Meadows, South Australia

Meadows
South Australia
Meadows is located in South Australia
Meadows
Meadows
Coordinates35°11′0″S 138°45′0″E / 35.18333°S 138.75000°E / -35.18333; 138.75000
Population1,126 (UCL 2021)[1]
EstablishedCirca 1850
Postcode(s)5201
LGA(s)Mount Barker
State electorate(s)Heysen
Federal division(s)Mayo
Localities around Meadows:
Kangarilla Jupiter Creek Echunga, Flaxley
Clarendon Meadows Green Hills Range, Macclesfield
Kuitpo, Prospect Hill Bull Creek Paris Creek
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.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Meadows (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Meadows (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 October 2011.