Tea Tree Gully, South Australia
Tea Tree Gully is in the City of Tea Tree Gully local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Newland and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Makin.The suburb acquired its name from the white flowered 'tea trees' (Leptospermum lanigerum) that grew in the gully.John Stevens originally purchased land in the area, subdividing it in 1850 and naming the settlement Steventon.[6] The gully is a notable one, as it provided a gradient negotiable by bullock wagons travelling through the Mount Lofty Ranges and it had permanent springs which promoted the growth of tea tree.The National Trust took over the building in 1967 and their Tea Tree Gully branch restored it and converted it to a heritage museum.