Old Reynella, South Australia
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Old Reynella is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide
, South Australia. It is located 20 km south of the Central Business District
of Adelaide in the north of the City of Onkaparinga
.
The suburb is named after John Reynell
, a pioneering South Australian winemaker. Reynell sold some farmland to create the town of Reynella which is the present location of the suburb Old Reynella. The Reynell name goes back to the very beginning of the wine industry in South Australia, when John Reynell planted some of the first vines in the infant colony in the area that was later to bear his name. This pioneer of the grape was born in 1809 of a Devonshire farming family. Shortly after his arrival in 1838 John Reynell established his property, situated 20 kilometres south of Adelaide and 5 kilometres east of Gulf St Vincent - the gateway to the McLaren Vale
wine region.
The Reynella Winery is claimed to be the only winery in Australia that can use the name of a town as its registered brand because the winery was in existence before the town was established.
The Old Reynella area is the historical centre of the district and the original home of Reynella Primary School, before it was moved to its current site in Carew Fields in 1990. Old Reynella is also the historical home of the Hardy Wine Company
.
Edge Church
is located in Old Reynella at the former site of the Old Reynella Markets.
With the arrival of Governor Hindmarsh
on the HMS Buffalo
on 28 December 1836, the new private colony of South Australia was proclaimed. The state government was established through the formation of a private company in England
known as the South Australia Company
. Its Surveyor-General, William Light, was charged with the surveying of the land into 80 acres (32.4 ha) allotments ready for sale to the new settlers to South Australia
. One of his team was John McLaren
, who was responsible for surveying Sections B, C and D to the south of Adelaide. This task was completed in 1839 and the first survey maps were printed in 1840.
On 16 June 1837, the Colonial Commissioner Sir James Hurtle Fisher
, John Morphett
, Colonel William Light
, and a party of marines set off from Glenelg
intending to travel overland to Encounter Bay
to visit whalers who were employees of the South Australian Company. Colonel Light's diary records: "At 4.00pm the party arrived at a beautiful valley, where they encamped for the night, the country and soil together adapted for grazing or agriculture; the whole distance was not more than ten or eleven miles (18 km) from Glenelg." This area was named Hurtle Vale after the Colonial Commissioner.
A later survey map drawn by John Mclaren in 1857 shows the area covered some 107 x 80 acres (32.4 ha) allotments, stretching from the hills in the east towards the coast in the west with the Field River
running through the centre of the valley.
The name Hurtle Vale was never officially registered as a geographical name although widely used in the community for some time. Today the suburbs of Happy Valley
, O'Halloran Hill
, Trott Park
, Sheidow Park
, Reynella
and parts of Hallett Cove
, Morphett Vale
and Woodcroft
can be found within the old definition of Hurtle Vale.
On 12 March 1839, Section 524 was granted to Thomas Lucas who immediately rented it to John Reynell until the Indenture for Sale was drawn up on 26 August 1839, when John agreed to pay Thomas and Catherine Lucas £80 for the 80 acres (32.4 ha) section.
In 1839, John Reynell
claimed he was the first settler to enclose an entire 80 acres (32.4 ha) section. A little later he had to cut the fences to allow for the alignment of a proposed road for the passage of a regular mail run to Encounter Bay
which was established by the end of 1839.
, which was recorded as South Australia's first vineyard
.
Selections of paragraphs from that notice are as follows:
"Sale by Auction of the Township of Reynella, to be sold on the land of Wednesday, 12 April 1854 by order and for account of John Reynella Esq. We have received instructions to submit to public competition this promising Township....."
"The township consists of about 40 acres (16.2 ha) of land divided into allotments varying from one quarter to two acres with the Great South Road dividing it equally from North to South..."
"A fine steam mill
of four storeys is already erected in the town ship and a handsome hotel is in rapid progress and will be open by winter."
"The auction will be held at the mill, and in the grounds luncheon will be prepared where required facilities will be afforded in the way of payment."
