Woodside

Woodside is a town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia.

Woodside is a town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. The town is between Balhannah and Lobethal, 37 kilometres (23 mi) from the state capital, Adelaide.

The first European explorers through the Woodside district were Dr George Imlay and John Hill in January 1838.In 1839 the South Australian Company took out several special surveys which secured much of the central Mount Lofty Ranges and the sources of the Onkaparinga.

The Johnston family of Oakbank founded Woodside in the 1850s, primarily to improve their brewery business.

Gold was discovered in area. The largest mine was the Bird-in-Hand mine which operated from 1881 to 1889.

Woodside was served by the Mount Pleasant railway line from 1918 to 1953.