Torrens Island the site at different times; the surviving Torrens Island Quarantine Station is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. Tours of the heritage-listed Quarantine Station are conducted by the South Australian Maritime Museum. The Torrens Island Internment Camp was a World War I detention camp which held up to 400 men of German or Austro-Hungarian background between 9 October 1914 and 16 August 1915. There are two power stations on Torrens Island: A proposed third station known as the Barker Inlet Power Station was announced in 2017 with construction commenced in the third quarter of the year with the aim
Robert Torrens (economist) Robert Torrens (economist) Colonel Robert Torrens (1780 in Hervey Hill, Derry – 27 May 1864 in London) was a Royal Marines officer, political economist, MP, owner of the influential "Globe" newspaper and prolific writer. Born in Derry, Ireland, he was the son of Robert Torrens of Hervey Hill. The Torrens family, thought to be descended from a Swedish officer in the service of William III of England, were a large and prominent Derry family. Among his numerous cousins were Sir Henry Torrens, the distinguished military adviser, and another Robert Torrens, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). Torrens