"Further conditions at time of sale. Title indisputable. Plans may be seen at Hay's Tapley's Hill, The Emu, [these are early hotels in the district] and also at the Blacksmith's shop on the ground."
By 1866 the town had the steam flour mill, hotel, post office
, store, school and chapel. However by the end of the Nineteenth Century as many farmers had moved to the Norther agricultural lands, Reynella was said to be "a village of the past, as several ruined houses along the road remain to testify."
South Road was bypassed in the later half of the century and since 1960 the spread of suburb
s south from Adelaide has transformed much of the agricultural land
into housing
.
Vineyards can still be seen in the surrounds of the Hardy Wine Company
in Old Reynella.
The hotel, now known as the Crown Inn Hotel, has had a continual licence since that time. Over the years it has had several variations of the original name. In 1855 it was known as the Crown Inn, then in 1856 it became the Crown Hotel, in 1886 the Reynella Hotel and in 1887 the Crown Inn.
. In 1845, the cellar was dug by hand into limestone
subsoil with nothing but a shovel. The walls were made of local blue gum
beams and sugar gum saplings and the roof of tree trunk
s from the nearby scrub covered with a thick layer of straw and clay. Although now covered by manicured lawn, the cellar is still in practical use.
Although the exact date it was erected is not known, records show that it was operation prior to the sale of land for the hotel on 22 August 1853. In the early days of the colony, the registration of the use of land often took some time. It is recorded that on 15 August 1853, the mill property, lot number 81 on the town plan, was sold to a consortium of gentlemen and farmers of the district, namely Robert Montgomery, Charles Smith, John Reynell, Henry Douglas, William Sherriff, Ignatius Sullivan and James Bain, operating as the Southern Grist Mill Company.
On 10 January 1855 the mill was sold to George Pool, a miller.
In the late 1850s John Cain
, became the mill manager for George Pool. On 15 August 1857 John Cain was killed in a horrific accident at the mill, being dragged into the machinery.
George pool operated the mill until his death on 18 June 1864. The mill operations then passed to his wife. Sometime circa 1865 the mill was destroyed by fire - according to local mythology, under mysterious circumstances.
The mill was located where the current shopping mall
now stands, approximately opposite Mill Street.
that operated before the hotel was built in 1853. Evidence would suggest that the first documented Certificate of Title found is for Robert Eglinton, Reynella Blacksmith, dated 17 January 1867.
These buildings included stables, livery and ostlers rooms and later a cottage.
It was also natural for such businesses to be the place where travellers, going to and from Adelaide, changed horses. And so it developed into a changing station for the Cobb & Co coaches that operated between Adelaide and Willunga
. An addition to the front of the cottage acted as a ticket office for this service. Operation as a changing station ceased in February 1915 with the introduction of train
services from Willunga
to Adelaide
.
and by the age of 19 his father gave him most of the responsibility for managing the winery
. He greatly expanded and developed the business, building a distillery, enhancing the firm's reputation for brandy making. Reynella Brandy became Australia's leading brandy.
was on Wednesday 20 January 1915, although there would have been construction and work trains operating on the line well before this date. Both freight
and passenger trains operated on the line. The last passenger service ran on 19 May 1957. A goods train ran twice a week until 1963 and, following falling demand, the rail service finally closed in May 1969.
The dismantling of the line commenced in May 1972. Some 43,000 sleepers were removed between Willunga
and Hallett Cove
. The high embankment that carried the line over the Panalatinga Creek was also removed during this time.
es on the Adelaide Metro
network. It is home to the Old Reynella Bus Interchange with connections to the Noarlunga Centre Interchange
, the city and Westfield Marion
.
It is serviced primarily by South Road, Panalatinga Road and the Panalatinga Road exit of the Southern Expressway
.
The Coast to Vines rail trail
passes through Old Reynella.
, which has been held since 2010 by Alan Sibbons
In federal politics, the suburb is part of the Division of Kingston
, and has been represented by Amanda Rishworth
since 2007.
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia. It is located 20 km south of the Central Business District
Adelaide city centre
The Adelaide city centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town". The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North, East, South and West Terraces; and that part of the Adelaide Parklands...
of Adelaide in the north of the City of Onkaparinga
City of Onkaparinga
The City of Onkaparinga is a local government area located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the Onkaparinga River, whose name comes from Ngangkiparinga, a Kaurna word meaning "The Women's River"...
.
The suburb is named after John Reynell
John Reynell
John Reynell was a South Australian winemaker.Reynell was born in 1809 from a Devonshire farming family. He arrived in Port Adelaide, South Australia in 1838 and established his property about 20 kilometres south of the main settlement of Adelaide in the area that became known as McLaren...
, a pioneering South Australian winemaker. Reynell sold some farmland to create the town of Reynella which is the present location of the suburb Old Reynella. The Reynell name goes back to the very beginning of the wine industry in South Australia, when John Reynell planted some of the first vines in the infant colony in the area that was later to bear his name. This pioneer of the grape was born in 1809 of a Devonshire farming family. Shortly after his arrival in 1838 John Reynell established his property, situated 20 kilometres south of Adelaide and 5 kilometres east of Gulf St Vincent - the gateway to the McLaren Vale
McLaren Vale
McLaren Vale is a wine region approximately 35 km south of Adelaide in South Australia. It has a population of about 2,000 and is internationally renowned for the wines it produces. The region was named after either David McLaren, the Colonial Manager of the South Australia Company or John...
wine region.
The Reynella Winery is claimed to be the only winery in Australia that can use the name of a town as its registered brand because the winery was in existence before the town was established.
The Old Reynella area is the historical centre of the district and the original home of Reynella Primary School, before it was moved to its current site in Carew Fields in 1990. Old Reynella is also the historical home of the Hardy Wine Company
Hardy Wine Company
Constellation Wines Australia, formerly Hardy Wine Company, is a wine making company owned by Constellation Brands in Victor, New York, USA, Constellations is the largest wine company in the world. The Hardy Wine Company was founded by Thomas Hardy in 1853 in Adelaide, the business soon became...
.
Edge Church
Edge Church
Edge Church is a Pentecostal Christian church affiliated with Australian Christian Churches, the Assemblies of God in Australia. The church is pastored by Danny Guglielmucci and his wife.-Establishment:...
is located in Old Reynella at the former site of the Old Reynella Markets.
Hurtle Vale
John Hindmarsh
Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH RN was a naval officer and the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December 1836 to 16 July 1838.-Early life:...
on the HMS Buffalo
HMS Buffalo (1813)
HMS Buffalo was a storeship of the Royal Navy, originally built in India as the merchant vessel Hindostan. She later served as a convict ship and as transport for immigrants to Australia before being wrecked in 1840.-Launch and purchase:...
on 28 December 1836, the new private colony of South Australia was proclaimed. The state government was established through the formation of a private company in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
known as the South Australia Company
South Australia Company
The South Australian Company was formed in London on 9 October 1835 by George Fife Angas and other wealthy British merchants to develop a new settlement in South Australia; its purpose was to build a new colony...
. Its Surveyor-General, William Light, was charged with the surveying of the land into 80 acres (32.4 ha) allotments ready for sale to the new settlers to South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. One of his team was John McLaren
John McLaren
John McLaren is the name of:*John McLaren , built Golden Gate Park*John McLaren, Lord McLaren , Scottish Liberal MP and judge*John McLaren , Australian cricketer...
, who was responsible for surveying Sections B, C and D to the south of Adelaide. This task was completed in 1839 and the first survey maps were printed in 1840.
On 16 June 1837, the Colonial Commissioner Sir James Hurtle Fisher
James Hurtle Fisher
Sir James Hurtle Fisher was a lawyer and prominent South Australian pioneer. He was the first Resident Commissioner of South Australia, the first Mayor of Adelaide and the first resident South Australian to be knighted....
