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Suburbs (and former suburbs) / Road name changes
Sites of Significance WIP (below)
Sites of Significance by Suburb WIP (continually adding and updating)
Sites of Significance by Suburb WIP (continually adding and updating)
Torrensville Keswick/Ashford Glandore/Black Forest Kurralta Park (Grassmere) Camden (Campden) /Camden Park Novar Gardens North Glenelg Netley Marleston Plympton/North Plympton Richmond/West Richmond Cowandilla Hilton Mile End/Mile End South Thebarton (Southwark) Underdale West Beach/Adelaide Airport Lockleys/Fulham/Reedbeds Brooklyn Park
ASHFORD Ashford / Ashford South BROOKLYN PARK Bismark /Brooklyn Park Extension / Bullington / Garfield / Glengowan Estate / Meldreth Park /Weeroopa /Welwyn CAMDEN PARK Camden Gardens / Camden Estate / Morphettville COWANDILLA Cowandillah FULHAM Fulham Park Estate GLANDORE Glandore West / Glandore West ExtensionGLENELG NORTH GolflandsHILTON Hilton ParkKESWICKKURRALTA PARK Grassmere / MarshfieldLOCKLEYS Mellor Park / White ParkMARLESTON Galway Gardens / South RichmondMILE END Grey / West AdelaideMILE END SOUTH HiltoniaNETLEY Netley EstateNOVAR GARDENSNORTH PLYMPTON Grosvenor Park PLYMPTON Bideville / Hayhurst / Kurralta Park Extension / Mornington / Mornington North / Moseleyville / SpeirsvilleRICHMOND Craigholme / Ellenville / Hilton Estate / North Richmond / Richmond Blocks / West RichmondTHEBARTON Hemmington / Hemmington West / Henley Park /Southwark /Torrenside TORRENSVILLE Fremanton (Freemanton) / New Mile End / West Hilton / New ThebartonUNDERDALE West Underdale / WilfordWEST BEACHWEST RICHMOND Penrhyn (Penryn) / Twickenham / Twickenham Gardens
Road name changes
Anzac Highway: was known almost from the beginning of European settlement as the Bay Road. It was renamed Anzac Highway in November 1924 as a tribute to those who had served in the first world war.Cross Road: between Anzac Highway and Marion Road was known as Plympton Terrace for several decades until the early 1950s. In 1952 Plympton Terrace officially became part of Cross Road.Marion Road: Marion Road was first used as the name of the main road leading from the city to the Village of Marion (laid out November 1938). Much of the road lies within West Torrens and was given the name in 1853 with the declaration of the council boundaries. The portion of Marion Road lying between the Anzac Highway and the Southern Cross Nursing Homes was from the late 1840s to 1912 known as Plympton Road, prior to that it was simply called a 'Government Road'. From 1912 to just after the Second World War the same stretch of road was known as Martin Avenue. Martin Avenue was named for the family and descendants of John Martin who lived at their property, The Pines (now part of the Southern Cross Nursing Homes complex), from December 1880 to August 1941. After the Second World War, Martin Avenue became part of Marion Road.Morphett Road: between the Bay Road/Anzac Highway and the Holdfast Bay railway line (now the Westside Bikeway) was, from the early 1880s, known as Erlestone Terrace. That road officially became part of Morphett Road in 1939.Richmond Road: formerly Nottingham Avenue/ West Beach Road Much of the road between Marion Road and South Road was from at least the 1880s known asRichmond Road. There were however two sections of the road that were exceptions. The small section of Richmond Road running from Railway Terrace to South Road was, as the southern boundary of the Ellenville subdivision, known from 1879 as South Terrace. And from October 1882 as part of the new Keswick subdivision, the section of Richmond Road between South Road and the Bay Road/Anzac Highway was named Nottingham Avenue. Nottingham Avenue had different number to the Richmond Road. Around 1936/37 the West Torrens Council decided the the full length of the road should be renamed to West Beach Road. The first step in this process was the new numbering system adopted with even numbers on the south side of the road and odd numbers on the north side, beginning from Anzac Highway then going west; this resulted in the southern numbering on Nottage Avenue changing from odd to even and the northern side from even to odd numbers. The road was renamed West Beach Road in 1943 and then Richmond Road in 1984.Rosetta Road: The continuation of Richmond Road was named Rosetta Road - it ran between Marion Road and Tapleys Hill Road from the early 1900s, was named for Rosetta nee Bagshaw (c.1840-1918) the wife of prominent local land owner W.H.Gray (1808-1896). The road was closed with the building of the airport from the late 1940s.Burbridge, Cowandillah (Cowandilla), Rowland, Hilton Roads - Sir Donald Bradman Drive: Sir Donald Bradman Drive is made up of several former roads. From the mid-1970s to 2001 Sir Donald Bradman Drive was named Burbridge Road. Burbridge Road in turn was made up of Burbridge, Cowandillah (Cowandilla), Rowland and Hilton Roads. The latter three names had been in use since the 1850s. Cowandillah Road ran approximately between today’s Marion Road and Bagot Avenue, Rowland Road from Bagot Avenue to South Road and Hilton Road from South Road to the eastern boundary of West Torrens South Road: formerly Taylors (Bridge) Road / Fisher Terrace / East Terrace / Black Prince Road 1967 Taylors Road/South Road Renumbering (Sands and McDougall Directory)Port Road: formerly part Shierlaw Terrace (Further info in progress)Road name changes
BROOKLYN PARK (Suburb)
During the late 1870s with the extension of main roads through West Torrens there was an extensive speculation at Brooklyn Park where 545 allotments were put up for sale by Garfield Land Proprietors. Street names in this subdivision such as Buik and Farrgat were those of the Directors of the abortive Tramway Company, which suggests that both enterprises, the subdivision and the company were floated as speculation.BROOKLYN PARK (Suburb)
Brooklyn Park is bounded by Henley Beach Road and crosses Burbridge Road [now Sir Donald Bradman Drive], and extends further south to Ralph Street. In the 1880s apart from some residential development along the main roads, the area was essentially paddocks and fields with some orchards.
Brooklyn Park contained religious buildings such as the Methodist Church (later the Uniting Church). The Institute of St John the Baptist's Cottage was established for the care of delinquent men and boys (off Lipsett Terrace) and later became the Salesian College (in 1944) by which time the reformatory had become a Boy's Town, an orphanage for senior boys.
Brooklyn Park was the site of twenty eight SA Housing Trust rental units completed in August 1939 and designed by H E Cowell. During the 1930s the sewerage system, which was being extended through West Torrens included Brooklyn Park.
Brooklyn Park was also the location of the radio transmitter for Station 5CL completed in 1925. This radio tower was a landmark as it was sixty two metres high and remained in Divett Street until the establishment of the airport meant it was relocated. [From 1998 Heritage Review]
FORMER SUBURBS now Brooklyn Park BULLINGTON - Herbert Bullington subdivided a portion of Section 99 in 1911. The suburb consisted of 24 building blocks on both sides of Lysle Street.WELWYN - From 1842 known as the suburb of Welwyn. A subdivision of section 99, Hundred of Adelaide by Charles B. Fisher in 1842; now included in Brooklyn Park. Its name derives from the Old English welig - 'willow'.GARFIELD, BISMARK, WEEROOPA -Section 99, Hundred of Adelaide, announced as a subdivision in October 1882.Named for the recently assassinated US President James A Garfield. Renamed as Bismark in 1903, Weeroopa in January 1918, and part of Brooklyn Park in March 1945.
BROOKLYN PARK (Sites)
BROOKLYN PARK (Sites)
- Barker Brothers Horse Bazaar / Sale Yards, 24 Marion Road; John Barker (1847-1925); Alfred James Barker (1858-1923); A E Barker (1878-1925); William Francis Edward (Ted) Bedford (1861-1934); William McEwen (1866-1946)
- Brooklyn Nurseries SW corner Henley Beach and Marion Roads, Holbrook Apartments, James Anderson Potter (1875-1927)
- Milledge Dairy
- Airport Road Buildings /Construction
- 5CL/5AN Radio Transmitter, Airport Road
- Site of Bonnie Owl Inn, Henley Beach Road
- 44-50 Marshall Terrace (House) (LH)
- Former West Torrens Council Chambers (Local Heritage listed) council proclaimed 1853, built 1888 on 'the old pound'/ Railway Signal Telegraph and Aviation Museum (set up by West Torrens Council / SA Ambulance Station 1951 (also used by Methodist Church)
- Lockleys Junior Primary School - opened 1916 (early building Local Heritage listed), to accept students from Fulham School closed 1915 (from 2025 known as Brooklyn Park Primary School) / Headmasters house / 1904s sundial
CHURCHES
- Brooklyn Park Uniting Church (LH) / Adelaide West Uniting Church
- Brooklyn Park Methodist Church - 'The church at the third section' est 1913designed by Rev T Geddes White
- St Richard of Chichester, 1 May Terrace (SE cnr Henley Beach Road and May Terrace) / designed by Eric Von Schramek, constructed 1963 on former 'red sandhill'; dedicated 7 June 1964
- St John Bosco Parish Centre (LH)
- Former Salesian College (LH)
CAMDEN / CAMDEN PARK (Suburb)
The village of Camden was first established in Section 136 and was associated with the Bay Road from the City to Holdfast Bay. Into the early 20th century Camden remained a small cluster of houses surrounded by essential rural activities. The main period of early development for Camden was related to the construction in 1880 of the Holdfast Bay Railway Company's line which ran through West Torrens and linked up with the Glenelg Railway Line across the Bay Road between Camden and Morphettville. As in other villages along the line, this provision of public transport was an impetus to subdivide and encourage some residential development in Camden.CAMDEN / CAMDEN PARK (Suburb)
An increase in population in the district led to the construction of Camden Primary School in circa 1920. Also during the 1920s the Council purchased eight hectares of land from the State Bank for the purpose of establishing the Camden Oval and Recreation Ground. In the post Second World War period the Housing Trust constructed 68 emergency dwellings in Camden, again on previously un-subdivided land. Much of this emergency housing was replaced with paired units during the 1950s.
In 1946 the Lightburn & Company purchased forty hectares of land previously used for agriculture at Camden and established their engineering works so by the mid-1950s this provided employment for upwards of 800 people. Lightburn produced mostly domestic appliances, but in the 1960s attempted to move into the motor vehicle trade with the assembly of a small European car known as the Zeta and with further plans to assemble Alpha Romeos in Australia. Car production was only undertaken for five years.
Camden Park became the location for the district ambulance service in 1980.The recent demolition of the Camden Park Primary School is indicative of the change in the demographic structure of the population currently. No evidence now remains of the 1920s school which was made necessary by the increase in population and family numbers in the district. [From 1998 Heritage Review]
CAMDEN / CAMDEN PARK (Sites)
CAMDEN / CAMDEN PARK (Sites)
- Camden Village
- Camden Community Centre and Hall
- Camden Primary School (13-15 Carlisle Street 1919-1976) / (1 Bristol Avenue 1977-1997)
- Former Morphett Arms Hotel, cnr Morphett Road and Anzac Highway (Morphettville)
- Camden Scouts
- Former Railway Corridor (Camden, Novar Gardens Railway Stations)
- Methodist Church, Clifton Street
- Former Racing Stables, Creslin Avenue
- Former Coursing Track
- Baptist Church, Carlton Road
- Anglican (St Edmunds Mission) , 19-21 Carlton Road
- House and Coach House (LH), 407 Anzac Highway
COWANDILLA (Suburb)
Cowandilla was one of the early villages in West Torrens, subdivided from part of Section 92. An advertisement in the Register on 1 August 1840 claimed the village to be the cheapest in the neighbourhood of Adelaide and indicated that it was intended to be laid our in 112 one acre allotments for sale or lease for 'industrious and deserving persons such as market gardeners, small farmers and other productive classes'. The advantages of the area were described as including 'the richness of its soil, its proximity to the town, the road from Adelaide to Glenelg passing through the village and other advantages too numerous to mention'.COWANDILLA (Suburb)
While the Bay Road was certainly a long way south from Cowandilla in Section 92, the other claims were no doubt reasonably factual. Of the twenty odd settlers listed in the land returns of 1843 most of them were small farmers cultivating only one or two acres of wheat or barley, and a very small number of livestock.
The only substantial settler listed in the Cowandilla land returns was Richard Counsell, whose property was known as Dunskey, with twenty acres of wheat and twenty-five cattle, still not a large holding. As with the other speculative village subdivisions, Cowandilla developed slowly and by 1853 when the first assessments were made for the District Council of West Torrens, there were just eleven dwellings in the village. The area around the village, which focussed on what is now Burbridge Road [Sir Donald Bradman Drive], remained open paddocks and fields up to the 1880s.
As the area became more settled in the early 20th century, Cowandilla was the location for a pumping station for the deep drainage system from Glenelg in 1909. This enabled homes in Hilton and Cowandilla to be connected to the sewerage system at that time, although other parts of West Torrens were not. Housing in the area was mainly modest, for working people, and there are no large residences within the suburban boundary. Consequently residents in this suburb suffered during depressed economic times. The next increase in population throughout West Torrens and in Cowandilla particularly was during the post Second World War period. [From 1998 Heritage Review - UPDATED]
COWANDILLA (Sites)
COWANDILLA (Sites)
- Western Youth Centre est. 1956 (Western Physical and Cultural Youth Centre), Australian Anaesthetics Co Ether Works (Douglas Simmonds recollections); Sewer Pumping Station ( built 1909), (Cowandilla / Western Youth Centre Reserve), 79 Marion Road
- Underdale Sea Scouts (1947-2001), corner Marion Road and Hounslow Avenue + (50th anniversary Scoutabout 1928-1978)
- Turners / Bagot
- Suburb Craigholme
- Stourpaine (House) / Riggs family
- Flora McDonald Lodge (originally Kia Ora the home of John Byrne of Warooka who retired here in 1923, bequeathed to the Catholic Church and run as a nursing home by the Sisters of St Joseph) Extensions started 1964
- St Mary and Anba Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Church & Lotus fence, 18-20 Goldfinch Avenue / Former Presbyterian Church
- Post Office (built on site of grocers shop) closed 1995 / Royal Lifesaving Society of SA
- Primary School (early building Local heritage listed - opened 1915
- Row House (LH) (Davenport Terrace)
HILTON (Suburb)
The suburb of Hilton is located on Section 49 and was subdivided in 1849. Matthew Davenport Hill, a London barrister, was the owner at the time, and in January of 1849 he arranged with George M Stephen, a local barrister, to subdivide and sell the Section. It was divided into thirty allotments and the first two allotments were sold to William Washington on 21 July 1849. By 1853, when the first assessments were made by the District Council ofWest Torrens, there were sixteen dwellings in Hilton.HILTON (Suburb)
The most notable early building in the suburb was the Hilton Hotel, located on the corner of the Main South Road and the road leading west from Adelaide now known as Burbridge Road, but originally known as Rowland Road. This road bisected the small suburb of Hilton, and also provided direct access to the City, making the area an attractive place for early workers to live. Further subdivision occurred after 1876 when the horse tramway system was extended along the road.
In the 1880s Hilton was described as being very crowded with houses on small plots of ground in comparison to the more agricultural and open character of other parts of the West Torrens district. This intense settlement was cause for some concern due to the insanitary conditions of that period (prior to the introduction of deep drainage). A report of the Central Board of Health in 1887 noted that the residents of the villages of Hilton and Richmond were still dependent on wells and tanks for their water supply and it was not until 1909 that Hilton and Cowandilla were connected to the deep drainage system for sewage disposal. Hilton was also the site of one of a number of bores which were sunk in metropolitan Adelaide by the Government in order to supplement water supplies during the drought of 1914. Twenty years later, the bores were re-opened during a period of water restrictions and the Hilton bore was described as delivering crystal clear water at the rate of 475,000 gallons a day.
While other suburbs had Methodist Churches, Hilton was the location for the first Baptist church in the district, and this was constructed on Burbridge Road in 1872. A school established by the Brothers of St John the Baptist was opened for Catholic boys in Formby Street, Hilton in 1891 and functioned until 1895 when it was moved to Thebarton. The proximity of Hilton to the Mile End industrial areas was of some assistance in providing employment for residents of the Hilton area. With the increase of use of electricity, the Adelaide Electric Supply Company bought land along South Road and Burbridge Road in 1923 and used it to accommodate the Mains and Metres Department of the Company. These buildings were expanded over time. Further residential accommodation for the working class was established by the construction of the distinctive precinct of workman's homes built in 1924 in the area around Milner Road and Davenport Terrace in Hilton.
