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| name = Inverbrackie
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| caption = Creek passing through Inverbrackie
| lga = Adelaide Hills Council
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'''Inverbrackie''' is a
It includes the [[Woodside Barracks]] ([[16th Air Land Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery|16th Air Land Regiment]]), [[South Australia]], although there are also some other residents and businesses in Inverbrackie.
It is on the [[Nairne, South Australia|Nairne]] to [[Woodside, South Australia|Woodside]] road. The speed limit changes from 100 kilometres an hour to 80 kilometres an hour near the start of Inverbrackie.
==Early settlement==
The area was first explored by Europeans in January 1838 when Dr George Imlay and [[John Hill (explorer)|John Hill]] passed through while making the first crossing of the Central Mount Lofty Ranges.<ref>
==Economy==
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The geography is mostly well-watered hilly timbered country with some alluvial flats, which particularly lends itself to grazing. Dairy produce and pastoralism have long been mainstays of the economy, as well as limited grain and market garden cropping. Positioned as a stop-over for people travelling to [[
==Military presence==
In the early 1920s the [[Australian government]] made a series of land purchases that were part of the establishment of an Army camp known as ''Woodside Camp'' in 1927, now known as [[Woodside Barracks]]. Throughout the interwar years, the camp was occupied by units of the [[Australian Army Reserve|Citizens Forces]]. During the [[Second World War]], the camp was used to raise units of the [[Second Australian Imperial Force]] and a number of [[US Army]] units were also based there. In the post war period the base has been home to a number of regular Army infantry units but since 1981 has only been occupied by the 16th Air Defence Regiment.<ref name=AADAA/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/place_504052.asp |title=Woodside Camp |publisher=Australian War Memorial |
==Refugee camp and Immigration detention facility ==
{{anchor|Refugee camp}}After the Second World War, Inverbrackie was the [[Post-war immigration to Australia|site of a refugee camp]]. In 2010, the Australian Federal Government announced that it would house refugees again. The 'Inverbrackie Alternative Place of Detention' was a low security, family orientated [[Australian immigration detention facilities|immigration detention centre]], with the children attending local primary and high schools.<ref name="hsw">{{Cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/hills-school-welcomes-refugee-children/story-e6frea6u-1225995754624?from=public_rss |title=Hills school welcomes asylum seeker children |
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Adelaide Hills Council suburbs|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Towns in South Australia]]
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