Adelaide - Surroundings

The new town of Elizabeth (pop. 35,000) was founded in 1955 and named after Queen Elizabeth II. It is considered a model example of a town designed to cope with the motor car, with separate pedestrian zones, shopping centers and parks and gardens. In this satellite town on the northern periphery of the Adelaide conurbation is the large General Motors Holden car factory.

Gawler (pop. 14,000) lies in a thriving agricultural area near the Barossa Valley. The town, founded in 1839, was like Adelaide, planned by Colonel William Light. It has preserved some handsome 19th C buildings, including churches, hotels, a mill, a post office and a telegraph station.

In Hackham is a Pioneer Village Museum which conveys some impression of the life of the early settlers.

In St Kilda is an interesting Tramway Museum, with an old-time tram which runs at certain times.