Tea Tree Gully

About Tea Tree Gully  Country : Australia State : South Australia Population : 95 102 (Census 2001) The City of Tea Tree Gully is located in Adelaide's north-east, between 10 and 25 kilometres from the Adelaide GPO. It is bounded by the Cities of Port Adelaide-Enfield and Salisbury to the west, the City of Playford to the north, the District Council of Adelaide Hills to the east and the City of Campbelltown to the south. The Tea Tree Gully Council area was settled as a number of villages and farms from the 1840s... The earliest coherent group of buildings remain along the North East Road at Tea Tree Gully. The village settlement was formally named Steventon and was based around the springs supplying fresh water for travellers and residents.

The name Tea Tree Gully was originally given to the steep gully entering the northeast face of the Adelaide Hills, where the native 'tea-tree' grew. It was later applied to the township of Steventon, which was located at the entrance of the gully in around 1845. The name was then extended to include the local range of hills.   Haines Memorial Park  Situated between Perseverance Road,North East Road and  Park Street   Upon William Haines' death in 1902, he left two pieces of land to the people of Tea Tree Gully. This was on condition that it should be available as recreation grounds for the public. One piece of land became Haines Memorial Park... In order that the donors memory be preserved the ground was named "The Haines Memorial Park" and a fountain bearing an inscription was erected in the middle of the reserve.  Around the rotunda and in the backgrounds of the pictures,  you may see other historical sites :  - Dunn's General Store,  former little postal township, restored in 1965, as the North East Highway Restaurant. (Ruby Raja, Indian Restaurant today) - Highercombe Hotel, build in 1853-54 and used as Museum cared for by the Tea Tree Gully Branch of the National Trust of South Australia

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