Hilton was also the site for the construction of the new Council Chambers in 1935 and then after the Second World War the Memorial Gardens were laid out south of the Council Chambers and opened in 1951 . Hilton also had the Lyric Theatre, opened in 1938 in Burbridge Road (then Rowland Road). This was an important form of community entertainment in this immediate pre-War period. The Lyric Theatre was also the site for a meeting of the West Torrens Ratepayers Association in 1939 when there was some concern over the state of the Council's finances After the Second World War some industry was introduced into Hilton, particularly the location of component manufacturer for the motor vehicle trade associated with Chrysler Australia who had a factory in Mile End. In the period of post-War immigration Hilton was also attractive to a large number of Greek immigrants who settled in the West Torrens district.
Earlier buildings in Hilton such as the Hilton Soldier's Memorial Institute were converted to other uses and Theatre 62 began in this building in Burbridge Road in 1962 as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts. [From 1998 Heritage Review]
Rowland Road / Cowandilla Road / HIlton Road / Burbridge Road - now Sir Donald Bradman Drive
TIME CAPSULE PLACED IN MEMORIAL GARDENS BURIED 2000 (to be retrieved 2053 for City of West Torrens 200 year anniversary of proclamation)
HILTON (Sites)
HILTON (Sites)
- West Torrens Library Library opened 1964 by Sir Edric Bastyn) fountain donated by Advertiser Newspapers to commemorate the establishment of Griffin Press (Marion Road) / Skinners Corner / Mobile Library
- Skinners Home - (built 1885) often flooded by Keswick Creek / Hilton Tram Terminus (corner Brooker Terrace and Burbridge Road, from 1917 - tram extended to Richmond Road, terminus at West Beach Road (now Richmond Road) in July 1939)
- West Torrens Council Chambers (opened 29 Feb 1936 by Alexander Ferris-Scott, architect Hubert Henry Cowell) Heritage listed) (new council chambers opened 7 February 1993 by His Worship the Mayor CGG Robertson)
- Ruddock home
- Memorial Gardens (Local Heritage listed) / Cross of Sacrifice (unveiled 15 April 1952 by Governor Sir Willoughby Norrie)
- Hilton Child Health Centre
- Cowandilla Senior Citizens (opened 1961 by Mayor Bartlett) / Cowandilla Sports and Social Club
- Wally Shiers home
- Caldicotts Store
- Pilkington Dairyl
- E Dyke and Son Drapery, 58 Rowland Road, corner of Washington Street
- Hilton Hotel (formerly Seven Stars Inn 1849; Hilton Arms Inn 1851 - two storey building)
- Home Services Stores
- Adelaide Cake Company, South Road
- Public Pound
- Electric Light Cricket
- 17, 19 and 21 Davenport Terrace, Row Houses
- Star Theatres / RSL / Baptist Church (LH) (Church built 1857 as Methodist Free Church, in 1862 purchased by George Fife Angas, used as Hilton Baptist church from 1869, church services ceased when purchased by West Torrens Council in 1981); (Soldiers Memorial Hall - foundation Stone laid 8 Sept 1928, used as Lyric Theatre, Windsor Cinema; opened as Theatre 62 in 1962, by John Edmund and Donald Gray - first production 'Great Expectations' featuring young actor John Bannon (SA Premier 1982-1992); leased by Education Department; purchased by West Torrens Council)
GLANDORE / BLACK FOREST (Suburbs)
GLANDORE / BLACK FOREST (Suburbs)
Today’s suburb of Glandore is largely made up of four separate subdivisions: Glandore, Glandore West and Glandore West Extension.
In July 1883 Joseph Henry Morgan, Benjamin Morgan, John O’Dea and William Lines Cumming, all drapers, and John Lewis and Mary Fox, licensed victuallers, divided an 11.7 hectare (29.25 acre) north-eastern portion of section 53, Hundred of Adelaide into a 123-allotment subdivision they named Glandore. The subdivision was probably named after the coastal village of the same name in county Cork, Ireland: the O’Dea family had immigrated to South Australia from county Cork in 1840. The major streets in the development were Forest, Grosvenor, Park and Wellington Streets and Railway (now Glengyle) Terrace.
In August 1923 John Gill Keeves (1856-1940), sharebroker of North Adelaide, subdivided just over 17.2 hectares (43 acres) to the west of the original Glandore subdivision into a 164-allotment he called Glandore West. A week later Keeves sold the subdivision in its entirety to Leslie Trigg Parsons (1890-1983), agent of Adelaide, and Horace George Crittenden (1878-1937) of Joslin, out of business. After buying additional land from Keeves, Parsons and Crittenden laid out an additional thirty-five allotments which were also a part of Glandore West. Parsons and Crittenden thus now owned in total almost 200 allotments in Glandore West spread over about twenty hectares (51 acres) – an area taking up about one-half of today’s suburb of Glandore.
The new streets in the two Glandore West subdivisions were Albion, Edward (now Ruthven), Madden, St Georges and Waymouth Avenues; Burke and Stuart Streets; and Charles (now Leaney) and Stanley (now Barclay) Streets; as well as an extension of Railway Terrace and new allotments along the Bay Road.
In December 1923 George Frederick Sare (c1880-1955) of Norwood, plumber, subdivided a little over five acres between the Glandore and Glandore West subdivisions into a twenty-allotment development he called Glandore West Extension. Allotments were situated mainly along the subdivision’s ninety-metre Bay Road frontage and south along Wellington Street. In October 1936 James Myrvin Stead (b. 1896), police constable of Goodwood Park, laid out twenty-two allotments on approximately two hectares (5 acres) as a westerly extension of Glandore West.
BLACK FOREST was laid out in subdivisions of section 87, Hundred of Adelaide in 1850 and 1882. Part of these subdivisions, from Wheaton Road to the tramline, are now a part of Plympton in West Torrens.
GLANDORE / BLACK FOREST (Sites)
GLANDORE / BLACK FOREST (Sites)
- Glandore Bowling Club
- Halfway Hotel
- Rix Bakery, Grosvenor Street
- Suburb ' Beryl'
- Site of Forest Inn, cnr Anzac Highway and South Road
GLENELG NORTH
GLENELG NORTH
- Golflands Reserve
- Bill Shepherd Reserve (& War Memorial)
- WH Gray
- Sewage Treatment Works
- Post World War Two War Service Housing Scheme
KESWICK / ASHFORD (Suburbs)
The Sections which included Section 45 on which KESWICK is located were first owned by the Everard family and the Keswick Land Company purchased part of Section 45 from William Everard in 1883 and subdivided it into 504 blocks. This was in direct response to the provision of horse drawn tram services from the City. The Keswick, Ashford, Richmond, Edwardstown and South Road Tramway Company was floated in December 1882. It was hoped that residential development and public transport facilities would go hand in hand. The Tramway Services were electrified after 1909 and the new service to Keswick was opened by 1918. This allowed more intensive residential development in the streets off Richmond Road. KESWICK / ASHFORD (Suburbs)
Some industry was located in Keswick, particularly in the early 1920s. T J Richards Motor Body Building Firm had established a plant in Keswick in 1916 which was an expansion of their carriage building business. Richards merged with Chrysler Australia in 1937 and developed the factory in Mile End.
A portion of Keswick fronts Anzac Highway and the development of the Bay Road also assisted the industrial development of Keswick and the area around it. One of the main industries which was established in Keswick was the Kelvinator Factory, which during the Second World War was converted for war production rather than white goods.
During the War in October 1941, the Keswick Reserve in Everard Avenue was the site of a carnival staged to raise funds for the War effort, by the Keswick and Richmond Unit of the Comforts Fund. This was typical of the intense fund raising carried on throughout South Australia at the time. Other industrial activity in and adjacent to Keswick included the Hume Pipe Factory. Some of the industries in Keswick benefited from the State Government's Manufacturing Industries Protection Act, 1937 which allowed industry to develop often to the detriment of residential quality in the area. This Act did not allow Council any redress on behalf of their ratepayers and residents, until the passing of the Planning and Development Act, 1970. [From 1998 Heritage Review]
The suburb of ASHFORD derives its name from Ashford House and it was initially settled by Dr Charles George Everard who arrived in South Australia in 1836. The suburb was subdivided after Everard's death.
