Cromer, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Cromer
State:sa
Postcode:5235
Dist1:14
Dir1:southwest
Location1:Williamstown
Dist2:10
Dir2:west
Location2:Mount Pleasant
Stategov:Schubert
Fedgov:Barker
Fedgov2:Mayo
Coordinates:-34.76°N 138.99°W
Near-N:Mount Crawford
Near-E:Mount Pleasant
Near-S:Birdwood
Near-Sw:Forreston
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACDT
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Footnotes:[1]

Cromer is a locality in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It spans the boundary between the Adelaide Hills Council and the Barossa Council northwest of Mount Pleasant and includes the Cromer Conservation Park.

Early farmers in the area included the Hannaford family. Cromer was the scene of an alluvial gold rush in 1870 at a site named Bonney's Flat on Hannaford Creek.[2] (Bonney Flat Creek is 30 km away, west of Balhannah).

The school opened as "Para Wirra" in 1898. It was renamed Cromer in 1899 and closed in 1950. The post office opened in 1910 and closed in 1944.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Placename Details: Cromer (LOCB) . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser Report . SA0016905 . 6 January 2010 . 4 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  2. News: THE GOLD-FIELDS. . . South Australia . 4 October 1870 . 4 March 2019 . 3 . National Library of Australia.