Urrbrae, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Urrbrae
city = Adelaide
state = sa


caption = Old Toll House. Urrbrae is to the right
lga = City of Mitcham
postcode = 5064
est =
pop = 992 (2006 census) [Census 2006 AUS|id =SSC42761|name=Urrbrae (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-07-16| quick=on]
area =
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near-nw =
near-n = Myrtle Bank
near-ne = Glen Osmond
near-w = Mount Osmond
near-e = Netherby
near-sw = Springfield
near-s = Crafers West
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Urrbrae is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham. Located at the foot of the Adelaide Hills, it is bordered on the east by the South Eastern Freeway, and the Old Toll House, which marked the traditional entrance to the city of Adelaide in historic times. Urrbrae was named by Robert MacGeorge after the town of Urr in Scotland; the word "brae" means the side of a hill [ [http://www.mitchamcouncil.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=353 City of Mitcham - Urrbrae - The Council and Administration ] ] .

Notable Locations within Urrbrae

Urrbrae is home to:
*the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus
*the Waite Conservation Reserve
*the Waite Arboretum
*historic Urrbrae House
*the monastery of St Paul's Retreat
*the Waite Precinct, which includes:
**the Australian Wine Research Institute
**the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
**CSIRO research laboratories

References

External links

* [http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/arboretum/ The Waite Arboretum]
* [http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/reserve/ The Waite Conservation Reserve]
* [http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/urrbraehouse/ Urrbrae House]