The first subdivision was undertaken in 1919 and a second in the early 1920s. Charles Everard's home was converted to Ashford House School for Cerebral Palsied Children and opened on 18 April 1952. In 1975 the school became known as Ashford Special School. [From 1998 Heritage Review]
KESWICK / ASHFORD (Sites)
KESWICK / ASHFORD (Sites)
- Kelvinator Australia Ltd (29 Anzac Highway)
- Bleak House (Johnny Reid Horse buses) opposite railway on Nottingham Avenue (Richmond Road)
- Army Barracks
- Alpine (House) (LH)
- Keswick Catholic Church, Alexander Avenue
- Keswick Methodist Church
- Former Beehive Inn, cnr Anzac Highway and Richmond Road
- No1 Anzac Highway - former ETSA headquarters
- Wayville West Tram (in 1918 crossed bridge into Bay Road and proceeded to Keswick Barracks gates; terminated at Keswick Bridge in mid 1930s; terminated parklands Greenhill Road to 1957 when service ceased)
- SA CFS Headquarters 37 Richmond Road (opened 1978)
KESWICK / ASHFORD (Sites)
KESWICK / ASHFORD (Sites)
- Gibbs Quality Shoppe and Bakery (1934-1951), 67-69 Anzac Highway plus 99 Anzac Highway, 24 Tyson Street, Gordon William Gibbs (1905-1998)
- Ingerson Bakery
- Anzac Highway (Monuments, significant trees)
- Keswick Creek
- Ashford House/Ashford Farm / River Red Gum Tree (remnant) (LH) / Everard family
- Richmond Primary School (LH)
- Former Child Health Centre (LH)
KESWICK TERMINAL
- Australian National Railway Administrative Building (opened 1984) / Terminus Club
- Keswick (Adelaide Parklands) Rail Terminal (Ghan, Indian Pacific, Overland, Great Southern Interstate Trains) First interstate train arrived 18 May 1984)
- Monument - 'Sandfly' manufactured by Baldwin Locomotive Co 1886 - commenced service May 1887 on Palmerston (Darwin) to Pine Creek Railway; used for shunting in Darwin until 1940s
KURRALTA PARK
KURRALTA PARK
- Kurralta Park subdivision / Henry Allchurch
- Oliver Sports Equipment
- Site of Marshfield (House), corner South Road and Basnett Street
- Charles Bakery, cnr Daly Street and Cross Terrace
- Former Railway Corridor (Kurralta Park Railway Station)
- Methodist Church
- Brownhill Creek
- Uniting Church
LOCKLEYS / FULHAM / REEDBEDS (Suburbs)
The name LOCKLEYS derives from the name given to their farm by the early settlers James and Charles Fisher. The Fisher brothers established their agricultural activities on Section 145 before 1844. Charles Fisher established a horse stud on his Lockleys property soon after settlement commenced in the district and he and his father John Hurtle Fisher, the first South Australian Resident Commissioner, were largely responsible for the foundation of the racing industry. Charles and James Fisher had an early brickworks kiln at Lockleys and in February 1841 the Government accepted their tender for the supply of 25-30,000 bricks. By 1840 Lockleys comprised two dwelling houses, a stockyard, cow sheds, dairy and piggery. The land returns of 1843 indicate that James and Charles Fisher had put under cultivation 190 acres of wheat, 22 acres of barley, 1 acre of oats, and were running 170 sheep, 60 cattle, 6 horses and 50 pigs on their property Lockleys. At this time theirs wasthe highest acreage under wheat in the Reed Beds area. LOCKLEYS / FULHAM / REEDBEDS (Suburbs)
Some notable early residents of Lockleys included James Rowell, whose family established a farm in Lockleys in the 1850s and J W Mellor. Part of his property Mellor was subdivided to create Mellor Park (as the eastern section of Lockleys was known). The agricultural properties which made up the area now known as Lockleys suburb began to be subdivided from the 1920s onwards, including Mellor Park on the north side of Henley Beach Road. White Park, which is now surrounded by the Kooyonga Golf Course was also created in the 1920s. The subdivision on Willingale Avenue remains intact and retains some significant large 1920s dwellings on their original large allotments. There are also later houses and infill places in this subdivision.
As Lockleys made up part of the area known as the Reed Beds, it typically suffered from flooding at times of high river, and this continued until the Western Metropolitan Drainage Scheme was undertaken in the 1930s.
Lockleys was the location of one of the three cinemas in West Torrens and it still functions in the Soldier's Memorial Hall on Henley Beach Road. The Soldier's Memorial Hall was also used for Anglican Church Services from 1926 onwards, but it was not until 1964 that the Lockleys Anglican community had their own church, St Richard of Chichester. Previous to that all Anglicans had to worship at St. James in Mile End, outside the West Torrens district.
During the War the Lockleys Recreation Reserve and the Lockleys Oval were used for horse shows and gymkhanas with the aim of raising funds for the War effort. After the Second World War the Housing Trust began building residences for sale. The first group of these were constructed in Brighton in 1946 and the second group of these sale homes was completed on Rowell Road at Lockleys in November of 1946. Over time, the profile of the West Torrens community has become increasingly weighted towards the aged, and it was found that there were particularly high concentrations of elderly people in areas such as Lockleys from the 1960s onwards. [From 1998 Heritage Review]
FULHAM derives its name from Fulham Farm established by John White, one of the first settlers in the area. White settled on land which fronted Henley Beach Road and Tapleys Hill Road in 1836. He constructed a house close to the River Torrens in 1840 and later a chapel on the main road in 1855. John White was one of the most notable settlers in the West Torrens district and his sons went on to construct other residences on the estate. The Oaks which was constructed by John White's son Charles White, and Weetunga the house of Samuel White Junior, still remain, and both are entered in the State Heritage Register.
Early Fulham was characterised by farming and open paddocks. The land returns for 1843 include this Fulham area in the geographical location of the Reed Beds and significant early settlers such as A H Davis on Moore Farm, James and Charles Fisher at Lockleys, Joseph Johnson at Frogmore and John White at Fulham Farm are listed within this area. Each of these major settlers held up to 60 acres of wheat while John White had 130 acres of wheat and James and Charles Fisher had 190 acres between them. Other settlers had smaller amounts of between five and twenty acres.
Over time residents within these smaller villages like Fulham, which were associated with agricultural districts, required the introduction of better water supply and sanitation, as well as other community services such as the provision of churches and schools and the Fulham Public School was constructed in 1875 and replaced private schools in the area.
The suburb of Fulham is closely associated with the River Torrens and the flood plains and Fulham is bisected by Henley Beach Road and the southern boundary runs along the River Torrens outlet. The area south of Henley Beach Road was subdivided after the Second World War, once the drainage program had been completed, and settlement was made possible on the originally frequently flooded river flats of the River Torrens (the former Reed Beds).
The market gardens throughout the Fulham area supported many families during the period of depression in the 1930s but almost none of these horticultural activities remain in the district as residential development has displaced this early form of land use. The increase in post-War population also resulted in new schools being built within the West Torrens District and one of them was constructed in Fulham (after 1960).
