Electoral district of Torrens swing. Former Senator Dana Wortley won the seat for Labor at the 2014 election. Electoral district of Torrens Torrens is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Located along the River Torrens, it is named after Robert Torrens, a 19th-century Premier of South Australia, and also the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration system. Torrens is an 18.8 km² suburban electorate in Adelaide's north-east. It includes the suburbs of Dernancourt, Gilles Plains, Greenacres, Hampstead Gardens, Hillcrest, Holden Hill, Klemzig, Manningham, Oakden, Vale Park and Windsor Gardens. Torrens has had three incarnations as a South Australian
East Torrens Messenger was established in 1984. In 2000, the paper was renamed the "East Torrens Messenger". East Torrens Messenger East Torrens Messenger is a weekly suburban newspaper in Adelaide, part of the Messenger Newspapers group. The "East Torrens"' area is bounded by Hackney Road to the west, the River Torrens Valley to the north, Magill Road to the south and the Athelstone foothills in the east. The newspaper generally reports on events of interest in its distribution area, including the suburbs of Payneham, Magill, Athelstone and Paradise. It also covers the City of Campbelltown and City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters.