Uraidla, South Australia

Uraidla South Australia
Main street of Uraidla
Uraidla
Population:	461 (2006 Census)[1]
Established:	1880s
Postcode:	5142
Location:	17 km (11 mi) from Adelaide
LGA:	Adelaide Hills Council
State District:	Heysen
Federal Division:	Mayo
Localities around Uraidla: Basket Range Basket Range Basket Range Summertown Uraidla Basket Range Piccadilly Carey Gully Carey Gully

Uraidla is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Australia. At the 2006 census, Uraidla had a population of 461.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Etymology 3 Industries 4 References 5 External links

History

Once the home of the Peramangk Aboriginal people, European settlement commenced in the mid nineteenth century, a primary school opened in 1871 and the town was formally established in the 1880s.

Etymology

The name Uraidla is derived from local Aboriginal origins. The neighbouring Kaurna people (from the Adelaide plains) had a tale about an ancestral giant who fell in battle and whose body formed part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, with his ears forming Mount Lofty and Mount Bonython. The name Yurrēidla may derive from the Kaurna words yurre (ear) and the suffix denotaing location, -illa (Teichelmann & Schurmann 1840 ^[2]). This was later corrupted to Uraidla and adopted as the name of the town.

Industries

Uraidla and the surrounding area is a well-known agricultural district with apple and cherry orchards, along with vineyards producing many local wine vintages. Local wineries that are part of the Adelaide Hills wine district include Parish Hills Wines and Barratt Wines.

Uraidla is a popular location for visitors from Adelaide and its suburbs during the Summer months. In December and January, during the cherry harvest, some orchardists open their shed doors to the public; attracting visitors who are able to purchase fresh quality produce.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Kyeamba (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL427000&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
2. ^ Teichelmann, C. G.; C. W. Schürmann [1840] (1982). Outlines of a grammar, vocabulary and phraseology of the Aboriginal language of South Australia spoken by the natives in and for some distance around Adelaide. Tjintu Books. ISBN 0-9593616-0-X.

External links

• Uraidla and Summertown Horticultural Show
• Uraidla Primary School
• Adelaide Hills Council
• Australian Aboriginal Tribal Database
• Parish Hills Wines
• Barratt Wines

Towns and Localities of the Adelaide Hills Council Aldgate Ashton Balhannah Basket Range Birdwood Bradbury Bridgewater Carey Gully Castambul Chain of Ponds Charleston Cherryville Cleland Crafers Crafers West Cromer Cudlee Creek Dorset Vale Forest Range Forreston Greenhill Gumeracha Heathfield Horsnell Gully Houghton Humbug Scrub Inglewood Ironbank Kersbrook Lenswood Lobethal Longwood Lower Hermitage Marble Hill Millbrook Montacute Mount George Mount Torrens Mylor Norton Summit Oakbank Paracombe Piccadilly Scott Creek Stirling Summertown Teringie Upper Hermitage Upper Sturt Uraidla Verdun Woodforde Woodside

Adelaide Hills, South Australia Major Townships Birdwood Clarendon Echunga Gumeracha Hahndorf Littlehampton Lobethal Macclesfield Meadows Mount Barker Mylor Nairne Oakbank Stirling Woodside Attractions Mount Lofty Botanic Garden SteamRanger Heysen Trail See also List of towns in the Adelaide Hills Wine regions of South Australia Adelaide