Windsor, South Australia

Windsor is a locality in South Australia.[5] It is on the northern Adelaide Plains adjacent to Port Wakefield Road, 34 km southeast of Port Wakefield. The township is largely bypassed by Port Wakefield Road.

Windsor
South Australia
Windsor
Coordinates34.42°S 138.331°E / -34.42; 138.331
Postcode(s)5501[1]
Location
LGA(s)Adelaide Plains Council[2]
State electorate(s)Narungga[3]
Federal Division(s)Grey
Localities around Windsor:
Gulf St Vincent Wild Horse Plains Long Plains
Gulf St Vincent Windsor Calomba
Parham, Webb Beach Dublin Dublin
FootnotesAdjoining localities[4]

The township was a private subdivision by George Baker c.1876.[6][7][8] By 1876 there was a store and by 1878 there was a school and Primitive Methodist Church,[9] now Uniting Church. The Uniting Church held its last service in the building on 25 October 2020.[10]

In 1884 the Windsor Institute was built, and has served the community as a hall and library for over 130 years.[9] The town had an oval with concrete cricket pitch opposite the school and tennis courts, on Windsor Road. The oval, established by 1883 and used by the Windsor Cricket Club,[11] was also used until the 1960s by the school. The football club joined with Wild Horse Plains to for United in 1921.[12] The school and local football team colours were double blue.[13] The tennis club commenced in 1880s.[14]

A post office (1877-1982) and store (1877-1985) operated from 1877 closing after the township was bypassed by Port Wakefield Road.[15] The Windsor School closed in 1971.[9]

The district was part of sheep grazing leases from mid nineteenth century. George Baker took up the land in the area in 1860. After the district was surveyed and sold, settlers established mixed farms. This continued until the 1970s with mixed farming, growing grain, lambs, pigs, eggs, poultry and cream. In early days grain was taken to Parham for dispatch to Adelaide.[16] There was a "Windsor Separator" brand of butter.[17] The press is retained by Clark family members.

See also

References
  1. "Windsor, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. "Development Plan - Mallala Council" (PDF). Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 248, 254, 258 & 261. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. "Property Location Browser (search for 'Windsor (LOCB)')". Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  6. "Advertising". Evening Journal. VIII (2245). South Australia. 19 May 1876. p. 4 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Manning Place Names of South Australia - W" (PDF).
  8. "PORT PARHAM". South Australian Register. XLI (9372). South Australia. 27 November 1876. p. 6. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Mallala now and then". 15 September 2016.
  10. "Closing of Windsor church building 25th October 2020". Dublin Dispatch (NOV - DEC 2020 ed.). 4 November 2020. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  11. "Cricket, South Australian Register". 20 September 1883.
  12. "NEWS LETTERS". The Wooroora Producer. xiii (611). South Australia. 5 May 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Back To Windsor Celebrations". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 27 September 1935. p. 27. Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia. The decorations were in blue–the Windsor colors.
  14. "LAWN TENNIS". The Register (Adelaide). LXXIII (19, 267). South Australia. 13 August 1908. p. 4. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. "Mallala now and then". 15 September 2016.
  16. ""PORT PARHAM". Adelaide Observer. 2 December 1876. p. 9. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia."Port Parham". "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". South Australian Register. XL, (8950). 22 July 1875. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia".
  17. Clark Family History- descendants of Edward Clark of Marlow. Unpublished.


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