, John Morphett
John Morphett
Sir John Morphett was a South Australian pioneer, landowner and politician.-Early life:Morphett was born in London, the second son of Nathaniel Morphett, a solicitor, and his wife Mary, née Gliddon, of Cummins, Ide, Devon, and was educated at Plymouth and Highgate Grammar Schools...
, Colonel William Light
William Light
Colonel William Light was a British military officer and the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia...
, and a party of marines set off from Glenelg
Glenelg, South Australia
Glenelg is a popular beach-side suburb of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Located on the shore of Holdfast Bay in Gulf St Vincent, it has become a popular tourist destination due to its beach and many attractions, home to several hotels and dozens of restaurants.Established in 1836, it is...
intending to travel overland to Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay is located on the south central coast of South Australia, some 100 km south of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the encounter on 8 April 1802 between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin, both of whom were charting the Australian coastline for their respective countries...
to visit whalers who were employees of the South Australian Company. Colonel Light's diary records: "At 4.00pm the party arrived at a beautiful valley, where they encamped for the night, the country and soil together adapted for grazing or agriculture; the whole distance was not more than ten or eleven miles (18 km) from Glenelg." This area was named Hurtle Vale after the Colonial Commissioner.
A later survey map drawn by John Mclaren in 1857 shows the area covered some 107 x 80 acres (32.4 ha) allotments, stretching from the hills in the east towards the coast in the west with the Field River
Field River
The Field River is located some 20 kilometres south of Adelaide in South Australia. The catchment area of the Field River includes the Happy Valley Reservoir, part of Main South Road and the Southern Expressway and covers a total area of 55.3 km2...
running through the centre of the valley.
The name Hurtle Vale was never officially registered as a geographical name although widely used in the community for some time. Today the suburbs of Happy Valley
Happy Valley, South Australia
Happy Valley is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located 20 km south of the Central Business District of Adelaide.Within the suburb is the Happy Valley Reservoir accompanied by South Australia's largest water treatment plant, responsible for supplying water to much of the...
, O'Halloran Hill
O'Halloran Hill, South Australia
O'Halloran Hill is a suburb in the south of Adelaide, South Australia, situated on the hills south of the O'Halloran Hill Escarpment, which rises from the Adelaide Plains and located 18 km from the city centre via the Main South Road...
, Trott Park
Trott Park, South Australia
Trott Park is a suburb in the south of Adelaide, South Australia. It has a population of 2,969 people .It is surrounded in most part by open space: the O'Halloran Hill Recreation Park, and Roseworthy Park, a former CSIRO landhold. It is also bordered by Sheidow Park, Hallett Cove and O'Halloran Hill...
, Sheidow Park
Sheidow Park, South Australia
Sheidow Park is a suburb in the south of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is approximately from the city-centre and is situated on coastal hills above the Adelaide Plains.-History:...
, Reynella
Reynella, South Australia
Reynella is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.It is located 20km south of the Central Business District of Adelaide in the north of the City of Onkaparinga...
and parts of Hallett Cove
Hallett Cove, South Australia
Hallett Cove is a coastal suburb in the south of Adelaide, South Australia, with a population of more than 12,000 people. Adjoining suburbs are Marino to the north, Trott Park and Sheidow Park to the east and Lonsdale to the south. It is within the City of Marion Local Government Area...
, Morphett Vale
Morphett Vale, South Australia
Morphett Vale is a southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Onkaparinga. It is the largest suburb in the state, with a population of more than 23,000 and an area of 12.76km², followed by Paralowie with nearly 10,000 fewer residents. There are approximately 1,000 businesses in...
and Woodcroft
Woodcroft, South Australia
Woodcroft is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, located 20 km south of the Central Business District of Adelaide. It is bordered to the north by Reynell Road, to the south by Bains Road, to the west by Panalatinga Road and by the Hills Face Zone to the east.- History :Originally...
can be found within the old definition of Hurtle Vale.
