Two Wells, South Australia

{{short description|Town in South Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Two Wells | state = sa | image = File:Two wells pub.jpg | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|34.596206|S|138.515919|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coord_ref = <ref name="LMV">{{cite web|title=Search results for 'Two Wells, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'Government Towns', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer' |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=138.51684&y=-34.60565&z=12&uids=19,2,115,11,20,105&pinx=138.517280&piny=-34.594750&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Two+Wells,+Locb |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref> | pushpin_label_position = | pop =  | established = | established_footnotes = | postcode = 5501 | elevation = 9 | elevation_footnotes = | timezone = ACST | utc = +9:30 | timezone-dst = ACST | utc-dst = +10:30 | dist1 = 39 | dir1 = N | location1= Adelaide city centre | dist2 = 20 | dir2 = S | location2= Mallala | dist3 = 24 | dir3 = W | location3= Gawler | county = Gawler<ref name="LMV"/> | region = Barossa Light and Lower North<ref name="LMV"/> | lga = Adelaide Plains Council<ref name="LMV"/> | stategov = Taylor<ref name=EDBC>{{cite map |url=http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/taylor-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Taylor |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |date=2016 |accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref> |fedgov = Grey<ref name=AEC>{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 20 July 2018|url= https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/grey.htm |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref> | maxtemp = 22.7 | maxtemp_footnotes = <ref name=climate>{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Edinburgh RAAF (nearest weather station) |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_023083.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref> | mintemp = 11.2 | mintemp_footnotes = <ref name=climate/> | rainfall = 434.4 | rainfall_footnotes = <ref name=climate/> | near-n = Korunye | near-ne = Reeves Plains | near-e = Lewiston | near-se = Virginia | near-s = Riverlea Park | near-sw = Port Gawler | near-w = Middle Beach | near-nw = Lower Light | near = | footnotes = Adjoining localities<ref name="LMV"/> }} '''Two Wells''' is a town approximately {{convert|40|km|abbr=off}} north of the Adelaide city centre in South Australia adjacent to Port Wakefield Road and passed by the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. The first settlers in the area used two aboriginal wells in the area as a freshwater source.<ref>{{cite web|title=Two Wells|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/t/t6.htm#twoW|publisher=The State Library of South Australia|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref> At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Two Wells had a population of 1926.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2016 AUS |id=UCL426800 |name=Two Wells (L) (Urban Centre/Locality) |accessdate=2007-12-11 |quick=on}}</ref>

==The two wells== Originally the wells were natural and permanent waterholes. In the 1880s the wells were deepened and strengthened to facilitate regular use by travelling stock. By 1900 a water pipeline supplied the area, and the wells were neglected. In the 1960s a local youth group rehabilitated the wells and surrounding area, but after a time they were again neglected. In 1979 the area was again rehabilitated, partly fenced, and signed as a reserve. It continues to be maintained by interested locals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.weekendnotes.com/two-wells-south-australia/ |title=The Two Wells of Two Wells |publisher=Weekend Notes | date=13 December 2016 |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> alt=Cemetery and gates with town name|thumb|The Two Wells Cemetery|left

== Governance == The boundaries were of the town officially fixed on 21 June 1990.<ref name="PLB">{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |title=Placename Details: Two Wells |work=Property Location Browser |id=SA0062501 |publisher=Government of South Australia |date=2 November 2006 |accessdate=17 October 2016}}</ref> Two Wells is located in the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Taylor and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council.<ref name="EDBC" /><ref name="LMV" /><ref name=AEC/>

==Media== The local newspaper is the ''Two Wells and Districts Echo'', began as a newsletter in 1978, before changing to newspaper tabloid format in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/c.php?g=410317&p=2796375|title=LibGuides: SA Newspapers: T-Z|last=Laube|first=Anthony|website=guides.slsa.sa.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref> Servicing around 4,000 households in both Two Wells and Lewiston, between 2002 and 2010, it was known as "''Your Local Echo''", and prior to that as simply "Newsletter (Two Wells Community Advancement Association)". Along with a sister publication, ''Plains Producer'', it is produced by Papers & Publications, whose main office is on Howe Street, Balaklava.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.twowellsecho.com.au/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Two Wells & Districts Echo|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.twowellsecho.com.au/contact-us/|title=Contact Us|website=Two Wells & Districts Echo|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref>

==Notable persons== James Park Woods who was born in Two Wells in 1886, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces in 1916 and was awarded a Victoria Cross for gallantry during preliminary attacks on the Hindenburg Line in September 1918. Woods survived the war and returned to a career in viticulture in Western Australia.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

ABC TV host Annabell Crabb was born and went to school in Two Wells.

==References== {{reflist}}

== Further reading == * Williams, B.; (1991), ''Two Wells - Then and Now: A history of the Hundred of Port Gawler'', B/T Publishing, Two Wells, SA ({{ISBN|0 646 03156 2}}) *Two Wells, Mallala and District History Book Committee, (1985), ''Life around the Light; a History of the Mallala District Council Area'', The Community Development Board of the Council District of Mallala, Mallala, SA ({{ISBN|0 9588959 0 2}})

== External links == * 'Place Names of South Australia - Two Wells' in ''The Manning Index of South Australian History'', [http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/t/t6.htm#twoW], retrieved 27 August 2012.

Category:Towns in South Australia