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Flaxley is a small settlement in the Adelaide Hills located 39 km south-east of Adelaide in South Australia.  It is situated in-between the larger towns of Echunga, Macclesfield and Meadows.  Its population was 303 according to the 2011 census.

It is based near the property "Battunga" meaning "rolling hills" in Aboriginal vocabulary.  The property was purchased by English settler Robert Davenport in 1843.  After Robert died in 1896, the property remained in the Davenport family until 1914 when it was purchased by Professor William Lowrie, agriculturalist and Principal of Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia.  Professor Lowrie was able to carry out much important research at Battunga, including work on the use of super-phosphate on South Australian farms.

The first church in Flaxley was built on the property which also served as a school.  A Methodist church (which is now Uniting) was built in 1874.  From 1899 to 1943 it was also used as a school.

Although small, Flaxley is a historically important link in the regions history.  It has a church, tennis club and a community hall. The name Flaxley is derived from a Village in Gloucestershire.  Flaxley is part of the Battunga Country region in the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges.

(Mainly extracted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)