Let's learn a little about the history of this cache location:
TRADITIONAL LANDOWNERS
Tonsley and surrounding areas have been home to the Kaurna people for thousands of years. The Adelaide Laurna are the traditional owners of the Adelaide Plains and their land extends north towards Crystal Brook and south along the coast to Cape Jervis and is bounded by the Mount Lofty Ranges to the east.
AGRICULTURAL ERA: 1839-1955
The land first was purchased by Henry Watts in 1839 and became a country estate and farm for Henry and his wife Hannah. In 1868, Richard Ragless purchased the site and named it Tonsley, after England's Tonsley Hall. Tonsley was a model arm characterised by great diversity, entrepreneurship, and practices that today are promoted as environmentally sustainable. The Tonsley farm grew a variety of crops over the next century, becoming one of the largest almond producers in the state.
AUTOMOTIVE ERA: 1955-2008
1955-1980 Chrysler Australia
In 1955, Chrysler purchased Tonsley and in 1964 opened Australia's largest vehicle manufacturing plant. Chrysler maintained the Ragless family's commitment to innovation at Tonsley, developing the Hemi-6, the most powerful six-cylinder engine produced in Australia.
1980-2008 Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi motors bought Chrysler Australia out in 1980. The facilities we then upgraded to include38 robots in the body weld shop and 60 computerised sewing machines in the cut and sew section, this was the start of the technology era.
INNOVATION ERA: Now
When Misubishi ceased production in 2008, there was a clear imperative for the Government of SA to do something innovative and internationally significant at a site described as a 'once in a lifetime' employment and land development opportunity. Today, Tonsley is home to over 1,700 employees, 70% more than when Mitsubishi announced their closure, working across co-working spaces, smaller and larger tenancies under the Main Assembly Building (MAB), or larger allotments such as Siemens Energy or Hydrogen Park SA. Add to that some 8,000 students going through the site each year within TAFE SA and Flinders University, and there is a lot of activity and innovation within the district.
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