Littlehampton, South Australia

Littlehampton
South Australia

Littlehampton Country Fire Station

Littlehampton

Coordinates

35°03′0″S 138°51′0″E / 35.05000°S 138.85000°ECoordinates: 35°03′0″S 138°51′0″E / 35.05000°S 138.85000°E

Population

2,064 (2006 census)^[1]

Established

1836

Postcode(s)

5250

Location

5 km (3 mi) from Mount Barker

Kavel

Localities around Littlehampton:
Hahndorf	Balhannah	Blakiston
Totness	Littlehampton	Mount Barker
Paechtown	Mount Barker	Mount Barker

Littlehampton is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. At the 2006 census, Littlehampton had a population of 2,064.^[1]

Littlehampton was laid out in 1849 by Benjamin Gray who named it after his native town in Sussex. By 1890 Littlehampton had become a busy industrial area. There were factories producing bricks, jam, sauces, bacon, wattle extract, a brewery and a sawmill.

Today Littlehampton Bricks continues operation, manufacturing high quality clay building bricks and pavers, as well as a range of refractory and insulating bricks. It was established in 1913 developing from another brickyard – Coppins – which was on the other side of the road.

The 1862 church on Main Street is one of the oldest church buildings in the state still in use.

Subterranean Clover

The first commercial collection in the world of any pasture legume seed was done by Amos Howard about two kilometres east of Littlehampton. This was of Trifolium subterraneum (Subterranean Clover). This cultivar was later named 'Mount Barker' and is still commercially available.

Fire service

The Littlehampton Country Fire Service (CFS) is the volunteer fire service of Littlehampton. They are part of the Heysen group.

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Littlehampton (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

External links

Adelaide Hills, South Australia

Major Townships	Birdwood Clarendon Echunga Gumeracha Hahndorf Littlehampton Lobethal Macclesfield Meadows Mount Barker Mylor Nairne Oakbank Stirling Strathalbyn Woodside

Attractions	Mount Lofty Mount Lofty Botanic Garden SteamRanger Heysen Trail

See also	List of towns in the Adelaide Hills Wine regions of South Australia Adelaide

Towns and localities of the District Council of Mount Barker

Biggs Flat Blakiston Brukunga Bugle Ranges Bull Creek Callington Chapel Hill Dawesley Echunga Flaxley Green Hills Range Hahndorf Harrogate Hay Valley Jupiter Creek Kanmantoo Littlehampton Macclesfield Meadows Mount Barker Mount Barker Junction Mount Barker Springs Mount Barker Summit Nairne Paechtown Paris Creek Petwood Prospect Hill St Ives Totness Wistow

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