Upper Hermitage, South Australia

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


caption =
lga = City of Tea Tree Gully
lga2 = Adelaide Hills Council
postcode = 5131
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Little Para
fedgov = Makin
near-nw =
near-n = Gould Creek
near-ne = Sampson Flat
near-w = Yatala Vale
near-e = Inglewood
near-sw =
near-s =
near-se =
dist1 = 11
location1= Modbury

Upper Hermitage is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully and Adelaide Hills Council local government areas, and is adjacent to the rural districts of Yatala Vale and Gould Creek.

History

Upper Hermitage's history revolves around agriculture and viticulture, as well as sand and freestone quarries, whose yields were used since early settlement days to build many South Australian public buildings, including the Adelaide Town Hall, General Post Office, Supreme Court and St Peter's Cathedral. [ [http://au.geocities.com/ttg_historical_society/geologicalandquaries.html Tea Tree Gully Historical Society - Geological and Quarry History] K Gallasch (ed.). Accessed 15 June 2006.]

Geography

The boundary of Upper Hermitage is defined on the east by Warner Road, on the north by the Little Para River, on the south by a small stretch of Yatala Vale Road, and on the west by the district of Yatala Vale. [UBD Adelaide directory (1999; 47th ed.) Universal Press. ISBN 0-7319-1033-8] It is broadly speaking east of the Golden Grove conurbation.

Facilities

Upper Hermitage has a Country Fire Station and the Glenara Winery on Range Road North, owned by the Verrall family since 1924, is in the district.

Transport

The area is not serviced by Adelaide public transport.

References

External links

* [http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/wine/wineryprofile.jsp?ID=369 Glenara Winery listing on Winepros]