17-529: Watervale may refer to: Watervale, South Australia , a town in the Clare Valley, approximately 9 kilometres north of Auburn Watervale, Michigan , a former lumber town now a National Historic Site Watervale, New York , an unincorporated hamlet in Onondaga County, New York , USA Watervale, Nova Scotia Canada Watervale (horse) , winner of
34-610: A B&B. The Spalding railway line was built from Riverton to Clare in July 1918. The Ash Wednesday bushfires caused severe track damage between Sevehill and Penwortham causing the demise of the railway. The line closed in April 1984 and was dismantled in 1989. The alignment now carries the Riesling Trail . The township boasts a general store and Post Office, Hotel, Primary School, CFS unit, Anglican and Uniting churches,
51-481: A garage, a small number of local businesses, wineries, and a variety of recreational facilities at the "Watervale Soldiers' Memorial Park" (tennis club, tennis courts and a bowling green). Several Bed and Breakfast and Holiday Cottages are available for rent, including Watervale Retreat, Battunga B&B, Quince Cottage. The town can be readily accessed from the Riesling Trail. The historic Grandstand overlooking
68-774: A range of hills which make up part of the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia's Mid North region. They comprise several long parallel ridges of low hills which run generally north south, parallel to the Horrocks Highway , forming part of the western geographical boundary of the Clare Valley . For government administration, they are in the Hundred of Upper Wakefield, County of Stanley. The most prominent peaks are Tower Hill and Mount Oakden,
85-525: A traditional thin broth, simple in composition, once typically consumed throughout the British Isles , especially in Ireland and Scotland , particularly by the working class , as well as by soldiers and seafarers. By the 1860s the creek was often called Skilly Creek, there then being districts called Upper (later Higher) Skilly and Lower Skilly, with schools in each. Upper Skilly also became called
102-417: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Watervale, South Australia Watervale is a town on the Horrocks Highway in the Clare Valley , South Australia , approximately 9 kilometres north of Auburn and 15 kilometres south of Clare . It is surrounded by a number of small wineries and several B&Bs . The Riesling Trail runs past
119-522: Is now the site of Crabtree Watervale Wines, located on Main North Road north of Watervale. The heritage listed Quelltaler Estate dates back to 1865. Francis Treloar, formerly a miner at Burra , bought 117 acres of land near Watervale in 1851, for a winery which he named Spring Vale. Treloar established the Springvale wine cellars in 1868: sections of these stone cellars, dug into the hillside (as
136-464: The 1911 Preakness Stakes Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Watervale . 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=Watervale&oldid=782285206 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
153-572: The Skilly Hills, a name recorded in common usage by at least 1877. The high rainfall in the Skilly Hills contributes to the Skillogalee Creek being one of the few permanently flowing watercourses in the region. There are no towns of significance within the Skilly Hills but there are several towns and townships nearby which service the area, including Penwortham, Leasingham, Watervale , and Auburn . The town of Clare serves many of
170-512: The commercial needs of the district. Land use is mainly mixed farming and sheep grazing. In recent decades wine and olive oil production have become important elements of local commerce. These attractions, plus the picturesque hills, support a tourism industry, resulting from which there are quite a few bed and breakfast establishments in the region. 33°58′S 138°36′E / 33.967°S 138.600°E / -33.967; 138.600 This South Australia geography article
187-682: The community for meetings, art classes and a children's playgroup, had by 2009 fallen into disrepair. It was subsequently sold by the Watervale Community Association following considerable controversy and is now in private ownership. Watervale is in the District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys , the state electoral district of Frome , and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Grey . Skilly Hills The Skilly Hills are
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#1732790878098204-515: The first stone homestead was completed in 1860. It was built by Sir Walter Watson Hughes, who owned the Walleroo and Moonta copper mines and founded Adelaide University from his profits. Still owned by the Duncan family, over the years many Watervale residents have found work there. At present the restored two-story homestead caters for weddings and the restored 1845 worker's cottages are now rented as
221-522: The latter being named after local pioneer John Oakden . The name Skilly Hills is a slang derivation from nearby Skillogalee Creek , a watercourse that rises near Penwortham and flows southward, generally parallel to the Skilly Hills, to become a tributary of the Wakefield River . The creek itself was named by a government survey party of 1840 (perhaps with a certain irony concerning their rations) after skillogalee (usually spelt skillygalee),
238-512: The town oval was renovated in 2010. As part of the Clare Valley, the area is known for Riesling. Cabernet and Shiraz wines are also produced. Local wineries include Crabtree Watervale Wines, Stephen John Wines and Annie's Lane. A local artist of note is Harry Sherwin. Watervale hosts an annual 'Day on the Green' concert at Annie's Lane, attracting up to 6,000 concert-goers. The Watervale Foresters Hall, which in more recent years had been used by
255-612: The town to the west, between the Highway and the Skilly Hills . The town has a number of 19th-century heritage buildings, including the former Stanley Grammar School , which now provides private bed and breakfast accommodation. Watervale is located on Eyre Creek, which is a tributary of the Wakefield River . The area on which the town was settled was originally granted to a pioneer named David Davies in 1847 by Governor Robe , and he named this section of land Watervale . The area
272-427: Was settled by a number of Protestant families who founded a Bible Methodist Church in the township. The current Uniting Church and accompanying hall are examples of such colonial constructions in the area. The second vineyard in the Clare Valley was planted by Valentine Mayr, who planted four acres at 'Pomona', Watervale in 1852, and made his first wine in 1856. He had thirty acres planted with shiraz and verdelho, which
289-533: Was typical of cellars at that time) survive. In 1890 T. G. H. Buring and Carl Sobels joined forces and purchased the Spring Vale vineyard and plant. This winery subsequently was developed as Quelltaler, known more recently, as Annie's Lane. In 2017 this winery and vineyards were bought by Seppeltsfield . Hughes Park Estate, extending over 3,000 hectares, is three km from Watervale in the Skilly valley, where
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