Virginia

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Known as the 'Garden of the Plains', the township of Virginia offers visitors a glimpse into the strength of community - even one built from very disparate beginnings.

From its early farming days in the 1850s, Virginia has played an important role in the farming prosperity of South Australia. During the 1950s and 60s the original sheep farming and cereal crops of Virginia were given over to horticulture.

•This change was made possible by migrants who brought their skills, knowledge and hard work to this once alien landscape. At first it was the Greeks, Italians, Turks and Bulgarians who made the soils flourish with fruit and vegetables, olives and grapes, but in the 1990s, they were joined by Asian migrants, who contributed their own resources and insights in making this land among South Australia's most productive.