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The Mount Lofty Ranges are the range of mountains to the east of Adelaide in South Australia, stretching from the southernmost point of the Fleurieu Peninsula at Cape Jervis northwards for over 300 kilometres before petering out north of Peterborough. In the vicinity of Adelaide, they separate the Adelaide Plains from the extensive plains that surround the Murray River and stretch eastwards to Victoria. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ... The Fleurieu Peninsula is a picturesque peninsula located south of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia. ... Cape Jervis is a town at the southwestern tip of Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia at 35°36′ S 138°06′ E, approximately 108 km south of Adelaide. ... This article is about the city in the United Kingdom. ... The Adelaide Plains (34°30′ S 138°30′ E) is the area in South Australia between the Mount Lofty Ranges on the east and the Gulf Saint Vincent on the west. ... For other uses, see Murray River (disambiguation). ...

The Heysen Trail traverses almost the entire length of the ranges, crossing westwards to the Flinders Ranges near Hallett. The Heysen Trail is a long distance path in South Australia. ... Flinders Ranges is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 384 km north of Adelaide. ...

Southern ranges

The part of the ranges south of and including the Barossa Valley are commonly known as the South Mount Lofty Ranges, and the highest part of this section is the summit of Mount Lofty (727m). The part of the ranges nearest Adelaide is also called the Adelaide Hills. It has been suggested that Barossa Shiraz be merged into this article or section. ... Mount Lofty Summit Looking towards Mount Lofty Summit, with Mount Lofty Hotel in the foreground and Gulf St. ... The Waterfall Gully waterfall in the Adelaide Foothills The Adelaide Hills are part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, east of the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia. ...

The ranges encompass a wide variety of land usage, including significant residential development, particularly concentrated in the foothills, suburbs of Stirling and Bridgewater, and the towns Mount Barker and Victor Harbor in particular. Several pine plantation forests exist, most significantly around Mount Crawford and Cudlee Creek in the north and Kuitpo Forest and Second Valley in the south. Several conservation parks exist near Adelaide where the hills face the city in order to preserve highly sought-after residential land: Black Hill, Cleland, and Belair National Park are the largest. The most significant other parks in the southern ranges are Deep Creek, on the rugged southern shores of the Fleurieu Peninsula, and Para Wirra at the southern edge of the Barossa Valley. Stirling (sometimes called Stirling West) is a town in the Adelaide Hills District Council. ... Bridgewater is a town in the Adelaide Hills, southeast of Adelaide in South Australia. ... Mount Barker is a town in the Mount Lofty Ranges, 40 kilometres from Adelaide, South Australia at 35°04′ S 138°51′ E. Mount Barker was founded in 1834. ... Rosetta Head, colloquially known as The Bluff, is one of the popular tourist attractions in the town. ... Mount Crawford (centre right) from Tower Hill, looking east Mount Crawford is a hill in South Australia approximately 15 km north Birdwood, in the Mount Lofty Ranges. ... See Cudlee Creek. ... Kuitpo Forest Kuitpo Forest (pronounced kai-po) is situated about 40 km south-east of Adelaide CBD. Established in 1898, Kuipto Forest was the first of many forest plantations in the Mount Lofty Ranges, planted at the turn of the 20th Century to ensure a suistanable timber supply for South... The jetty Second Valley is a coastal town on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. ... Black Hill Conservation Park is a public reserve approximately 10 km northeast of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia, Australia. ... Cleland Conservation Park is a conservation park in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. ... Belair is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 16 km south of Adelaide. ... Deep Creek Conservation Park is 45 square kilometres of natural Australian bush land located at the southern end of Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, 11 km east of Cape Jervis. ... The Fleurieu Peninsula is a picturesque peninsula located south of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia. ...

There are many wineries in the ranges. Two regions in particular are world-renowned: the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Grapes are also grown in the Adelaide Hills and the Onkaparinga Valley. This article discusses the township in South Australia. ...

Although no major mines operate in the southern ranges today, there are several large disused ones, and a myriad of small ones. An iron sulfide mine at Brukunga, northeast of Mount Barker, operated from 1955 to 1972, proving a valuable source for the production of superphosphate fertilisers vital for the postwar development of the State's outlying agricultural areas. The runoff from the mine unfortunately proved quite toxic for the local environment, and efforts have been underway since to alleviate the damage. Iron(II) sulfide is a form of iron sulfide (others include iron pyrite aka Fools Gold), and can be obtained by reacting iron and sulfur under great heat. ... Superphosphate is a fertiliser produced by the action of concentrated Sulphuric Acid on ground phosphate rock. ...

A small short-lived silver and lead mine in the foothills of the ranges at Glen Osmond was first opened just two years after the founding of the State in 1836: it is significant for being not only the first metal mine in the history of the State, but the first in all Australia. South Australia never experienced a nineteenth-century gold rush like those interstate, but gold was mined near both Echunga and Williamstown (in the Barossa). Other mines in the southern ranges include a nineteenth-century silver-lead mine at Talisker near Cape Jervis, which features many remaining old buildings, and the limestone mine at Rapid Bay, which ceased operations much more recently. Copper was mined at Kapunda, Truro and Kanmantoo and may be again[1] and a zinc (and lead, silver and gold) mine is proposed near Strathalbyn[2]. Quarries dot the ranges, the most spectacular and massive of which are in the Adelaide foothills; they supplied much of the quartzite which is to be seen in the enduring "sandstone architecture" of early Adelaide. Glen Osmond is a small suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside located in the foothills of the Adelaide Hills. ... Echunga is a small town in the Adelaide Hills located 34km south-east of Adelaide. ... Williamstown () is a small South Australian town on the fringe of the Barossa Valley wine-growing region and the Adelaide Hills. ... Talisker Conservation park is located on the South-Western area of the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. ... Rapid Bay (postcode 5204) is a small seaside town in the southwest of the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. ... Kapunda ( ) is a town in South Australia, established when copper was discovered there in 1843. ... Truro (34°24′ S 139°07′ E) is a town in South Australia, 80 km northeast of Adelaide. ... Strathalbyn (often abbreviated to Strath by locals) is a town in South Australia in the Alexandrina Council. ...

