   the town of crafers is in the adelaide hills to the south-east of adelaide, south australia. although technically considered to be an outer suburb of adelaide, with many residents commuting to the city to work, locals consider crafers to be more a suburb of the nearby township of stirling. == history == crafers was named after david crafer, who arrived in adelaide in 1838 and moved to the area. with his wife he established an inn, the sawyers arms, in 1839 three years after south australia was first settled. he then built the norfolk arms on  in 1840 with banquet seating for 150. he moved to adelaide and sold the norfolk arms in 1842, at which point it was known as the crafers inn. a new hotel was built on the site in 1880, remaining into the 21st century as the crafers inn, but the original building was burned down in 1926. at the time the area at the foot of nearby mount lofty was known as the tiers, infamous for being the haunt of numerous tiersmen and woodcutters on the run from authorities in adelaide.a history of crafers. crafers centenary committee (1939). 32p. the historic crafers primary school was first established in the area in 1865 by mr edward smith. the school was initially located in small premises in atkinson road, and then moved to its present location in piccadilly road in 1928. the historic stone and brick building was opened on 31 august of that year. the late 1970s saw extensive upgrading of the school facilities under principal allan stanley-smith, including construction of the ruth beare hall in 1976 named after 
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