| Uraidla South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Main street of Uraidla | |||||||||||||||
  Uraidla | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°57′0″S 138°44′0″E / 34.95000°S 138.73333°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 581 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1880s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5142 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 17 km (11 mi) from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Adelaide Hills Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Morialta | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo | ||||||||||||||
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Uraidla (/jʊəˈreɪdlə/, yoo-RAYD-lə) is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Australia. At the 2016 census, Uraidla had a population of 575.[2] However it also sits at the centre of a larger population catchment of rural townships which include Summertown, Piccadilly, Ashton, Basket Range, Carey Gully, Norton Summit and Cherryville.
The name is derived from the Kaurna name Yuridla, which means "two ears" and originally referred to the two nearby peaks of Mt Lofty and Mt Bonython,[3] and also relates to the Dreaming story of Ngarnu, a giant from the east.[4]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Uraidla (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Uraidla (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ Amery, Rob; Buckskin, Vincent (Jack) Kanya (March 2009). "Chapter 10. Pinning down Kaurna names: Linguistic issues arising in the development of the Kaurna Placenames Database" (PDF). In Hercus, Luise; Hodges, Flavia; Simpson, Jane (eds.). The Land is a Map: Placenames of Indigenous Origin in Australia. ANU Press. pp. 187–212. ISBN 978-1921536571.
- ^ "Adelaide Festival Centre". Adelaide Kaurna Walking Trail. City of Adelaide. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
