It was named after ‘The Grange’, the name of the cottage that Captain Charles Sturt built after he came to South Australia to be Surveyor-General. It was at the northern end of the Reedbeds, where he eventually owned 390 acres of land. Sturt lived there from 1840 – 1853.

It was from here that in August 1844 that he set out on his central Australian Expedition from which he returned in 1846.

The cottage still stands and is now a museum accessed from Jetty Street.

Have you visited the museum? Please tell us about it.

Image credit: State Library of South Australia B 16289