Town establishment
In 1839, John Reynell
John Reynell
John Reynell was a South Australian winemaker.Reynell was born in 1809 from a Devonshire farming family. He arrived in Port Adelaide, South Australia in 1838 and established his property about 20 kilometres south of the main settlement of Adelaide in the area that became known as McLaren...
claimed he was the first settler to enclose an entire 80 acres (32.4 ha) section. A little later he had to cut the fences to allow for the alignment of a proposed road for the passage of a regular mail run to Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay is located on the south central coast of South Australia, some 100 km south of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the encounter on 8 April 1802 between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin, both of whom were charting the Australian coastline for their respective countries...
which was established by the end of 1839.
Vineyards
In 1841, Reynell began the planting of his vineyard with cuttings from Van Diemen's LandVan Diemen's Land
Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania...
, which was recorded as South Australia's first vineyard
Vineyard
A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice...
.
Subdivision and notice of sale
By 1854 there was a demand for land for housing in the area and in February of that year, John Reynell drew up a Notice of Sale for a portion of his Reynella Farm for the establishment of the township of Reynella.Selections of paragraphs from that notice are as follows:
"Sale by Auction of the Township of Reynella, to be sold on the land of Wednesday, 12 April 1854 by order and for account of John Reynella Esq. We have received instructions to submit to public competition this promising Township....."
"The township consists of about 40 acres (16.2 ha) of land divided into allotments varying from one quarter to two acres with the Great South Road dividing it equally from North to South..."
"A fine steam mill
Steam mill
A steam mill is a type of grinding mill using a stationary steam engine to power its mechanism.-Reference to Marx:For Karl Marx, what defined feudalism was that the power of the ruling class rested on their control of arable land, leading to a class society based upon the exploitation of the...
of four storeys is already erected in the town ship and a handsome hotel is in rapid progress and will be open by winter."
"The auction will be held at the mill, and in the grounds luncheon will be prepared where required facilities will be afforded in the way of payment."
"Further conditions at time of sale. Title indisputable. Plans may be seen at Hay's Tapley's Hill, The Emu, [these are early hotels in the district] and also at the Blacksmith's shop on the ground."
By 1866 the town had the steam flour mill, hotel, post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, store, school and chapel. However by the end of the Nineteenth Century as many farmers had moved to the Norther agricultural lands, Reynella was said to be "a village of the past, as several ruined houses along the road remain to testify."
Twentieth century
The town flourished around the farming and wine making that had been pioneered and by the mid twentieth century tourism had begun to join wine, fruit production and farming to underpin the local economy.South Road was bypassed in the later half of the century and since 1960 the spread of suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
s south from Adelaide has transformed much of the agricultural land
Agricultural land
Agricultural land denotes the land suitable for agricultural production, both crops and livestock. It is one of the main resources in agriculture...
into housing
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
.
Vineyards can still be seen in the surrounds of the Hardy Wine Company
Hardy Wine Company
Constellation Wines Australia, formerly Hardy Wine Company, is a wine making company owned by Constellation Brands in Victor, New York, USA, Constellations is the largest wine company in the world. The Hardy Wine Company was founded by Thomas Hardy in 1853 in Adelaide, the business soon became...
in Old Reynella.
Historical sites
Crown Inn Hotel
In 1853, twelve months before the town land sales took place, John Reynell sold 1 acres (4,046.9 m²) of land on the north side of Panalatinga Creek on what was known as the Great South Road, to a Mr Robert Hay for the purpose of building a hotel.The hotel, now known as the Crown Inn Hotel, has had a continual licence since that time. Over the years it has had several variations of the original name. In 1855 it was known as the Crown Inn, then in 1856 it became the Crown Hotel, in 1886 the Reynella Hotel and in 1887 the Crown Inn.
Cellar No.1
As part of John Reynell's expanding interest in winemaking, Cellar No. 1, known as the Old Cave, was developed. This is Australia's oldest working cellar and is registered with the National TrustNational Trust of Australia
The Australian Council of National Trusts is the peak body for community-based, non-government organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's indigenous, natural and historic heritage....