Only one railway now crosses the ranges: the major Adelaide-Melbourne line, which was first constructed in the 1870s and has had only minor realignments since (the most significant of which was the boring of a new tunnel at Sleeps Hill). Passenger services used to run from the city to Bridgewater in the heart of the hills and ranges, but now stop at Belair in the foothills. A railway approaches the ranges at Willunga (although it was discontinued in the 1960s and has since been replaced by a cycling trail). The Mount Barker to Victor Harbor line (now used only for recreational purposes) largely skirts the eastern edge of the ranges. North of Adelaide, there is a railway to Angaston in the east of the Barossa Valley, and former railways to Truro and across the ranges near Eudunda to Morgan on the Murray River. // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... Belair is a suburb located in the hills of Adelaide. ... Wilunga is a town south of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Onkaparinga local government area. ... Angaston (34°30′S 190°03′E) is a town in the Barossa Valley, South Australia, 77km north east of Adelaide. ... Truro (34°24′ S 139°07′ E) is a town in South Australia, 80 km northeast of Adelaide. ... Eudunda () is a rural town in South Australia, 115 kilometres northeast of Adelaide (1½ hours drive). ... Morgan is a town in South Australia on the right bank of the Murray River, just downstream of where it turns from flowing roughly westwards to roughly southwards. ... For other uses, see Murray River (disambiguation). ...

The ranges form part of the water supply for Adelaide, and there is an extensive infrastructure of reservoirs, weirs, and pipelines, on the Torrens, Onkaparinga, Little Para and Gawler River catchments. Mount Bold, South Para, Kangaroo Creek, and Millbrook reservoirs are the largest. The Torrens River, or the River Torrens, is a river in the state of South Australia, Australia. ... The Onkaparinga River runs from its source near Mount Torrens in the Mount Lofty Ranges, and flows south westerly to an estuary at Port Noarlunga. ... The Little Para River is a small river running across the Adelaide plains, supplying some of the water needs of Adelaide’s northern suburbs. ... Gawler River, is a confluence of the North Para and South Para Rivers at the South Australian town of Gawler. ... An aerial view of the Mount Bold Reservoir at full capacity. ... South Para Reservoir. ...

Northern ranges

The northern ranges, often confused with the southern Flinders Ranges, and sometimes referred to as the "Mid-North ranges" or "central hill country", stretch from hills near Kapunda in the south to arid ranges beyond Peterborough in the northeast. The highest peak in this section (and in all the Mount Lofty Ranges - despite the name) is Mount Bryan (936 m). Other significant peaks include New Campbell Hill (714 m) and Stein Hill (605 m), which overlooks Burra. Flinders Ranges is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 384 km north of Adelaide. ... Kapunda ( ) is a town in South Australia, established when copper was discovered there in 1843. ... Location of Burra in South Australia (red) Burra (33°40′S 138°56′E) is a town in the mid-north of South Australia. ...

Mining, although totally absent today, was once a major industry in the northern ranges. The copper mine at Kapunda, just north of the Barossa, operated from 1842 to 1877 and was a major boost to the infant State's economy, but was soon overshadowed by the large workings at Burra, further north. The mine here operated from 1845 to 1877 with a few minor interruptions, and was superseded by even larger workings on the Yorke Peninsula. As testament to the volume of copper at Burra, however, the mine re-opened as an open-cut in 1971, before closing again ten years later. Location of Burra in South Australia (red) Burra (33°40′S 138°56′E) is a town in the mid-north of South Australia. ... The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St. ...

The Clare Valley lies in a shallow fold of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges just southwest of Burra. It is yet another world-class wine producing area, and is a very popular weekend tourist destination for people living in Adelaide. It is also home to the only conservation park in the northern ranges, Spring Gully. The Clare township The Clare Valley is one of Australias oldest and most famous wine regions, and also one of the most scenic, presenting visitors with a series of small intimate valleys and magnificent views Settlers from England, Ireland and Poland first moved into the region during the 1840... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... Red Stringybark woodland in Spring Gully CP View to the west from Spring Gully CP Spring Gully Conservation Park is a conservation park in the hills to the west of the Clare Valley in South Australia. ...

The northern end of the ranges are home to two curiosities: a tiny township by the name of Yongala, familiar to all South Australians for commonly being the coldest place in the State (being a hundred kilometres inland, and on a somewhat elevated plateau as with much of the Mid North). The other curiosity is a locality near Orroroo called "Magnetic Hill". The name stems from a reputation that if you take your car there, it will roll uphill! Alas, it is merely an optical illusion. Yongala is a small town located in the state of South Australia, Australia. ... Orroroo ( ) is in South Australia in the Division of Grey. ...

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External links

• A look at the geological processes that have helped shape the Mount Lofty Ranges
• History of the iron sulfide mine at Brukunga
• Magnetic Hill, with photo
• Recollections of the 1954 Adelaide earthquake