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Oakbank, South Australia

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district, and hence decided to name the new township Oakbank. A large oak tree that still stands in the main street of the town was reportedly grown from an acorn carried to Australia by one of the brothers
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The town was founded in about 1840 by Scottish brothers James and Andrew Johnston. The Johnstons had come out to South Australia on the
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near the present site of the township. The Johnston family hailed from
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in 1839, and by the following year were opening up the country in the
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Oakbank was served by Oakbank railway station, part of the
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brewery in 1845, tapping an underground spring fed by the
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South Australia

Oakbank is located in South Australia
Coordinates
34°59′0″S 138°51′0″E / 34.98333°S 138.85000°E / -34.98333; 138.85000
2021
Postcode(s)
LGA(s)
Adelaide Hills Council
State electorate(s)
Kavel
Federal division(s)
Mayo
Carey Gully
Lenswood
Woodside
Balhannah
Inverbrackie
Hahndorf
Mount Barker
Nairne
Adelaide Hills
Adelaide
South Australia
Adelaide Hills Council
2006 census
East Indiaman Buckinghamshire
Onkaparinga Valley
Oakbank, Scotland
James and Andrew Johnston

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