Australia
South Australia
City of Mitcham

Old Government House

Old Government House is a historic building located in , , and was South Australia's first official vice-regal summer residence of the Governor of South Australia from 1860 to 1880, and was used by governors Richard Graves MacDonnell, Dominick Daly and William Jervois.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: former official residence in Belair, South Australia, Australia
  • Also known as: “Old Government House, South Australia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belair National Park and Belair railway station.

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is a national park in , 13 kilometres southeast of the . It is South Australia's first national park, established in 1891 also making it Australia's second national park, and the tenth in the world.

Railway station
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is located on the Adelaide to Melbourne line in the suburb of , 21.5 kilometres from . It is the terminus for Adelaide Metro's Belair line service. is situated 2 km northwest of Old Government House.

Railway station
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is located on the Belair line in the suburb of , 20.2 kilometres from . is situated 2½ km west of Old Government House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coromandel East and Crafers West.

Suburb
is a semi-rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It lies within the City of Onkaparinga and has postcode 5157. , and its neighbouring suburb, , gain their name from a ship, the Coromandel, which arrived in from London in 1837 with 156 English settlers. is situated 4½ km south of Old Government House.

Suburb
is a suburb of in the . Located on Peramangk land, it was formally named in 1985 as a separate address from . is situated 4½ km east of Old Government House.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , . It is located in the . Located at the foot of the , it is bordered on the east by the South Eastern Freeway, and the Old Toll House, which marked the traditional entrance to the city of in the 19th century. is situated 4½ km north of Old Government House.

Old Government House

Latitude
-35.00816° or 35° 0′ 29″ south
Longitude
138.64831° or 138° 38′ 54″ east
Elevation
312 metres (1,024 feet)
Open location code
4QPWXJRX+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 528588880
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
9972785
Wiki­data ID
Q7084119
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In Other Languages

From French to Russian—“Old Government House” goes by many names.
  • French: “Old Government House, South Australia”
  • Hausa: “Tsohon Gidan Gwamnati, Kudancin Australia”
  • Russian: “Старый Дом правительства (Южная Австралия)”
  • Russian: “Старый Дом правительства”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Government House”. Photo: Tmyroadctfig, Public domain.