| Meadows South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Meadows | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°11′0″S 138°45′0″E / 35.18333°S 138.75000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,126 (UCL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | Circa 1850 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5201 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mount Barker | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Heysen | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | [2] | ||||||||||||||
Meadows is a town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It boasts several historic buildings, craft shops, a winery and bakery. Every year, the town hosts the Meadows Country Fair and Meadows Easter Fair. At the 2006 census, Meadows had a population of 752.[3]
The land incorporating Meadows was part of the Seventh Special Survey undertaken by Charles Flaxman on 31 January 1839.
The 5000 hectare Kuitpo Forest, known for bushwalking, cycling, and horse riding, lies to the south, west and north of Meadows. The nearby Prospect Hill Museum tells the story of the regional dairy industry and includes a re-created milk room.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Meadows (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ "Placename Details: Meadows". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 1 August 2007. SA0044042. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Meadows (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
