Bridgewater, South Australia
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| Bridgewater South Australia |
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| Population: | 3,470 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 5155 | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Adelaide Hills Council | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Heysen | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Mayo | ||||||||||||
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Bridgewater is a town in the Adelaide Hills, southeast of Adelaide in South Australia.
It is the former end of the Adelaide-Bridgewater railway line; this route was closed in 1987. The railway was converted to standard gauge in 1995 and continues to be the main line from Adelaide to Melbourne, but no trains stop at the now demolished Bridgewater railway station.
Cox creek runs through Bridgewater, and the town was originally settled as Cox Creek. It was renamed Bridgewater when the flour mill was built by John Dunn, who named it after Bridgwater in Somerset, England.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Bridgewater (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
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Aldgate | Ashton | Balhannah | Basket Range | Birdwood | Bradbury | Bridgewater | Carey Gully | Castambul | Chain of Ponds | Charleston | Cherryville | Crafers West | Crafers | Cudlee Creek | Dorset Vale | Eagle on the Hill | Forest Range | Forreston | Gumeracha | Heathfield | Houghton | Inglewood | Inverbrackie | Ironbank | Kersbrook | Lenswood | Lobethal | Longwood | Marble Hill | Montacute | Mount Lofty | Mount Torrens | Mylor | Norton Summit | Oakbank | Paracombe | Piccadilly | Scott Creek | Stirling | Summertown | Upper Hermitage | Upper Sturt | Uraidla | Verdun | Woodside |
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