About Mt Pleasant 

HISTORY

Located 55 km north-east of Adelaide at the northern end of the Adelaide Hills, Mount Pleasant is a tiny township with a population of around 450. It is located 440 metres above sea level and experiences a rainfall of 687 mm per annum.

 

No one is exactly sure how the town got its name but there seems to be some consensus that it was may have named after a Mrs Pleasant who was a relative of one of the early settlers or by one of the early settlers, James Phillis who lived originally near Mt Pleasant in the U.K. These settlers moved into the area in the late 1830s with flocks of sheep and with bags of grain. James Phillis, had arrived in Adelaide in 1839 and literally rode a horse into the Adelaide Hills looking for suitable land to farm. He settled at Mount Pleasant in 1843, planted wheat, harvested the crop, and then had to take it to Adelaide to sell. From the profits he sailed to England where he bought a flock of romney marsh sheep which he shipped back to the area. Over the years he became one of the district's most prosperous and successful farmers.

 

Gold was found in the district in the 1860's but the deposits were small and the miners soon moved on.  The town grew slowly never being anything more than a small service centre for the surrounding region.  The Police Station, which dates from the 1860's has been largely replaced by a building with "ER" on it (Photo above c 1919)  The main street, Melrose Street, is lined with beautiful plane trees.

Services

 

Hotels                                         Banks 

                                        

Mt Pleasant Hotel                                              ANZ
43 Melrose St                                                    55 Melrose St
Mt Pleasant SA                                                  Mt Pleasant, SA
P: (08) 8568 2015                                              ATM
Rating: **

 

Totness Inn Hotel                                              Bank SA
148 Melrose St                                                   59 Melrose St

Mt Pleasant SA                                                   Mt Pleasant,  SA

P:  (08) 8568 2346

 

Fuel                                            Food/Groceries

 

Caltex                                                                  Mt Pleasant General Store

160 Melrose St                                                   106 Melrose St

Mt Pleasant,  SA                                                 Mt Pleasant,  SA

P:  (08) 8568 2028                                             P: (08) 8568 2356

(No LPG)

 

Mobil                                                                   Steam & Whistle Bakery / Takeaway

14 Olivedale St                                                   126 Melrose St

Birdwood,  SA                                                     Mt Pleasant,  SA

P: (08) 8568 5388                                              P: (08) 8568 2888

(LPG Available)

 

Fodder & Equine Supplies                     Chemist/Pharmacy

Parhams Feeds                                                    Mt Pleasant Chemist 
Gumeracha                                                           116 Melrose St
P: (08) 8389 1300                                               Mt Pleasant,  SA
                                                                             P: (08) 8568 2095
Birdwood Fodder
P: (08) 8568 5499

Harbison Performance Horse Feeds
Compressed Hay Bales, Endurolytes and Pellets
Purchase at Ride Base

Coopers of Mt Torrens                                                                              

 25 Townsend St                                                 

Mt Torrens,  SA                                                  

P: (08) 8389 4188                                                

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