Bridgewater, South Australia

Bridgewater South Australia
Postcode:	5155
LGA:	Adelaide Hills Council
State District:	Heysen
Federal Division:	Mayo

Bridgewater is a town in the Adelaide Hills, southeast of Adelaide in South Australia and is also where the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, Alexander Downer lives.

It is the former end of the Adelaide-Bridgewater railway line. This route was last used in the late 1980s. The railway was converted to standard gauge and continues to be the main line from Adelaide to Melbourne, but no trains stop here.

Cox creek runs through Bridgewater, and the town was originally settled as Cox Creek. It was renamed Bridgewater when the flour mill was built by John Dunn, who named it after Bridgwater in Somerset, England.

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Coordinates: 35°00′S, 138°46′E

Towns and Localities of the Adelaide Hills Council

Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Major Townships	Birdwood · Clarendon · Echunga · Gumeracha · Hahndorf · Littlehampton · Lobethal · Macclesfield · Meadows · Mount Barker · Mylor · Nairne · Oakbank · Stirling · Woodside
Attractions	Mount Lofty Botanic Garden · SteamRanger · Heysen Trail
See also	List of towns in the Adelaide Hills · Wine regions of South Australia · Adelaide

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