Mount Torrens, South Australia
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| Coordinates: 34°52′30″S 138°57′26″E / 34.87509°S 138.95722°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1840s | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 324 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5244 | ||||||||||||
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Mount Torrens is a small town in the eastern Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, 46 kilometres (29 miles) east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 8 kilometres (5 miles) east of Lobethal. It is on Onkaparinga Valley Road (B34) between the towns of Charleston and Birdwood. It is the eastern end of the Amy Gillett Bikeway, which follows the former railway alignment from Oakbank. Mount Torrens is within the jurisdiction of the Adelaide Hills Council and the Mid Murray Council.