{{more citations needed|date=April 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Crafers | state = sa | image = CrafersSA.JPG | caption = Crafers main street | coordinates = {{coord|34.990646|S|138.714125|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coord_ref =<ref name="LMV">{{cite web|title=Search result for Crafers, Sub' with the following datasets selected - 'Local Government areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Counties', 'Postcode', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Metropolitan Adelaide Boundary (Development Act 1993)", 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories', 'Roads', and 'Gazetteer' |url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/|accessdate=3 April 2018 }}</ref> | alternative_location_map=Australia Greater Adelaide | pushpin_label_position = top | pop = <!-- Leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata. --> | established = | established_footnotes = | abolished = | gazetted = | postcode = 5152 | elevation = | elevation_footnotes = | area = | area_footnotes = | timezone = | utc = | timezone-dst = | utc-dst = | lga = Adelaide Hills Council<ref name="LMV"/> | region = Adelaide Hills<ref name="LMV"/> | county = | stategov = Heysen | fedgov = Mayo | maxtemp = | maxtemp_footnotes = | mintemp = | mintemp_footnotes = | rainfall = | rainfall_footnotes = | near-n = Cleland | near-ne = Summertown | near-e = Piccadilly<br/>Stirling | near-se = Stirling | near-s = Stirling | near-sw = Crafers West | near-w = Crafers West | near-nw = Cleland | near = Crafers | footnotes = Adjoining suburbs<ref name="LMV"/> }} The town of '''Crafers''' is in the Adelaide Hills to the south-east of Adelaide, South Australia, considered to be an outer suburb of Adelaide.
== History ==
Crafers was named after David Crafer, who arrived in Adelaide in 1838 and moved to the area. With his wife he established an inn, the Sawyers Arms, in 1839 three years after the colony of South Australia was created. He then built the Norfolk Arms on {{convert|16|acre|ha|0}} in 1840 with banquet seating for 150. He moved to Adelaide and sold the Norfolk Arms in 1842, at which point it was known as The Crafers Inn. A new hotel was built on the site in 1880, remaining into the 21st century as The Crafers Inn, but the original building was burned down in 1926. At the time the area at the foot of nearby Mount Lofty was known as the Tiers, infamous for being the haunt of numerous Tiersmen and woodcutters on the run from authorities in Adelaide.<ref name="collection">{{cite book | title=The Crafers collection | last=Fry | first=Jeremy | year=1996 | publisher = Whites Bay Nominees | location= Crafers, South Australia}}</ref><ref>A History of Crafers. Crafers Centenary Committee (1939). 32p.</ref>
The historic Crafers Primary School was first established in the area in 1865 by Mr Edward Smith. The school was initially located in small premises in Atkinson Road, and then moved to its present location in Piccadilly Road in 1928.<ref name="collection" /> The historic stone and brick building was opened on 31 August of that year. The late 1970s saw extensive upgrading of the school facilities under Principal Allan Stanley-Smith, including construction of the Ruth Beare Hall in 1976 named after Ruth Beare who taught at the school from 1937 to 1944 and 1947 to 1975.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
The Church of the Epiphany, Epiphany Place, Crafers has played a prominent role in the life of the district since it was built in 1878 on land donated by Henry Scott.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
thumb|left|View of the Crafers Interchange
For many years Crafers was well known for being the start point of the South Eastern Freeway linking Adelaide with the town of Murray Bridge, and to the Princes Highway leading to Melbourne. It wasn't until 2000 that the Heysen Tunnels project was completed to extend the freeway to Glen Osmond on the outskirts of Adelaide. Prior to the tunnel opening, the winding road from Adelaide to Glen Osmond via Eagle On The Hill was frequently the scene of horrific vehicle accidents, often involving semi-trailers.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
The Mount Lofty Botanic Garden is nestled in the hills behind Crafers. The gardens, opened in 1977, include an extensive mix of European and Australian native plants and are at their finest in the spring months.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
On 16 February 1983, Crafers was hard hit by the Ash Wednesday bushfires. Many homes adjacent to bushland on the western side of the suburb were destroyed (as well as the Anglican theological college and priory of St Michael's House) as the fire came roaring out of the then Cleland National Park, and the devastation would have been much worse if a change in weather had not occurred right when the township of Crafers itself was being threatened. A memorial on Mount Lofty Summit is dedicated to those in the Adelaide Hills who lost their lives that day.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
Crafers is under the administration of the Adelaide Hills Council, and is in the state electoral district of Bragg and the federal electorate of Mayo. Crafers West is in the state electoral district of Heysen.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
==Transport== Crafers is well served by Adelaide Metro bus services throughout the day, every day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://adelaidemetro.com.au/search_metro/results|title=Adelaide Metro|first=Service|last=SA|date=13 December 2011|publisher=Service SA|via=adelaidemetro.com.au|access-date=24 September 2019|archive-date=16 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516094154/https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/search_metro/results|url-status=dead}}</ref> <!---is this up to date and worth keeping? Bus routes are subject to changes and Wikipedia is not a directory.---> Routes that operate through Crafers are: {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#00bfff | ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=830F}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#FFd700 | ftcolour=#fffffff | rte=T840}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#00FF00 | ftcolour=#fffff | rte=841F}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#808000 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=T842}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#00FFFF | ftcolour=#00000 | rte=860F}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#2f4f4f | ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=863}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#2f4f4f | ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=863F}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#2f4f4f | ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=T863}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#708090 | ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=864}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#708090| ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=864F}} and {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#FF8C00 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=865}}, which connect Crafers with the City. Route {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#00bfff | ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=830F}} then continues to Lobethal, routes {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#FFd700 | ftcolour=#fffffff | rte=T840}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#808000 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=T842}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#00FFFF | ftcolour=#00000 | rte=860F}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#708090 | ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=864}} and {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#708090| ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=864F}} then continue to Mount Barker, routes {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#00FF00 | ftcolour=#fffff | rte=841F}} and {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#808000 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=T842}} continue to Nairne. Routes {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#2f4f4f | ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=863}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#2f4f4f | ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=863F}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#2f4f4f | ftcolour=#FFFFFF | rte=T863}} and {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#FF8C00 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=865}} continue to Stirling and Aldgate.
Routes that commence and terminate in Crafers are: {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#ffff00 | ftcolour=#ffff | rte=823}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#FF8C00 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=865S}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#ff1493 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=866}}, {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#b0e0e6 | ftcolour=#000000 | rte=893}} and {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#ff4500 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=894}}. Route {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#ffff00 | ftcolour=#ffff | rte=823}} continues to Mount Lofty and Cleland Wildlife Park. Routes {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#FF8C00 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=865S}} and {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#ff1493 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=866}} operate to Stirling and routes {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#b0e0e6 | ftcolour=#000000 | rte=893}} and {{AdelaideMetroBus | bgcolour=#ff4500 | ftcolour=#ffffff | rte=894}} operate to Blackwood interchange via Upper Sturt.
== See also== *Cleland National Park
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060625165304/http://www.ahc.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=208#C Adelaide Hills Council town history]
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