Tea Tree Gully, South Australia

Tea Tree Gully, South Australia

Tea Tree Gully is a suburb in the greater Adelaide, South Australia area, under the City of Tea Tree Gully.

The suburb acquired it's name from the white flowered 'tea trees' ("Leptospermum lanigerum") that grew in the gully. Their leaves were brewed as a tea substitute by early settlers. John Stevens originally purchased land in the area, subdividing it in 1850 and naming the settlement 'Steventon'. By 1867 the settlement was known variously as Tea Tree Gully or Steventon, but Steventon had dropped from common usage by 1900. [cite book | title=Tea Tree Gully Sketchbook | last = Auhl | first = Ian | coauthors = Millsted, Rex(illustrator) | publisher = Investigator Press | year=1979 | isbn=0-85864-028-7 | location = Hawthorndene | pages=p.6] The gully was a notable one, as it provided a gradient negotiable by bullock wagons travelling through the Mt. Lofty Ranges and it had permanent springs which promoted the growth of tea tree. [cite web|url=http://localhero.biz/article/permatitle/history_of_tea_tree_gully,_south_australia/|title=Local history of Tea Tree Gully|author="LocalHero"]

The suburb contains numerous buildings that have historic significance. Inglewood Inn was founded in 1857 and named after Inglewood Forest in Cumberland, England. It has been continually licensed since its founding. In the 1970s the Inn was proclaimed South Australia's first "Historic Inn" and it is listed on the National Trust of South Australia's heritage list. The Highercombe Hotel museum was built as a hotel in 1854. Its first licencee was William Haines, then District Clerk of Tea Tree Gully council. The State Government purchased the building in 1879 and it was used from 1880 to 1963 as a post and telegraph office. During this period part of the building was used as a school classroom, and accommodation for Headmasters and the Postmasters families. [cite book | title=History, heritage, humour | author=City of Tea Tree Gully | year=1986 | publisher = City of Tea Tree Gully | location = Tea Tree Gully, South Australia | isbn=0731613988 | pages=pp.33-36] From 1963 to 1967 the Tea Tree Gully Council used it as an office and library. The National Trust took over the building in 1967 and their Tea Tree Gully branch restored it and converted it to a folk museum. [cite web | url=http://www.nationaltrustsa.org.au/properties/ttg.htm | title=Old Highercombe Hotel | publisher = National Trust South Australia | accessdate=2008-03-09]

Tea Tree Gully is in the City of Tea Tree Gully local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Newland and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Makin.

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