Woodside, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Woodside
state = sa


caption =
lga = Adelaide Hills Council
postcode = 5244
coordinates = coord|34.9514|S|138.8808|E|display=inline,title|region:AU-SA_type:city
pop = 1,826 (2006 Census) [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=Woodside&locationSearchTerm=Woodside&newarea=UCL429400&submitbutton=View+QuickStats+%3E&mapdisplay=on&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL429400&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=104&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007)] . Woodside (Urban Centre/Locality). "2006 Census Quickstats". Retrieved on 2008-05-29]
est = 1850s
stategov =
fedgov =
dist1 = 37
location1= AdelaideWoodside is a small town between Balhannah and Lobethal, 37km from Adelaide. Amenities in the town include a swimming pool, library, grocery store, tennis club, bowls club and playing fields.

The Johnston family of Oakbank founded Woodside in the 1850s, primarily to improve their brewery business. The town was a useful traffic hub linking Oakbank, Lobethal and Charleston.

It is home to the Woodside Barracks (16th Air Defence Regiment), the Woodside Cheese Wrights, Melbas Chocolate Factory, a great bakery with divine homemade gelati and five minutes from the boutique winery Bird in Hand.

The first business was the Woodside Inn. Now known to the locals as the Woodside Hotel, it has changed beyond recognition of the old Inn, however remains an important commercial building to the town of Woodside. Many other businesses followed this and today many of the remaining original houses were little buisnesses themselves.

External links

[http://www.adhills.com.au/tourism/towns/woodside/index.htm Welcome to Woodside, South Australia]