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The River Torrens / ˈ t ɒr ən z / (Karrawirra Parri / Karrawirraparri) is the most significant river of the Adelaide Plains. It was one of the main reasons for the siting of the city of Adelaide , capital of South Australia .
George Ian Ogilvie Duncan (20 July 1930 – 10 May 1972) was an Australian law lecturer at the University of Adelaide who drowned in 1972 after being thrown into the River Torrens by a group of men believed to be police officers.
The Torrens Linear Park is a linear park that runs along the River Torrens in South Australia, spanning from the edge of Adelaide Hills in Athelstone to the coast in West Beach. [1] Upon completion in 1997, it was the first linear park of its kind in Australia, and also the largest hills-to-coast park.
Adelaide is a planned city, and the Adelaide Park Lands are an integral part of Colonel William Light's 1837 plan. [11] [3] Light chose a site spanning the River Torrens (known as Yatala by the Kaurna people [12]), and planned the city to fit the topography of the landscape, "on rising ground".
Bisected by the River Torrens, the northern part of the park contains the University of Adelaide playing fields. Along North Terrace, the southern part of the park contains the University of South Australia (City East campus), the University of Adelaide (main campus), the Art Gallery , the Museum , the State Library , the War Memorial ...
Thebarton (/ ˈ θ ɛ b ər t ən / THEB-ər-tən), formerly Theberton, on Kaurna land, is an inner-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of West Torrens.The suburb is bounded by the River Torrens to the north, Port Road and Bonython Park to the east, Kintore Street to the south, and South Road to the west.
Located along the River Torrens, it is named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th-century Premier of South Australia noted for being the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration system. [2] Torrens is an 18.8 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) suburban electorate in Adelaide's north-east.
Theoretically, the northern side of North Terrace is part of the Adelaide Parklands. However, much of the space between North Terrace and the River Torrens is occupied by cultural institutions and other public buildings. Starting from West Terrace and travelling east, these buildings include: (West Terrace) Parkland; Royal Adelaide Hospital