Nairne, South Australia

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Nairne South Australia
Main Street, Nairne
Population:	2,500
Established:	1839
Postcode:	5252
Location:	9 km (6 mi) from Mount Barker 42 km (26 mi) from Adelaide
LGA:	District Council of Mount Barker
State District:	Kavel
Federal Division:	Mayo
Localities around Nairne: Brukunga Littlehampton Nairne Dawesley Mt Barker Mt Barker Mt Barker

Nairne is a small township in South Australia and was founded by Matthew Smillie in 1839. Nairne is about 7 km from Mount Barker, in the federal Division of Mayo and in the state electoral district of Kavel.

History

Nairne began as a town on Princes Highway, which used to be the main traffic route from Sydney to Adelaide (via Melbourne) before the South Eastern Freeway superseded this section of highway in 1969.

In 2003, the main street was transformed for a section of the movie The Honourable Wally Norman, which was filmed using various areas of the Adelaide Hills, including Mount Barker, Nairne and Lobethal.

Demographics

Nairne has several shops on the main street, a school, and two churches (CRC and Lutheran). It is about 7 km from the town of Mount Barker and about 5 km from Littlehampton.

Woodside is another town near Nairne, and all traffic from the Mount Barker area, as well as places such as Strathalbyn must go through Nairne, and then along Woodside Road to get to Woodside. In the last five years or so this has become an issue in the mornings with the intersection from Princes Highway and Woodside Road very close to the Nairne Primary School. Coordinates: 35°01′36″S 138°54′46″E / 35.026623°S 138.912678°E / -35.026623; 138.912678