. ^[4]