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The Toll House (c1841) - SA

The Toll House (c1841)

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -34.965172 138.6474

DMS: 34º 57' 54.62" S 138º 38' 50.64" E

UTM: 54 H 6128291mN 285210mE

Altitude: 195m

Address & Contact

South Eastern Freeway
Mount Osmond SA 5064

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Information

On an island in the middle of the road is the Toll House, built in 1841, when the colony was suffering severe financial hardship.

Tolls were collected (from those travellers who did not choose to undertake a hazardous bypass route), until 1847, when the levies were abolished, it being seen as unjust that this road should be the only road in the State to be taxed. The toll-gate keeper lived in the hexagonal house, with a small garden. His hours were fixed by the Act (No. 4 of 1841) “from twelve o’clock at night to twelve o’clock of the next succeeding night”!

PlaceID	110940

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount Lofty at 02/01:00am CST

Distance from The Toll House (c1841) 5.78km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
7.2°C	4.7°C	85%	4.9°C	hPa	0.2mm	ESE	7km/hr 4knots	13km/hr 7knots

Closest Climatic Station

Adelaide (Kent Town)

Distance from The Toll House (c1841) 5.43km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	29.3	29.4	26.4	22.7	18.9	16.1	15.3	16.6	19.0	21.8	25.2	27.0
Mean Min. °C	17.1	17.2	15.3	12.4	10.2	8.1	7.5	8.2	9.7	11.5	14.1	15.6
Mean Rain mm	19.0	13.5	27.2	39.6	59.9	79.3	74.7	68.8	59.2	43.1	30.9	29.0