Torrens Park, South Australia Torrens Park, South Australia Torrens Park is a mainly residential inner-southern suburb of Adelaide, incorporating some of the foothills and adjacent to the original "Mitcham Village". The suburb is in the City of Mitcham local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Waite and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Boothby. The name was formally submitted for approval in 1945. Torrens Park is named after Sir Robert Torrens, the third Premier of South Australia and instigator of the Torrens title land title system. Torrens Park contained "Torrens Park Estate", the residence of Sir Robert Torrens,
Roy Torrens Roy Torrens Robert "Roy" Torrens OBE (born 17 May 1948 in Derry, Northern Ireland), is a retired cricketer and the current manager of the Ireland cricket team. Torrens was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he represented Ireland six times in first-class cricket between 1966 and 1982, taking 26 wickets at the excellent average of 15.46. More recently, he has served as the manager of the Irish cricket team, and headed their delegation to the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Torrens was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours in recognition