Charleston
South Australia
Charleston Hotel and general store
Charleston is located in South Australia
Charleston
Charleston
Coordinates34°55′0″S 138°54′0″E / 34.91667°S 138.90000°E / -34.91667; 138.90000
Population317 (UCL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5244
LGA(s)Adelaide Hills Council
State electorate(s)Kavel
Federal division(s)Mayo
Localities around Charleston:
Lobethal Mount Torrens Mount Torrens
Lobethal Charleston Harrogate
Woodside Woodside Woodside

Charleston is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is situated on the Onkaparinga Valley Road between Woodside and Mount Torrens, on the main route from the Adelaide Hills to the Barossa Valley, and 3 km south-east of Lobethal. Charleston is very close to the source of the River Onkaparinga.

The town was laid out in 1857 by Charles Dunn (1796–1881), a brother of the prominent miller John Dunn,[2] in a subdivision of section 5197, Hundred of Onkaparinga, and may have been originally named "Charlestown",[3] but the current spelling has always been more common in newspaper reports

Most of the local businesses are on the Onkaparinga Valley Road, while the largest number of houses are on Newman Road. Charleston is served by a community postal agency called the Bookpost which is also a bookshop, internet cafe and General Store. Next to The Bookpost is the Charleston Hotel which received national attention as one of the main props in a car advertisement, based on Slim Dusty's famous song "Answer to a Pub With No Beer".

Charleston was served by the Mount Pleasant railway line from 1918 to 1953. It is also on the Onkaparinga Valley Road (route B34) and the Amy Gillett Bikeway on the former railway route.

Charleston is within the limits of the Adelaide Metro bus network, and is serviced by the 835 route during school terms.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Charleston (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. 
  2. ↑ "Death of Mr. John Dunn". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 15 October 1894. p. 7. Retrieved 14 May 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Manning index to South Australian place names:Charleston". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2016.



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