Polish Hill River, South Australia

Town in South Australia

Polish Hill River
South Australia

Church museum at Polish Hill River

Polish Hill RiverLocation in South Australia

Coordinates

33°53′06″S 138°40′19″E / 33.88500°S 138.67194°E / -33.88500; 138.67194

Population

38 (SAL 2021)

Established

1844

Postcode(s)

5453

Location

133 km (83 mi) north of Adelaide
15 km (9 mi) south-east of Clare

LGA(s)

District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys

Localities around Polish Hill River:
Spring Farm	Hill River
Sevenhill	Polish Hill River	Stanley
Penwortham		Mintaro

Footnotes

Polish Hill River is a small town in the Mid North region of South Australia, between the towns of Sevenhill and Mintaro.

Running northward through the locality is the Hill River itself, discovered and named by Edward John Eyre in 1839 after John Hill, discoverer of the nearby Hutt River.

Following earlier pastoralism, closer settlement in the area began in the early 1850s, with the arrival of Irish Catholic migrants, including the Barry, Sullivan, Erwin, and Rochford families who were all from Glendalough, County Wicklow. The first white child born at Hill River was claimed to be James Erwin, in 1853. Polish Hill River was also established in the 1850s south of the Hill River settlement, around the church of St. Stanislaus Kostka by Polish Catholic immigrants. These included Dr Anton Sokolowsky (d.1862).

The former church now houses a museum of Polish migrants to South Australia. Several well-known wineries exist in the Polish Hill River area, including Pikes, Pauletts, Wilson Vineyard and Little Brampton Wines. Grossett Wines also source grapes from this area. A circuit from the Riesling Trail, the Father Rogalski Loop, provides a walking and cycling entry to the Polish Hill River region.

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Polish Hill River (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Placename Details: Polish Hill River (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 13 November 2008. SA0056539. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
Edward Eyre's Autobiographical Narrative, 1832-1839, Caliban Books, 1984, p. 205.
"OBITUARY". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 6 June 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 8 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia. continues in http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35586120
"Polish Hill River Church Museum". Polish Hill River Church Museum. Retrieved 8 October 2018.

v t e Towns and localities of the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council
Towns and localities	Alma Anama Armagh Auburn Barinia Benbournie Black Springs Bungaree Boconnoc Park Clare Emu Flat Farrell Flat Giles Corner Gillentown Halbury Hill River Hilltown Hoyleton Leasingham Manoora Marrabel Mintaro Penwortham Polish Hill River Rhynie Riverton Saddleworth Salter Springs Sevenhill Spring Farm Spring Gully Stanley Stanley Flat Steelton Stockport Tarlee Tarnma Tothill Belt Tothill Creek Undalya Waterloo Watervale Woolshed Flat
Geographic features	Clare Valley Gilbert River Hill River Hutt River Wakefield River Skilly Hills Finnis Point Peters Hill Spring Gully Conservation Park Northern Mount Lofty Ranges

Towns and localities of the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council

Towns and localities

Geographic features

v t e Clare Valley, South Australia
Main towns	Armagh Auburn Clare Leasingham Mintaro Penwortham Polish Hill River Sevenhill Stanley Flat Watervale
Rivers and hills	Hill River Hutt River Wakefield River Skilly Hills
Protected areas	Martindale Hall Spring Gully Conservation Park
Places of interest	Clare Valley wine region Clare Valley Racecourse Horrocks Highway
Governance and people	Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council (local) Electoral district of Frome (state) Division of Grey (Commonwealth) Ngadjuri
Walking and cycling	Rattler Rail Trail Riesling Trail Lavender Federation Trail Mawson Trail Heysen Trail

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