Robert Torrens Robert Torrens Sir Robert Richard Torrens, (1 July 1814 – 31 August 1884) was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer, and reformist. He was prominent in the early years of the Colony of South Australia, initially as a civil servant and then as a political officeholder. He was Colonial Treasurer from 1852 to 1857 and then Premier of South Australia for a single month in September 1857. Torrens is chiefly remembered as the originator of the Torrens title, a system of land registration. He secured its implementation in South Australia in 1858, and subsequently advocated for its adoption in other jurisdictions. He
Mount Torrens, South Australia that stands today is virtually unchanged since that time. At the ABS 2001 census, Mount Torrens had a population of 319 people living in 120 dwellings. Mount Torrens has a football club, hotel and general store, as well as several historical buildings. Mount Torrens was served by the Mount Pleasant railway line from 1918 to 1953. It is also on the Onkaparinga Valley Road (route B34). it is near the eastern end of the Amy Gillett Bikeway which follows the former railway alignment from Oakbank to a road crossing just outside Mount Torrens. It may be extended in future to