FULHAM PARK: a 1941 subdivision of Mr WSP Kidman's Fulham Park Estate, astride the Henley Beach Road, some adjoining the Kooyonga Golf Course
In 1984 the first stage of the Fulham Retirement Village was opened, which reflected the aging of the population, and this village was constructed around The Oaks, one of the White families' homes in Fulham. [From 1998 Hertiage Review]
LOCKLEYS / FULHAM / REEDBEDS Sites
LOCKLEYS / FULHAM / REEDBEDS Sites
- Weetunga (House) built 1878/1879 (SH) / Samuel and son Captain S.A. White and family (built as a square home and later extended to include room to house an ornithological collection)
- The Oaks (House) built 1860 (SH) / Charles White (former Market Gardens / 1984 Fulham Retirement Village)
- Holmfirth (House) Eliza White & John Mellor/ Ayton family
- Jerusalem Wetlands / William White
- Fulham Farm, John Whites Chapel (Fulham Wesleyan) / White Burial Vault)
- John White Bridge (over Henley Beach Road, west of Tapleys Hill Road, not required after river diverted through Breakout Creek channel)
- Fulham Post Office, Tapleys Road Road, Littledykes / Rita Smith
- Site of Fulham Viaduct
- Serene Nursing Home (1 Myzantha Street) / Mellor family / Salvation Army Prison Gate home
- Mellor Park (JW Mellor) - Christmas Tree / Child Health Centre / Tennis Club / Lockleys Show Society (Horses in Action) / RSL / Senior Citizens Club
- Lockleys Soldiers Memorial Hall (used by Scouts, Cine Centre / Lyric Theatre Windsor Theatre / Odeon Star, RSL, Church)
- Lockleys Oval (est 1952 on former Kidman property) Lockleys show held here / WA Satterley Hall (Wally Satterley) SA Badminton Association / Significant Trees
- Lockleys Riding School
- Fulham / Stanford Bridge, Tapleys Hill Road (183-1970) / Stanford Family
- Cowell Bridge
- Site of Moore Farm / Nunkarie (House) / A.H. Davis
- Lockleys Homestead / Fishers stables / Lockleys Racecourse
- Lockleys Scouts
- Fulham Park Kindergarten
- Parklyn Dairy (Cross Street)
- Lockleys Private Hospital (Main Street)
- Lasscocks Nursery
- Fulham Park Stud / William Blackler 1827-1896
- Tram viaduct
- Coral Sea Reserve / Coastwatchers Park dedicated 1992 for 20th anniversary of Battle of the Coral Sea
- Kooyong Drive in Shopping Centre / Tim Cheney
- Kooyonga Golf Course (est HL Rymill 1922 on former grazing land of Caleb May, May Terrace (formerly Morphett Road) - original homestead incorporated into first clubhouse, extended 1927) New clubhouse opened 1 December 1973 / Significant trees
LOCKLEYS / FULHAM / REEDBEDS Sites
LOCKLEYS / FULHAM / REEDBEDS Sites
- Netley Avenue, significant trees
- Lockleys Bowling Club, Torrens Avenue
- Lockleys Baptist Church (1 Cross Street)
- 5 Cross Street (House)
- Market Gardens and Glass Houses / Huelins / Hank /Lewis
- Market Gardens / Corso - Riverlea Estate, Remnant olive trees
- Haymans Orchards (54 Main Street)
- John Martins Storage Warehouse, Pierson Street
- Site of first Police Station, 373 Henley Beach Road (Brooklyn Park)
- Second Police Station and lock up, 366 Henley Beach Road
- Kidman Bridge
- Davis Bridge
- Torrens Avenue Bridge (Fulham Park Drive in 1930s formed part of the entrance to Fulham Park Stud, owned by William Blacker and then Sidney Kidman)
- Breakout Creek (formal channel created 1937 to create Torrens River outlet over floodplains through West Beach sandhills to sea) / Linear Park / Flood mitigation
- First Fulham School (Wesleyan Chapel)
- Second Fulham School, site on Tapleys Hill Road, near Davis Bridge
- Fulham Primary School (third location) / Reedbeds (Fulham) Community Centre
- Fulham Sea Scouts / Airport Senior Citizens Club
- Site of Fulham Rifle Butts
- Caroline Reserve Kaurna Scar tree
- Stanford Reserve / Stanford Bridge (Tapleys Hill Road, 'Hope Farm' - Thomas Stanford)
- Billilla (House) (LH) 3 Rowells Road
- The Gums 2-4 Anthus Street built 1859 (LH) / John Rowell, Col James Rowell, John Edward Rowell, Ruby Eveleen Woods and other Rowell family Vineyards, Dairy, Seed Specialists / Rowells Road Bridge (Keele Bridge) / Various family Military Service details
- 10 & 10A Cross Street (House)
- Lockleys North Primary School
- Christ the King Church / St Francis Catholic Church / St Francis of Assisi Day School (in 1949 a Nissen Hut was used by the Franciscan Fathers)
- Malurus Avenue homes
- Willingale Avenue homes
- Housing Trust Projects 1950s (Rundle Avenue, Rowells Road, Castlebar)
- (Kidman Park and Local Areas 1836-1986 - History Resource / Brenton Tucker)
NETLEY (Suburb)
Netley was initially settled by Thomas Hudson Beare, an officer of the South Australian Company who arrived at Kangaroo Island on 27 July 1836 aboard the Duke of York, the first of the immigrant ships to reach the new colony. His farm was established on Section 101, which also included the Inn known as the Halfway House, first licensed on 26 March 1840.NETLEY (Suburb)
Beare's farm was flourishing by 1850 when the correspondent of the Register known as 'Old Colonist' passed through although Beare moved to the Yankalilla district soon after. The area remained substantially agricultural into the 1930s and up to the Second World War.
After the War emergency housing was constructed by the Housing Trust and seventy dwellings were built on available land at Netley. The West Torrens Council was assured that such buildings were to be temporary in nature although they remained until well into the 1960s.
Subdivision of the area after the 1940s meant that increasing population required the construction of new schools, and a school at Netley was constructed on Watson Avenue after 1960. [demolished 1998]
A portion of Netley is taken up by the Adelaide Airport and there is now a large commercial park established by the South Australian Government off Richmond Road. [From 1998 Heritage Review - UPDATED]
NETLEY (Sites)
NETLEY (Sites)
- Netley Primary School / Netley Grove & Pine Springs Retirement Village
- Various Piggeries
- Market Gardens / Lewis family and Memorial Tree (SW cnr Richmond road and Marion Road) / Gray family
- St James Catholic Church, Playford Avenue
- 326 Marion Road (House)
- Carlisle (House) (LH)
- Joe Wells Reserve, Comet Avenue
- Netley Police Complex
NOVAR GARDENS (Suburb)
Novar Gardens occupies Sections 152 and 170-172. Much of this land was originally taken up by John Morphett who built his house Cummins close to the Sturt River and the Bay Road on Section 152. By 1850 Morphett had established a substantial farm with gardens, orchards and vineyards surrounded by hay and wheat fields. In 1919 two paddocks of Cummins were sold and subdivided to provide housing for returned soldiers after the First World War. This was part of the post-War subdivision process which was undertaken in West Torrens. Also in 1920 the Novar Gardens suburb was approved by Council. This was one of the designs of Charles Reade undertaken at the same time as the Galway Gardens suburb in Marleston. NOVAR GARDENS (Suburb)
The suburb of Novar Gardens itself was established in 1963 when the Morphett Estate was reduced to a large suburban block and thirteen hectares was subdivided to form the new suburb.
Cummins, a State Heritage Place, was sold to the State Government in 1977 and Emmanuel College leased it for a short time and then West Torrens Council took out a long term lease on the house. Emmanuel College had been established by the Lutheran Church in Novar Gardens in 1957 and the land it was on was also carved from the original Morphett Estate and purchased in 1950.
The current character of Novar Gardens is one of recent residential development mainly between the Emmanuel College grounds on Morphett Road and the eastern section of the Glenelg Golf Course in the northern part of the suburb. [From 1998 Heritage Review]
NOVAR GARDENS (Sites)
NOVAR GARDENS (Sites)
- Lightburn Factory
- Glenelg Golf Club
- Former West Torrens Council Dump
- Camden Motordrome
- Olive Grove (LH)
- River Red Gums (LH)
- Cummins (House) (SH)
MARLESTON (Suburb)
Marleston is situated on Section 50 and was taken up by John Marles Snr. The first subdivision was undertaken in 1879 when the extension of new public transport services encouraged the establishment of new townships and Marleston was located along the line of the Holdfast Bay Railway Company which intended to take a line to the Bay from the North Terrace Station through Thebarton, Richmond, Plympton and Camden, diagonally through West Torrens. In Marleston the original location of this railway line can be seen in the diagonal alignment of Ritchie Terrace and Moss Avenue.MARLESTON (Suburb)
Further subdivision took place in Marleston in the early 1920s when Charles Reade planned Galway Garden Suburb in the triangle between South Road, Richmond Road and the railway line. This suburb exemplified Reade's town planning principles as it included curved streets and substantial areas of land set aside for public recreation and reserves. Street planting was also an important part of the garden suburb principles and Anstey Crescent and Coneybeer Street are important physical evidence of this significant subdivision within Marleston.
