Eden Valley, South Australia
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| Eden Valley South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The St Petri Lutheran Church at Eden Valley, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
  Eden Valley | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°38′28″S 139°05′53″E / 34.641°S 139.098°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 390 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1864[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5235 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 55 km (34 mi) NE of Adelaide[2] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Barossa Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Schubert | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Elevation, coordinates[3] | ||||||||||||||
Eden Valley is a small South Australian town in the Barossa Ranges. It was named by the surveyors of the area after they found the word "Eden" carved into a tree.[4] Eden Valley has an elevation of 460 metres and an average annual rainfall of 716.2mm.[2] Eden Valley is in the Barossa Council local government area, the state electoral district of Schubert and the federal divisions of Barker and Mayo.
Eden Valley gives its name to a wine growing region that shares its western boundary with the Barossa Valley wine region.[5] The region is of similar size to the Barossa Valley wine region, and is well known for producing high quality riesling and shiraz wines.[citation needed] Englishman Joseph Gilbert planted the first Eden Valley vineyard, Pewsey Vale, in 1847.[citation needed] Within the Eden Valley region there is a sub-region called High Eden which is located higher in the Barossa Ranges, giving lower temperatures.[6]
