Aldgate (South Australia)

Aldgate is a small town in South Australia, Australia. It belongs to the administrative capital of Adelaide, Adelaide Hills Council area. Aldgate is about 21 kilometers south-east from the city center and has 3,343 inhabitants. The town's mayor is Bill Cooksley.

History

The town was probably named after the 1882 local hotel Aldgate Pump, which Richard D. Hawkins founded in 1867 in the Adelaide Hills. The hotel had its name from the installed on the outside of the pump and from Aldgate, a former city gate in London.

When the pump has been known as a water station for horses and oxen on the south to the gold fields of Echunga, was formed there in 1870 a small settlement with several shops. 1883 was the end of the railway line from Adelaide in Aldgate. In November of the same year, the line was already down by Nairne.

In the last decade, the drainage system of Aldgate made ​​significant problems. The results were dramatic flooding in the Main Street. The worst case occurred about 8 clock on 8 November 2005. On the left, the shops were badly damaged. A new ongoing project to Aldgate has now improved the drainage system.

The pub Aldgate Pump