Apart from residential use, the location of the Marleston Tertiary and Further Education College on Richmond Road [was] an important element within the suburb. This was created in 1962 using the warehouses and land previously owned by the Australian Independent Distributors. The Building and Furnishing Trade School was transferred to these buildings at that time. In 1976 it became Marleston College of Further Education, [and later the] Marleston Campus of the Douglas Mawson Institute of TAFE.
The overall residential character of Marleston is that of bungalows and little evidence remains of the earlier 191 h century subdivision in terms of houses or buildings. [From 1998 Heritage Review - UPDATED]
MARLESTON (Sites)
MARLESTON (Sites)
- Richmond Park Stud (James Henry Aldridge) / St Martins (1918 controversial silent movie The Woman Suffers filmed in part at the Homestead, two local girls were used to play the heroine as a child - Doris Violet May Wadham (5) and Phyllis Mary Wadham (3) refer Historian Vol2 No3 Dec 2010)
- Arnotts Factory
- Galway Garden Suburb /Charles Compton Reade Town Planner
- Peake Gardens
- Richmond Oval, Milner Street (former Adelaide Workingmens Blocks - opened for league football in 1958) / West Adelaide Football Club / BK Faehse Stand / Premiership Park
- Marleston Post Office / WH Nelson and Sons General Store (1880-1967) Richmond Road/Sarah Street, Nelson family
- Richmond School (original site) / Infant School
- Richmond Soldiers Memorial Hall (444 South Road)
- Donald McLean - plaque erected to commemorate first wheat crop in 1838
PLYMPTON / NORTH PLYMPTON (Suburbs)
The current suburbs of PLYMPTON and NORTH PLYMPTON are located primarily on Sections 87, 88, 104, 107 and 108. On 20 October 1838 the Southern Australian noted that the proprietors of Section 108, chief among whom was Henry Mooringe Boswarva, wished to form a village similar to Hindmarsh Town on the south side of the River Torrens and 'in a direct line to Holdfast Bay'. The initial village of Plympton was laid out on Section 108 (in the location of Gardiner Street and Mooringe Avenue) as early as 1838.PLYMPTON / NORTH PLYMPTON (Suburbs)
By the 1860s Plympton was described as 'a small postal agricultural village ... in the midst of an agricultural district taken up by small farmers engaged in the culture of wheat and hay'. The earliest notable residence in Plympton was that built by William Parkin in 1859. Parkin constructed his house in Lewis Crescent (now in North Plympton) to the north of Boswarva's village subdivision.
The Holdfast Bay Railway Line ran through Plympton and proved an important link to the City for residents of the area, and they resisted any efforts on the part of the Railway Commissioners to close the line, particularly during the late 1880s and 1890s. The existence of this public transport link with the City led to new major subdivisions in Plympton around the established village area and the railway line.
A small part of what is now Plympton, Hayhurst was subdivided from 1876 to 1880. Apart from this increased settlement along the main roads and railway the district remained essentially agricultural, although it became a favoured area for the construction of large mansions on or near Marion Road. These included The Pines constructed by John Martin, the retailer, in 1880; Nesfield designed and constructed in 1880 by architect Edward Davies; Bucklandsconstructed in 1882 for A.E.Tolley and purchased by Captain William Morish; and also Kandahar'built for Morish who gave it to his daughter in 1906, she was the wife of Arthur Hill, and designed by Edward Davies.
The Wesleyans were the first to provide a place of religious worship for their members in Plympton and their chapel was constructed in 1847, but then replaced by a new church in 1856 on Marion Road (now North Plympton). In 1902 a hall was built in Long Street to serve as a place of worship for several denominations. This hall was also used as an Institute and RSL Hall. With the introduction of the Education Act in 1875 the private schools which had been run in Plympton were closed and a new Departmental School was opened in that same year with a new building being constructed in 1880 in Long Street.
Plympton also includes a long stretch of the Bay Road or Anzac Highway. One important recreational area within Plympton is the Weigall Oval, the land for which was purchased in 1920 by Council and named after the Governor of the day. The population of Plympton increased after the First World War and this led to the establishment of the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd in 1926 in Clayton Avenue south of Anzac Highway. In 1947 a large group of 62 units for sale was completed at Plympton by the Housing Trust.
Plympton High School, which was begun in 1960 on part of the subdivision of the Birkalla Polo Grounds, home of the Adelaide Polo Club for sixty years. The name of the Club is commemorated in Birkalla Terrace, Plympton. Also during the 1960s Plympton was in the news as the location of 'the first high flats to be built in the Adelaide suburbs ... at Anzac Highway, Plympton ... a five storey Mediterranean style building' opened in July 1969. [From 1998 Heritage Review]
PLYMPTON / NORTH PLYMPTON (Sites)
PLYMPTON / NORTH PLYMPTON (Sites)
- Castalloy Ltd
- Keileys Horse Training Stables / Moseleyville Horse Training Stables ('The old Castle') corner Bay Road (Anzac Highway) and Cross Road (suburb was formerly known as Moseleyville, now Plympton)
- South Plympton Baptist Church, cnr Elizabeth and Alice Street
- 36 Long Street (Shop and House)
- Rex Jones Reserve
- Weigall Oval
- Bronzewing Poultry Farm (Cnr Morphett Road and Mooringe Ave)
- Birkalla/Myer Sports Ground
- Site of Halfway House Hotel, SW cnr Anzac Highway and Marion Road
- All Saints Uniting Church (LH) 364a Marion Road (Plympton Methodist Church 1843-1969; In 1969 Plympton and Camden Methodist churches combined to form All Saints Methodist Church; in 1977 the church became the All Saint's Uniting Church, services ceased 2025, building leased to Gurudwara Singh Sabha Adelaide) Plympton Uniting Church 1847-1997 Caring and Sharing from City to the Sea
- Kandahar (House) (LH) / 327-329 Marion Road, North Plympton; Captain Wlliam Henry Morish
- Bucklands (House) (LH) / Formerly Quarry Industries / Tolley / Captain William Henry Morish
- The Pines (House) (LH) / 333 Marion Road, North Plympton; John Martin residence 1880-1040s / Sisters of the Good Shepherd
- Nesfield (House) (LH) / 353 Marion Road, North Plympton; Edward Davies (Architect)
- Plympton Lodge (House) (LH) 354 Marion Road
- Site of Greystone 348a Marion Road
- Plympton Primary School (LH)
- Former Railway Corridor ((LH) Plympton Railway Station)
- Former Institute /Long Street Hall / Hayhurst RSL (LH)
- Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd (LH) (Clayton Avenue)
- Parkin House / Plympton House (House) (SH) / William Parkin
- Site of Plympton Police Station 268 Bay Road (Anzac Highway)
RICHMOND / WEST RICHMOND (Suburbs)
Richmond is one of the larger suburban areas within West Torrens and covers the area between Marion Road, Richmond Road, South Road and Davenport Terrace/Craig Street almost to Burbridge Road [now Sir Donald Bradman Drive] in the north. In the early stages of settlement in the West Torrens district the village of New Richmond was created by dividing Section 95 into acre allotments and by 1840 there were three houses in existence and three more being built. Section 94as also subdivided into acre allotments at this time. South Richmond was also described as a village in 1850 and this area did contain early village settlement.RICHMOND / WEST RICHMOND (Suburbs)
The Holdfast Bay Railway Company put their line through West Torrens passing through the village of Richmond in 1878 thus enabling further subdivision of parts of the area including West Richmond associated with the provision of better transport links to the City. At this time Ellenville was also subdivided but was incorporated as part of Richmond. However, apart from houses in the subdivisions along the main roads the area remained as agricultural until well into the 1880s. The Depression of the late 1880s brought about a significant residential development in Richmond. The government resumed land in Sections 49 and 50 and subdivided it into 'Homestead Blocks' in 1895 for lease by working men. This was an attempt to help relieve social distress caused by the Depression. These blocks were approximately one hectare in size and they were offered for lease under the terms of the Homestead Act, 1895. The land continued under lease until 1902 when the blockers, as they were known, were permitted to convert the leases to freehold. The blocks were large enough to contain a family house, orchards and sufficient land to grow wheat, hay and lucerne for a small number of stock also kept on the land. The area in Richmond was known as 'Tin Town' as most of the houses were constructed in narrow flute corrugated iron. Richmond, as with other small suburbs within West Torrens, suffered from the lack of sanitation and water supply during the 1880s and 1890s and problems developed from the rural nature of the land use, particularly the many piggeries around the area.
