Torrens
Encyclopedia
Torrens may refer to:
People
Places
Other
West Torrens, South Australia
People
- Albert TorrensAlbert TorrensAlbert Torrens is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Northern Eagles and St...
(1976-), Australian rugby league footballer - Cristina Torrens ValeroCristina Torrens ValeroCristina Torrens Valero is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No. 27 on 4 March 2002....
(1974-), professional female tennis player from Spain - Henry Torrens AnstrutherHenry Torrens AnstrutherHenry Torrens Anstruther was a British Liberal Unionist politician.The second son of Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet MP, he was educated at Eton and Edinburgh University. He became an advocate in Edinburgh in 1884, and was Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for St Andrews Burghs from...
(1860–1926), British Liberal Unionist politician - Jackie TorrensJackie TorrensJackie Torrens is a Canadian writer, actor, and journalist, best known for her CBC radio and television appearances, and for acting roles in the television series Made in Canada and Robson Arms...
, Canadian actress - Jonathan TorrensJonathan TorrensJonathan Ormond Torrens is a Canadian actor and television personality best known for his co-hosting of Street Cents, his talk show Jonovision, and his role as "J-Roc" in the popular Canadian mockumentary Trailer Park Boys...
(1972-), Canadian actor and television personality best known for playing "J-Roc" on the Trailer Park Boys - Michael Torrens, Neurosurgeon, Chairman of the International Leksell Gamma Knife Society
- Michael Torrens-SpenceMichael Torrens-SpenceCaptain Frederick Michael Alexander Torrens-Spence DSO, DSC, AFC was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot in the Second World War...
(1914-2001), British officer in three services and the Royal Ulster Constabularly - Pip TorrensPip TorrensPip Torrens is an English actor.He was born in Bromley, Kent, England. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge...
(1960-), British actor - Robert TorrensRobert TorrensSir Robert Richard Torrens, GCMG was the third Premier of South Australia and a pioneer and author of simplified system of transferring land.-Early life:...
(1814–1884), GCMG, third Premier of colonial South Australia - Robert Torrens (economist)Robert Torrens (economist)Colonel Robert Torrens was a Royal Marines officer, political economist, MP, owner of the influential Globe newspaper and prolific writer.Born in Ireland, son of Protestant Robert Torrens of Hervey Hill....
(1780-1864), Colonel, Chairman of the South Australian Colonisation Commissioners, father of Sir Robert Torrens - Robert Torrens O'NeillRobert Torrens O'NeillHon. Robert Torrens O'Neill , was an Irish Conservative, and later Irish Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1910....
(1845-1910), Northern Ireland Unionist politician - Roy TorrensRoy TorrensRobert "Roy" Torrens OBE , is a retired cricketer and the current manager of the Ireland cricket team....
(1948-), Northern Irish cricketer
Places
- Electoral district of TorrensElectoral district of TorrensTorrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Located along the River Torrens, and named after Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th century Premier of South Australia, and also the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration system. Torrens is...
, a State electoral district in South Australia - Lake Torrens National ParkLake Torrens National ParkLake Torrens National Park is a national park in South Australia, 345 km north of Adelaide.-Geology:Lake Torrens is a 5,700 square kilometre endorheic saline rift lake in South Australia,and is located near the bottom of Australia. It forms part of the same rift valley that includes Spencer...
, a salt lake 431 km north of Adelaide - Mount Torrens, South AustraliaMount Torrens, South AustraliaMount Torrens is a town in the eastern Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, 46 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 8 km east of Lobethal along the Onkaparinga River. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area...
, town in the eastern Adelaide Hills region of South Australia - River TorrensRiver TorrensThe River Torrens is the most significant river of the Adelaide Plains and was one of the reasons for the siting of the city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. It flows from its source in the Adelaide Hills near Mount Pleasant, across the Adelaide Plains, past the city centre and empties...
