Everything about Mount Pleasant South Australia totally explained
Mount Pleasant is a town situated at the northern end of the
Adelaide Hills region of
South Australia, 55 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital,
Adelaide . It is located in the
Barossa Council and
Mid Murray Council local government areas, and is at an altitude of 440 metres above sea level. Rainfall in the area averages 687 mm per annum.
History
Origin of the name
No one is exactly sure how the town got its name but there seems to be some consensus that it was probably named after a Mrs Pleasant who was a relative of one of the early settlers.no one cares.
European settlement
Settlers moved into the area in the late 1830s with flocks of sheep and with bags of grain. One of the early settlers, James Phillis, had arrived in Adelaide in 1839 and literally rode a horse into the
Adelaide Hills looking for suitable land to farm. He settled at Mount Pleasant in 1843, planted wheat, harvested the crop, and then had to take it to Adelaide to sell. From the profits he sailed to England where he bought a flock of
Romney Marsh sheep which he shipped back to the area. Over the years he became one of the district's most prosperous and successful farmers.
Gold was found in the district in the 1860s but the deposits were small and the miners soon moved on. The town grew slowly, never being anything more than a small service centre for the surrounding region. The police station, which dates from the 1860s, has been largely replaced by a building with 'ER' on it and the Old Talunga Hotel is quite charming. The main street, Melrose Street, is lined with beautiful plane trees.
Geography
Mount Pleasant is located 10 km north-east of
Birdwood heading towards
Springton,
Eden Valley and
Angaston.
At the
ABS 2001 census, Mount Pleasant had a population of 529 people living in 240 dwellings.
Facilities
Mount Pleasant has a primary school, kindergarten, a district hospital, volunteer ambulance station, butcher, general store,golf club, chemist, two banks, caravan park, RSL and a football club
Transport
A coach is operated from
Tea Tree Plaza Interchange to
Gumeracha and Mount Pleasant by Affordable Coachlines. A private coach service also goes from
Birdwood to the
Barossa Valley via Mount Pleasant.
Mount Pleasant was once the terminus of a railway line which spurred from
Balhannah. The railway line operated from 1918 and was closed in 1963, when there was an easier way to get to the town via the
Adelaide-Mannum Road. The former rail corridor can still be seen from a few roads.
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