The Baptists within this working class area constructed a church in 1895 on Richmond Road and a school was constructed soon after the passing of the Education Act in 1875. An important indication of the working class nature of Richmond's population was the construction of the Democratic Hall on Richmond Road near the railway crossing. This was the site of various meetings and community gatherings. The hall was constructed between the Police Station and the Baptist Church on Richmond Road. Further subdivision took place within the area after the First World War during the early 1920s converting previously agricultural land to residential areas. The Depression of the 1930s was felt severely in areas such as Richmond where most of the families were working class and relied on paid employment for their survival. 118 of the 549 students at Richmond Primary School were provided with what relief was available during that time. The 'Homestead Blocks' were subdivided during the immediate post Second World War period when closer subdivision was necessary in this area so close to the City and each of the blocks was subdivided into nine or ten building allotments. Council negotiated to purchase land for the establishment of the Richmond Oval from part of the area of the blocks. Little now remains to indicate the extent of the 'Homestead Blocks' in Richmond. The area which was once subdivided into the 'Homestead Blocks' now contains consistent residential development ranging from very early returned soldier's houses (State Bank Homes) through to recent flat development. On the whole the housing seems to date from the 1930s to the 1950s with pockets of 1920s residences. There are very few of the 1890s houses remaining and it is difficult to determine exactly which these are, as early State Bank Houses also follow traditional designs with bull-nose verandahs and gable roofs.[From 1998 Heritage Review]
Richmond Road: formerly Nottingham Avenue/ West Beach Road Much of the road between Marion Road and South Road was from at least the 1880s known asRichmond Road. There were however two sections of the road that were exceptions. The small section of Richmond Road running from Railway Terrace to South Road was, as the southern boundary of the Ellenville subdivision, known from 1879 as South Terrace. And from October 1882 as part of the new Keswick subdivision, the section of Richmond Road between South Road and the Bay Road/Anzac Highway was named Nottingham Avenue. Nottingham Avenue had different number to the Richmond Road. Around 1936/37 the West Torrens Council decided the the full length of the road should be renamed to West Beach Road. The first step in this process was the new numbering system adopted with even numbers on the south side of the road and odd numbers on the north side, beginning from Anzac Highway then going west; this resulted in the southern numbering on Nottage Avenue changing from odd to even and the northern side from even to odd numbers. The road was renamed West Beach Road in 1943 and then Richmond Road in 1984.
RICHMOND / WEST RICHMOND (Sites)
RICHMOND / WEST RICHMOND (Sites)
- Methodist Church (1942-1977) / Uniting Church (1977-2002)
- Suburbs Penrhyn/Twickenham Gardens /Penrhyn Shopping Centre
- Prettejohn family
- Richmond Oval / Football Clubs
- John Marles House (South Road) / Original Births Deaths and Marriages Office
- St Albans Church, South Road
- Baptist Church, 141 Richmond Road
- Site of Richmond Police Station, 147 Richmond Road, 394-404 South Road, Richmond
- Site of Apollo Stadium, Kingston Avenue (opened 1969, in 1970 4,000 people watched 'Peter, Paul and Mary' perform) / Coastlands International Christian Centre
- Democratic Hall
- Former Railway Corridor (Richmond Railway Station)
- St Aloysius Catholic Church (LH), 68 Brooker Terrace
THEBARTON / MILE END (Suburbs)
The plains in the vicinity of the future city of Adelaide were originally occupied by members of the Kaurna tribe. These Aborigines made use of the water supplied by the Torrens and the abundant wildlife of the plains. However, the tribe was not to live in happy coexistence with the new white settlers who first arrived in 1836. A combination of loss of habitat, population pressure and disease meant that the Kaurna tribe had reached virtual extinction by the 1850s.THEBARTON / MILE END (Suburbs)
Early development of the Thebarton area was based along the Torrens River. Small cottages were scattered among industries such as brick making and tanning, which extended along the banks of the river in both Thebarton and Hindmarsh. These early activities set the basis for the development of the northern section of the survey area, most of which remains industrialised today. However, the nature of industrial and semi-industrial development, combined with a continual need to modernise and expand, has meant that very little remains of the built fabric of these early industries. Indeed the expansion of light industry and commerce has all but removed traces of the earliest residential development in the 'village' of Thebarton (bounded by Light Terrace, Port Road, Dew Street and Kintore Street).
Later subdivisions-parts of Mile End and Torrensville-were slowly developed as residential suburbs, coinciding with the expansion of the transport network from the 1880s to 1900s. The unity of building styles and features evident within these areas, as well as the differences between these suburbs, gives an indication of the stages of development within the survey area.
The division of Thebarton into North, South and New Thebarton wards heralded the separation of Thebarton from West Torrens. West Torrens was predominantly rural in the 1880s while Thebarton's industries were growing in number and diversity. On 8 February 1883 the Thebarton Corporation was proclaimed (SAGG, 8 February 1883, p. 428); it covered an area of about 1,038 acres, and was divided into four wards: Strangways, Musgrave, Torrens and Jervois (Lester, Firth and Murton 1982, p. 19; Burgess 1907). Several cast iron markers locating the ward boundaries remain-one on Bagot Avenue, Mile End (ME:452) and another in Rankine Road. The first Mayor was Benjamin Taylor.
Immigration has had an important effect on the social composition of the area. The suburbs of Thebarton, Hind marsh, Woodville and West Torrens attracted a larger percentage of people from non-British European countries (rather than the predominantly English settlement of Port Adelaide and Glenelg, Henley and Grange). By 1954 the Greek community made up 3.4% of Thebarton's population and the Italians 2.3%, and by 1961 the Greek population had doubled to 7.4% and Italians to 6.9% (Srubjen 1983). Thebarton gained the greatest number in 1966, with 33.8% of its population originated from non-British countries (Lester, Firth and Murton 1982, p. 98).
The influence of the transport network on the commercial development of the main arterial roads in the Thebarton Council area-Henley Beach Road, South Road and Port Road-is still evident and several items recording the improvement to transport through the area remain : the Bakewell Bridge, the Holland Street bridge and the former MTT convertor station in Henley Street are examples. [From 1991Thebarton Heritage Survey]
The division of Thebarton into North, South and New Thebarton wards heralded the separation of Thebarton from West Torrens. West Torrens was predominantly rural in the 1880s while Thebarton's industries were growing in number and diversity. On 8 February 1883 the Thebarton Corporation was proclaimed (SAGG, 8 February 1883, p. 428); it covered an area of about 1,038 acres, and was divided into four wards: Strangways, Musgrave, Torrens and Jervois (Lester, Firth and Murton 1982, p. 19; Burgess 1907). Several cast iron markers locating the ward boundaries remain-one on Bagot Avenue, Mile End (ME:452) and another in Rankine Road. The first Mayor was Benjamin Taylor.
Immigration has had an important effect on the social composition of the area. The suburbs of Thebarton, Hind marsh, Woodville and West Torrens attracted a larger percentage of people from non-British European countries (rather than the predominantly English settlement of Port Adelaide and Glenelg, Henley and Grange). By 1954 the Greek community made up 3.4% of Thebarton's population and the Italians 2.3%, and by 1961 the Greek population had doubled to 7.4% and Italians to 6.9% (Srubjen 1983). Thebarton gained the greatest number in 1966, with 33.8% of its population originated from non-British countries (Lester, Firth and Murton 1982, p. 98).
