Of those five, Stirling has by far the largest commercial strip, with the greatest number and widest variety of shops, and the only banks.

He was the illegitimate son of Archibald Stirling, a planter in the British West Indies, and a Creole woman.

[3] He was able to travel to South Australia because of a financial gift from his father who had been freshly compensated for his slaves on the emancipation of the British West Indies.

Some Australian cities are too warm (even in the autumn and winter months) to accommodate and produce maple trees, but some temperate regions along the eastern coast and towns at higher altitudes flourish in colour during autumn, rivalling those in North America, Europe and Japan.

Other tourist sites include the nearby Mount Lofty Botanic Garden and Cleland National Park.

Weather recording instruments were removed from the grounds of Australia Post's Stirling office following a commercial dispute between these two Australian government organisations.

[citation needed] Stirling is located in the state electorate of Heysen and in the federal Division of Mayo.

[citation needed] The council proposed the move in order to sell the land currently inhabited by the CFS station on Avenue Road, to fund a new library.