. In 1845, the cellar was dug by hand into limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
subsoil with nothing but a shovel. The walls were made of local blue gum
Blue Gum
Blue Gum usually refers to the subspecies or the species in Eucalyptus globulus complex, however it may also refer to a number of other species of Eucalyptus in Australia. Confusingly, in Queensland it usually refers to Eucalyptus tereticornis, which is known elsewhere as Forest Red Gum.* Gippsland...
beams and sugar gum saplings and the roof of tree trunk
Tree Trunk
"Tree Trunk" is a song recorded and released in 1972 by The Doors."Tree Trunk" was recorded by the surviving members of The Doors as they assembled material for their second and final album, Full Circle, following the death of Jim Morrison...
s from the nearby scrub covered with a thick layer of straw and clay. Although now covered by manicured lawn, the cellar is still in practical use.
Southern Grist Mill
The abundance of grain in the area saw the building of a four-storey steam-driven flourmill, known as the Southern Grist Mill.Although the exact date it was erected is not known, records show that it was operation prior to the sale of land for the hotel on 22 August 1853. In the early days of the colony, the registration of the use of land often took some time. It is recorded that on 15 August 1853, the mill property, lot number 81 on the town plan, was sold to a consortium of gentlemen and farmers of the district, namely Robert Montgomery, Charles Smith, John Reynell, Henry Douglas, William Sherriff, Ignatius Sullivan and James Bain, operating as the Southern Grist Mill Company.
On 10 January 1855 the mill was sold to George Pool, a miller.
In the late 1850s John Cain
John Cain
John Cain may refer to:* John Cain , 34th Premier of Victoria, Australia* John Cain II , 41st Premier of Victoria, Australia* John J. Cain , American mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey, 1910–1912...
, became the mill manager for George Pool. On 15 August 1857 John Cain was killed in a horrific accident at the mill, being dragged into the machinery.
George pool operated the mill until his death on 18 June 1864. The mill operations then passed to his wife. Sometime circa 1865 the mill was destroyed by fire - according to local mythology, under mysterious circumstances.
The mill was located where the current shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
now stands, approximately opposite Mill Street.
Changing Station
Situated on the northern side of the flourmill, these buildings were originally used as a blacksmithBlacksmith
A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...
that operated before the hotel was built in 1853. Evidence would suggest that the first documented Certificate of Title found is for Robert Eglinton, Reynella Blacksmith, dated 17 January 1867.
These buildings included stables, livery and ostlers rooms and later a cottage.
It was also natural for such businesses to be the place where travellers, going to and from Adelaide, changed horses. And so it developed into a changing station for the Cobb & Co coaches that operated between Adelaide and Willunga
Willunga, South Australia
Willunga is a town south of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Onkaparinga local government area. It is 5 km away from the wine growing region of McLaren Vale and is approx. 47 km from the Adelaide CBD...
. An addition to the front of the cottage acted as a ticket office for this service. Operation as a changing station ceased in February 1915 with the introduction of train
Train
A train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track to transport cargo or passengers from one place to another place. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway.Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate...
services from Willunga
Willunga railway station, Adelaide
Willunga is a closed railway station in Adelaide, South Australia.A station-master was appointed in 1915. A 60 feet turntable was installed during construction, but was removed to Marino in 1941-2...
to Adelaide
Adelaide Railway Station
Adelaide Railway Station is the central terminus of the Adelaide Metro railway system. It is at on the north side of North Terrace, west of Parliament House. The Adelaide Casino is in part of the building that is no longer required for the station....
.
Old Distillery, now St Francis Winery
Carew Reynell, son of Walter Reynell, had a great interest in the study of viticultureViticulture
Viticulture is the science, production and study of grapes which deals with the series of events that occur in the vineyard. When the grapes are used for winemaking, it is also known as viniculture...
and by the age of 19 his father gave him most of the responsibility for managing the winery
Winery
A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, bottling lines, laboratories, and large expanses of...
