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Williamstown
South Australia
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Queen Street, the main street of Williamstown
Williamstown is located in South Australia
Williamstown
Williamstown
Location in South Australia
Population 2,755 (2016 census)
Established 1857 (private sub-division)
15 March 2003 (locality)
Postcode(s) 5351
Elevation 310 m (1,017 ft)
Location
  • 39 km (24 mi) NE of Adelaide
  • 15 km (9 mi) SE of Gawler
  • 25 km (16 mi) SW of Nuriootpa
LGA(s) Barossa Council
State electorate(s) Schubert
Federal Division(s) Barker
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
20.1 °C
68 °F
9.7 °C
49 °F
682.7 mm
26.9 in
Localities around Williamstown:
Cockatoo Valley Cockatoo Valley
Lyndoch
Altona
Altona
Pewsey Vale
Cockatoo Valley
Barossa Goldfields
Yattalunga
Williamstown Pewsey Vale
Mount Crawford
Yattalunga Yattalunga
Kersbrook
Mount Crawford
Mount Crawford
Footnotes Locations
Adjoining localities

Williamstown is a small South Australian town on the southern fringe of the Barossa Valley wine-growing region. It is 51 km north east of Adelaide and 16 km south-east of Gawler. Williamstown was originally known as Victoria Creek. The township was laid out in 1858 by Lewis Johnston, or Johnstone, on land he purchased in 1857, and named for his son.

Williamstown has an elevation of 310 m and an average rainfall of 680 mm. It has a summer average temperature of 31 °C with temperatures often reaching the mid 40s, and a winter average temperature of 15 °C, with nights dropping below freezing, which makes the region excellent for the cultivation of fruits, especially grapes in the lower riverine alluvial deposits.

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