It was split across the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of Morialta (south-east part) and Hartley (north and west parts of Paradise) but has since all been incorporated into Hartley, and is in the Australian House of Representatives Division of Sturt.

He started the hotel in the front room of a cottage which he built in the nearby village of Paradise, which he established on land he gave to the community.

The Ind family settled the area, and built three significant properties of which only one remains in its original form.

It featured original horse stables with cedar mangers, and loft, a croquet lawn, a tennis court, and rare trees which had been brought from around the world.

The first being 'Valencia' now the main building of the retirement village opposite the Paradise Hotel on Lower North East Rd.

There are many minor dwellings also found on Lower North East Road and in the vicinity of Balmoral House that were built as shearers quarters.

[2] The topography of Paradise is mostly flat, with the river Torrens acting as the northern boundary.

The site was the location of many market gardens during the 20th century and some of these still remain, as can be seen by contemporary satellite imagery.