Owen (postcode 5460) is a rural community in the heart of the Adelaide Plains. Owen is above sea-level and receives a reliable of rain annually. First settled in about 1865, it is about north of Adelaide in South Australia and is approximately 40 minutes by road to the nearest main regional centre of Gawler. It is in the Wakefield Regional Council.
Establishment
Owen was gazetted as a town on 1 May 1879 There was a second railway siding about northwest of the Government Town of Owen named Woods. The small village by this station is now considered to be part of Owen. At the 2016 census, Owen had a population of 261 in the town
Gallery
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File:Institute hall, Owen.JPG|Owen Institute
File:War Memorial, Owen.JPG|War memorial
File:Lions Park, Owen.JPG |Lions Park
File:OwenCommunityChurch.JPG|Church
File:OwenChurch1.JPG|Community Church
File:OwenMethodistChurch.JPG |Methodist Church
File:OwenSeniorCitizensHall.JPG |senior citizen Hall
File:OwenHarvestMural.JPG |Silos
File:OwenSA-Wetlands.jpg | Owen Wetlands
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Notable people
- Steele Hall, a former premier of South Australia and then federal politician came from Owen.
- Pru Goward, long-serving Australian Federal Government Commissioner for Sex Discrimination, came from Owen.