30-642: Monarto may refer to: Monarto, South Australia , a locality Monarto Safari Park , a large open-range zoo in South Australia Monarto Conservation Park , a protected area in South Australia City of Monarto, a proposed city in South Australia in the 1970s - see Monarto, South Australia#Proposed city of Monarto District Council of Monarto ,
60-409: A former local government area that occupied the extent of Hundred of Monarto Hundred of Monarto , a cadastral unit See also [ edit ] Monarto South, South Australia Monarto Woodlands Conservation Park Monarto South railway station Monaro (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
90-457: A new satellite city of Adelaide originally known as "New Murray Town". By the turn of the century the proposal had been completely abandoned. The locality of Monarto was originally a private subdivision of section 210 of the Hundred of Monarto , from which it took its name, the hundred having been gazetted in 1847. The Hundred was named after an aboriginal woman, "Queen Monarto", who lived in
120-487: A self-sufficient community outside of its larger metropolitan area. However, it functions as part of a metropolis and experiences high levels of cross-commuting (that is, residents commuting out of and employees commuting into the city). Satellite cities are different from and are sometimes confused with the following related patterns of development. Satellite cities differ from suburbs in that they have distinct employment bases, commuter sheds, and cultural offerings from
150-408: A twin rather than a satellite. However, Waco, Texas is a satellite town of both cities. Generally speaking, cities that are listed as being part of the same urbanized area should be considered twins, rather than one having a satellite relationship to the other. Conceptually, satellite cities are miniature metro areas on the fringe of larger ones. Satellite cities are sometimes listed as part of
180-663: Is a locality in South Australia 16 km (9.9 mi) west of the Murray River . It is north of the South Eastern Freeway between the Callington and Murray Bridge exits 63 km from Adelaide . Most of the residents of Monarto run small hobby-like farms, raising cows, sheep and horses. Crops in the area include wheat, oats and barley. In the 1970s Monarto was proposed to be the site of
210-406: The "new cities programme". Additionally, geographer Professor Peter Scott was sceptical about the idea of a new city, pointing out that population growth was less than had been projected. The main purpose of the "new cities programme" was to facilitate decentralised policy in regional and urban planning and, by that, alleviate some of the problems of rapidly growing cities. In the beginning there
240-474: The 2016 Census, residents of Monarto are split between landscape construction services (11.4%), meat processing (9.1%), hospitals (9.1%) and dairy cattle farming (6.8%) with another 6.8% employed in oil and gas extraction. A 24-hour freight-only airport at Monarto was proposed by the Liberal party while in opposition in 2017 as part of a broader policy to create a freight bypass of Adelaide from Murray Bridge to
270-654: The Barossa Valley via Truro. The party was elected to government in March 2018 and the planning for the new airport and associated freight network was put to tender early July 2018. Immediately afterwards a leaked report called into question the viability of the airport. Monarto is adjacent to the main Adelaide to Wolseley line , with Monarto South station formerly a junction for the Sedan branch line running north on
300-514: The area at the time of its proclamation. The township was laid out in 1908. Boundaries for the locality of Monarto were created on 16 March 2000. In 1970, the Labor-led South Australian government , headed by Don Dunstan , was concerned that Adelaide would become overpopulated following rapid population growth caused by high rates of both birth and immigration in the two decades prior. In total, population growth
330-428: The area, as the commission wanted to find a balance between the natural features of the site, its built-form and infrastructure. Small-scale scenarios, such as the city centre would have public spaces as a key feature, with adjacent buildings as complement. On a broad citywide scale, key landscape features would form the basis of park lands articulating built-up areas. Dunstan, on the other hand, had his own vision of
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#1732791701340360-401: The central metropolis, as well as an independent municipal government. Satellite cities are not bedroom communities . Satellite cities differ from edge cities , which are suburbs with large employment bases and cultural offerings, in that satellite cities must have a true historic downtown , a distinct independent municipal government , existed as a city prior to becoming interconnected with
390-479: The city of Murray Bridge . Big W has a distribution center located at Monarto. Other large companies with warehousing in Monarto include Scott's Transport , Holden and Inghams . At the 2011 Census, residents of Monarto are mostly employed in sheep, beef cattle and grain farming (6.8%), school education (4.7%), road freight transport (3.4%), public order and safety services (3.0%) and hospitals (3.0%). At
420-416: The core city and would not exist in anything like their present form if not for the suburban expansion of their larger neighbor. Edge cities are activity nodes within a metro area, not miniature metro areas themselves. Some satellite cities that are particularly close or well connected to their larger neighbors and/or have their own historic downtown may also qualify as the uptown variety of edge cities, but
450-431: The economic recession that occurred during the 1970s, which made it very difficult to transfer any job from Adelaide. A third aspect which played a more unofficial part in the downfall of the Monarto project was the constant resistance and suspicion from various interest groups. Many never really believed in the project and this may have affected the project in terms of support and financial aid. For instance, many thought