, which runs through the heart of Adelaide, South Australia (named after Colonel Robert Torrens) - Torrens, Australian Capital TerritoryTorrens, Australian Capital TerritoryTorrens is a suburb in the Woden Valley district of Canberra, Australia. It is located along the district's southern edge. The suburb is named after Sir Robert Torrens, a former Premier of South Australia. The suburb was gazetted on 12 May 1966. Streets in Torrens are named after South Australian...
, a suburb of Canberra - Torrens Bridge railway station, Adelaide
- Torrens IslandTorrens IslandTorrens Island is located in the Port River Estuary between the Lefevre Peninsula and Barker Inlet, about 15 km northwest of the Adelaide city centre in South Australia...
- Torrens Island Internment CampTorrens Island Internment CampThe Torrens Island Internment Camp was a World War I concentration camp, located on Torrens Island in the Port River Estuary near Adelaide in South Australia. The camp opened on 9 October 1914 and held up to 400 men of German or Austro-Hungarian background or crew members of enemy ships who had...
- Torrens Island Power Station
- Torrens Island Quarantine Station
- Torrens Island Internment Camp
- Torrens Linear ParkTorrens Linear ParkThe Torrens Linear Park was completed in 1997 as the first of its kind developed in Australia where it is the largest hills-to-coast park. It began as a flood mitigation scheme along the River Torrens running from the Adelaide Hills, through the city of Adelaide, to the sea...
, from the hills to the coast along the course of the River Torrens - Torrens Park, South AustraliaTorrens Park, South AustraliaTorrens Park is a mainly residential inner-southern suburb of Adelaide, incorporating some of the foothills and adjacent to the original "Mitcham Village"....
, a suburb of Adelaide - Torrens Park railway station, Adelaide, the railway station in that suburb
- Torrens Road, AdelaideTorrens Road, AdelaideTorrens Road is an arterial road in the northwestern suburbs of Adelaide, Australia. The road travels in a southeast-northwest direction and is parallel with Port Road for most of its length. Major roads that intersect Torrens Road include South Road, Churchill Road and Regency Road...
- Torrensville, South AustraliaTorrensville, South AustraliaTorrensville is a middle-class suburb, two kilometres west of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It was named after Irish-born colonial premier Robert Torrens....
, a suburb of Adelaide
Other
- East Torrens MessengerEast Torrens MessengerEast Torrens Messenger is a weekly suburban newspaper in Adelaide, part of the Messenger Newspapers group. The East Torrens area is bounded by Hackney Road to the west, the River Torrens Valley to the north, Magill Road to the south and the Athelstone foothills in the east.The newspaper generally...
, a weekly suburban newspaper in the inner-north-east of Adelaide - Torrens titleTorrens titleTorrens title is a system of land title where a register of land holdings maintained by the state guarantees an indefeasible title to those included in the register...
, a system of land title first introduced by Sir Robert Torrens - Torrens TransitTorrens TransitTorrens Transit is a privately owned public transport company which operates a bus service in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is part of Transit Systems Australia, which also operates Swan Transit....
, a bus company providing public transport in Adelaide, two ships and a shore base of the Royal Australian Navy
West Torrens, South Australia
- City of West TorrensCity of West TorrensThe City of West Torrens is a Local Government Area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Since the 1970s the area was mainly home to many open spaces and parks, however after the mid-1990s the LGA became more residential.-Suburbs:...
- Electoral district of West TorrensElectoral district of West TorrensWest Torrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the City of West Torrens because of its location on the River Torrens, it is a 26.7 km² urban electorate on Adelaide's western suburbs...
- West Torrens Baseball ClubWest Torrens Baseball ClubWest Torrens is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Eagles, their home ground is Lockleys Oval in Lockleys.- Club History :...
- West Torrens Birkalla, a football (soccer) club
- West Torrens Cricket ClubWest Torrens Cricket ClubThe West Torrens District Cricket Club is a semi-professional cricket club in Adelaide, South Australia. It competes in the West End Grade Cricket Competition, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association ....
- Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, a state league football club
- West Torrens Football ClubWest Torrens Football ClubWest Torrens Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1897 to 1990...
(1897-1990), merged with Woodville to form the Eagles