. He greatly expanded and developed the business, building a distillery, enhancing the firm's reputation for brandy making. Reynella Brandy became Australia's leading brandy.
Railway services
The official opening of the Adelaide - Willunga railwayWillunga railway line, Adelaide
The Willunga railway line ran through the southern Adelaide suburbs from Hallett Cove to Willunga, over long . The line reached Willunga in 1918, and had 16 stations. It closed in 1969 and was dismantled in 1972, but the corridor remains as the long Coast to Vines Rail Trail...
was on Wednesday 20 January 1915, although there would have been construction and work trains operating on the line well before this date. Both freight
Freight train
A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain...
and passenger trains operated on the line. The last passenger service ran on 19 May 1957. A goods train ran twice a week until 1963 and, following falling demand, the rail service finally closed in May 1969.
The dismantling of the line commenced in May 1972. Some 43,000 sleepers were removed between Willunga
Willunga, South Australia
Willunga is a town south of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Onkaparinga local government area. It is 5 km away from the wine growing region of McLaren Vale and is approx. 47 km from the Adelaide CBD...
and Hallett Cove
Hallett Cove, South Australia
Hallett Cove is a coastal suburb in the south of Adelaide, South Australia, with a population of more than 12,000 people. Adjoining suburbs are Marino to the north, Trott Park and Sheidow Park to the east and Lonsdale to the south. It is within the City of Marion Local Government Area...
. The high embankment that carried the line over the Panalatinga Creek was also removed during this time.
Transport information
Old Reynella is primary serviced by busBus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es on the Adelaide Metro
Adelaide Metro
Adelaide Metro is the public transport system of the South Australian capital of Adelaide and the brand name of the Public Transport Division of the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. It is an intermodal system with services provided by bus, tram or commuter rail throughout the...
network. It is home to the Old Reynella Bus Interchange with connections to the Noarlunga Centre Interchange
Noarlunga Centre Interchange
Noarlunga Centre Interchange is the terminus of the Noarlunga Centre line, a part of the suburban railway system in Adelaide, South Australia....
, the city and Westfield Marion
Westfield Marion
Westfield Marion is the largest shopping complex in Adelaide, South Australia. The centre, its management and all tenant addresses are located in the suburb of Oaklands Park...
.
It is serviced primarily by South Road, Panalatinga Road and the Panalatinga Road exit of the Southern Expressway
Southern Expressway
The Southern Expressway is the world's longest reversible one way freeway. Originally proposed as 'Noarlunga Freeway', it was built as a corridor to relieve heavy traffic from the major arterial, Main South Road, in Adelaide's south. The expressway was built in two stages — the first...
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The Coast to Vines rail trail
Coast to Vines rail trail, South Australia
The Coast to Vines rail trail open to pedestrians and cyclists, runs for 34 km through the southern suburbs of Adelaide from Marino to Willunga. Much of the trail has been constructed on the disused Willunga railway line....
passes through Old Reynella.
Politics
Old Reynella is part of the state electoral district of MitchellElectoral district of Mitchell (South Australia)
Mitchell is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the state of South Australia. It was first created in 1969 and is named after philosopher Sir William Mitchell...
, which has been held since 2010 by Alan Sibbons
Alan Sibbons
Alan John Sibbons is an Australian politician elected to the seat of Mitchell as the Labor Party candidate in the South Australian House of Assembly at the March 2010 election, defeating Independent incumbent Kris Hanna....
In federal politics, the suburb is part of the Division of Kingston
Division of Kingston
The Division of Kingston is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the far-south metropolitan area of Adelaide. The division was first proclaimed in 1949....
, and has been represented by Amanda Rishworth
Amanda Rishworth
Amanda Louise Rishworth , Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2007, representing the electorate of Kingston, South Australia.-Early years:...
since 2007.
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