480-491: The geographical location was vulnerable from an economic perspective since it was too close to Adelaide to develop an independent economy. On the political level, as already mentioned, many were doubting the wisdom of the project which made it harder to get everyone to work at it in the same direction. Also, the entry of a new federal government was a direct contribution to the shutdown of the project, due to their loss of will in contributing any more money. The project of Monarto
510-522: The larger metropolitan core, and are surrounded by a belt of rural land between themselves and the central city. Conceptually, both satellite cities and some types of edge cities could be (and once were) self-sufficient communities outside of their larger metropolitan areas but have become interconnected due to the suburban expansion of the larger metropolis. However, while edge cities may have their own government and share many characteristics with satellite cities, they are much more physically integrated with
540-566: The plain between the Murray River and the Mount Lofty Ranges. Satellite city A satellite city or satellite town is a smaller municipality or settlement that is part of (or on the edge of) a larger metropolitan area and serves as a regional population and employment center. It differs from mere suburbs , subdivisions and especially bedroom communities in that it has employment bases sufficient to support its residential population, and conceptually, could be
570-434: The population growth was excessive. In 1975 the federal Whitlam government was controversially dismissed which resulted in the "new cities programme" being shut down. This was a hard about-face and, after some years, in 1980 the Monarto project faced the same outcome. There are several reasons why the development of Monarto did not take place, despite the fact that it was an ambitious project. The main factor that stopped
600-424: The project was the evidence of a much smaller population growth than was projected. Because of that, the government lost its main argument for building a new town. This resulted in less support from an already doubtful federal government which became unwilling to give any further aid to Dunstan's project. Another factor was the economic failure, a combination of lack of success in attracting private enterprises and
630-421: The project. According to him Monarto was going to become "a new vision of Australian city" and was going to showcase best practice in social planning and family convenience. The town would not contain any dilapidated housing estates or standard housing. Instead it would contain palatial town-houses and other houses that were made for civil servants. The inner centre would provide only leisurely cycle paths since
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#1732791701340660-511: The proposed city, but subsequently adopted the name "Monarto" or, more formally, the "City of Monarto"). The government estimated that 1.3 million was the optimal population for Adelaide, which meant that Monarto would have to accommodate about 200,000 people by the end of the century. Monarto would work as a satellite city to Adelaide and, since it was far enough away, it was important that Monarto should have its own identity and economy. That made it difficult to define what kind of city Monarto
690-413: The south and north of the city. To tackle the problems associated with Adelaide's rapidly increasing population, the state government proposed that another city should be built about 80 kilometres (50 mi) east of Adelaide. The government held the view that it would work as a kind of supporting city, to which Adelaide residents could move. The government originally used the name "Murray New Town" for
720-466: The terms are not synonymous. In some cases, large metropolitan areas have multiple centers of close-to-equal importance. These multi-polar cities are often referred to as twin cities . Multi-polar cities differ from satellite cities in the following ways: For example, Fort Worth, Texas is a twin of Dallas, Texas because though Fort Worth is somewhat smaller, it is proportionally close enough and physically integrated enough with Dallas to be considered
750-465: The title Monarto . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monarto&oldid=922126242 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Monarto, South Australia Monarto
780-442: The town should be small but beautiful, a "virgin city". To secure the economy, three industrial areas with focusing on light industry were to be established. The goal was to spread South Australia's industrial base around the state. Dunstan's vision did not succeed. After years of planning and conflicts about compensation of farmland that had been compulsorily acquired, the project reached a turning point when new studies showed that
810-473: Was ambitious, but the shortfall in urban planning and the different obstacles meant it remained an unrealised proposal and the plan never came to fruition. A large portion of the land targeted by the project has now been taken up by the Monarto Safari Park , established in 1983 as Monarto Zoo. Since the late 1900s, an industrial estate has also been established at Monarto as part of the growth of
840-401: Was in excess of 3% per annum and the government estimated Adelaide would reach 1.5 million by the end of the century. Further, the authorities believed that the growing population would, sooner or later, become a threat to the social and environmental quality of urban life, which at the time was relatively high. An expansion of the city would also threaten the attractive wine-producing areas to
870-469: Was some opposition about including the Monarto project in the programme. Nevertheless, there was also a strong consensus that in order to succeed with establishing a city, it would be crucial to have a strong public sector employment base in the early phases of development. According to the Monarto development commission, Monarto was going to develop into a small city after years of working as a large country town. This attitude would come to affect planning over
900-452: Was supposed to be. Some people were suspicious about the project and the reasons behind it. For instance, some thought that the project was motivated by political interest and that the state government only wanted to improve its electoral prospects in nearby Murray Bridge . Others believed that the state government wanted to have a development project that was close to Adelaide and its economy, but still far enough from it to be included in
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