Torrens Island
 Torrens Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Gulf St Vincent |
| Coordinates | 34°48′S 138°32′E / 34.800°S 138.533°ECoordinates: 34°48′S 138°32′E / 34.800°S 138.533°E |
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| South Australia | |
Torrens Island is located in the Port River Estuary between the Port River and Barker Inlet, about 15 km northwest of the Adelaide city centre in South Australia. Since European settlement of Adelaide in 1836, it has been used for a number of purposes.
Being uninhabited, an island, adjacent to Port Adelaide, and near Outer Harbor, Torrens Island was initially used as the site of a Quarantine Station for new arrivals (by sea) to South Australia. One example of its use was during the so-called "Boonah crisis".
There were two quarantine stations on the site at different times; the surviving Torrens Island Quarantine Station is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.
The Torrens Island Internment Camp was a World War I detention camp which held up to 400 men of German or Austro-Hungarian background between 9 October 1914 and 16 August 1915.
There are two power stations on Torrens Island:
Protected areas associated with Torrens Island or the waters immediately adjoining its shores include the Torrens Island Conservation Park, the Barker Inlet-St Kilda Aquatic Reserve, St Kilda – Chapman Creek Aquatic Reserve and the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary.
The 1280MW Torrens Island Power Station from the Port River, Adelaide, South Australia.
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