The influence of the transport network on the commercial development of the main arterial roads in the Thebarton Council area-Henley Beach Road, South Road and Port Road-is still evident and several items recording the improvement to transport through the area remain : the Bakewell Bridge, the Holland Street bridge and the former MTT convertor station in Henley Street are examples. [From 1991Thebarton Heritage Survey]
MILE END / MILE END SOUTH (Sites)
MILE END / MILE END SOUTH (Sites)
- Mile End Railyards / Advertiser Print Centre, 200 Railway Terrace [Points lever in front lawns in front of gates]
- Humes Ltd cnr Richmond Road and South Road, (18 acres est. 1912, producing concrete and steel pipes) / State Transport Depot (transferred from Hackney Road in 1992)
- Charlicks Ltd (LH) (William Charlick Limited Flour Mill, damaged by fire in 1933)
- SA Farmers Union Ltd (building commenced 1912) / Haigh's
- IXL Ltd Henry Jones Jam factory and cannery, cnr Richmond Road and Railway Terrace (High chimney landmark) ; buildings used by United Motors until demolished in 1991
- Site of Perry Engineering (Home Maker Centre, Railway Terrace)
- Site of Richards / Chrysler Ltd
- Former Railway Museum
- Adelaide City Council Depot opened 5 March 1993 (moved from Halifax Street)
- Horwood Bagshaw Ltd (Bagshaw and Son established agricultural implement factory on 12 acres in 1910; firm taken over in 1924 by JH Horwood and Co.) / Mile End Common (time capsule buried under rotunda)
- Former Railway Corridor North Terrace to Glenelg (Hilton Railway Station) / Westside Bikeway
- Bakewell Bridge, Henley Beach Road / James Congdon Drive
- Mile End Fuel Supplies
- Plaza Theatre, 107 Henley Beach Road / Star Theatre / Mile End Office Furniture
- Maternity Hospital (South West Community) 18 Lurline Street
- Henley Beach Road Shops /Savings Bank
- Site of Thebarton Schools, 104 Henley Beach Road
- Vilis Bakery
- Smyth Confectionery
- Site of Barbara Hanrahan home (Rose Street)
- Thebarton Baptist Church
- Presbyterian Church Hughes Street
- Kevin Ward (Ice and Wood Delivery) (Hughes Street)
- Elm Avenue Homes / Henley Street / 187 Henley Beach Road / MTT converter station (LH)
- St James Anglican School / Church (LH)
- Mile End Hotel (LH), 28-32 Henley Beach Road
- Former Service Station (LH) 173 Henley Beach (Art Deco)
- Holder Memorial Church (LH), 200 South Road - 'Much to be proud of'
- Former International Harvester Ltd Showroom, (19 East Terrace, now James Congdon Drive) (LH)
- Mile End Baptist Church (LH), 12a Victoria Street
- Former Adelaide Electric Supply Buildings, opened 1924-1927 (SH) (former Stock Yards and WW1 military drill area
- Former Savings Bank (SH)
- Temple Christian College / Hardys Tintara Wine Cellars (SH)
- Rose Street Cottages (SH)
- Southwark Hotel (SH)
- Former Boundary Marker (SH)
- Flint and Sons (Barn), Kintore Street
- Ballantyne's Dairy (WB Keanes), Walter Street
- Thebarton Primary School, Rose Street
- SA Homing Pigeon Association, 11 Henley Beach Road
- Babidge and Sons Cooperage, 26 Railway Terrace
- Site of Henry Graves home, 147 Henley Beach Road (SA Transport founder)
- Former Hilders shop, 25 Ebor Avenue / Rosella Ghost Sign
- Former Thebarton Racecourse (Bordered by South Road, Henley Beach Road, Bagot Avenue, and Darebin Street
- Bagots Boiling-down Works (former Thebarton racecourse) Edward Meade 'Ned' Bagot (1822-1886)
- Mitchell Motor Service 7 Goodenough Street
- Wallmans Undertakers 22 and 100 Henley Beach Road
THEBARTON (Sites)
STATE HERITAGE ITEMSTHEBARTON (Sites)
- Lady Gowrie Child Centre, 39A Dew Street
- Former Thebarton Baptist Church (SH)
- Former Thebarton Incinerator (SH)
- Southwark Hotel (SH)
- Squatters Arms Hotel (SH)
- Cawthorne Street / Holland Street Tram Bridge (SH)
- SABCo Brewhouse Tower / Garden Display (SH)
- Site of Colonel Light's home (Theberton Cottage) (SH)
- Former Fauldings Ltd Eucalyptus Oil Distillery (Boiler House and Chimney) Laboratory/Warehouse (SH)
- Fauldings Library, Dew Street
- Fauldings House, Dew Street
LOCAL HERITAGE ITEMS
- St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 65 George Street (LH)
- West Thebarton Hotel (LH), 51-53 South Road
- Wheatsheaf Hotel (LH), 39 George Street
- Former Barbara Hanrahan Studio (64 Maria Street)
- Girl Guide and Boy Scout Hall (LH) 7 August Street
- Queen of Angels Church (first and current) (LH), 139 South Road
- Queen of Angels (original church building 1883)
- Kilmara Primary School, Convent and Chapel, 114 Kintore Street
- Former St John the Baptist / Kilmara Secondary School, George Street
- Adelaide Electric Supply Company Transformer (Holland Street) (LH)
- Former Butcher shop 57 Light Terrace (LH)
- Former Police Station / Court House (LH) 135 South Road
- Uni of Adelaide Thebarton Campus (LH), 26 Stirling Street
OTHER
- Kaurna Trails along Karrawirraparri Red-gum Forest River
- Alaska Ice Cream Ltd, Reid Street
- Tanneries / Woolwashing (Torrens River)
- D Brice and Sons, Beans Road, Brickmakers
- Robway Ltd
- Provincial Gas Company/ SA Gas Company (SAGASCo) Gas Holder, 19 East Terrace / Ice ArenA, 23 James Congdon Drive
- E.S. Wigg & Son
- Maria Gandy
- Scott Bonnar Ltd
- Shops at 54 George Street
- House 39 Cawthorne Street
- Building 64 George Street
- 'Terowie Railway Building', Little Queen Street
- Police Barracks / (Adelaide Gaol (external link) )
- Site of Thebarton Police Station, 102 Kintore Street & 135 South Road
- Former Thebarton Post Office, 137 South Road
- Cawthorne Street Murals 14 Cawthorne Street
- 45 Smith Street, Wat Rattanaprateep Vihara
- 47 Smith Street, Rosella Ghost Sign
- Taylors Bridge, South Road
- Goodman Bridge / Holland and Cawthorne Street Tram Bridges
- Thebarton Depot (Sewers Yard) part of Parklands (used as the base for construction, maintenance and operation of Adelaides first sewerage system commission in 1881, with waste disposed off via Torrens River, sanitary issues led to installation of sewer line along railway line to Islington; Site then used as SA Water depot until 2008)
TORRENSVILLE
TORRENSVILLE
- River Red gum, significant tree, Torrens River, near Hardys Road
- Kaurna cultural significance, Torrens River
- Adelaide Badminton Centre
- 235 & 237 Henley Beach Road (Shops)
- Former Fire Station (40-42 Carlton Parade)
- Former Masonic Hall
- Former Thebarton Library, South Road
- Thebarton Institute, cnr Henley Beach Road and South Road
- Burnbrae (House) (LH) 68 Meyer Street / Robert Burns Cuming
- Former Druids Hall (LH) 8a Jervois Street
- Pan Arcadian Hall (LH) 194 Henley Beach Road / Former Wesleyan Methodist Church / Rechabite Hall / Freemasons Lodge
- Mile End Church of Christ, 114 Henley Beach Road (LH) / 2 Danby Street
- 11-15 Wainhouse Street
- Bunney Brothers Bus Services (1920s-1963), Lurline Street (Harry Thomas Bunney (1899-1951); Arthur Sidney Hutton, Hilton
- Congregational Church, Huntriss Street
(TORRENSVILLE cont)
- Holbrooks Wilford Winery and Vineyards, Hardys Road
- Hotel Royal (LH), 180 Henley Beach Road
- R.W. Fielder and Son District Centre (LH), 184-188 Henley Beach Road
- Albert Villa (House) (LH) 86 Ashley Street (Crown Dairy)
- Hastwell's House, 20 Hayward Avenue
- Vawser's Grocery Store (New Mile End)
- Thebarton Senior College (LH) / Former Boys Technical School, 40 Ashley Street
- Thebarton Oval / Soldiers' Memorial Oval and Recreation Ground; Gates (SH) / Grandstand (LH) 38 Ashley Street / 1 Meyer Street
- Former Hoffman Brick Kiln (SH) / Brickworks Markets, cnr South Road and Ashwin Parade
- Former Torrensville Uniting Church, Hayward Avenue (SH)
- Former Methodist Hall, Hayward Avenue
- Former Thebarton Town Hall / Community Centre (LH)
- Former World War 2 Civil Defence Sub-Control Station (SH)
- Frank Norton Reserve / Poole Family, Rankin Road
UNDERDALE (Suburb)
UNDERDALE is located in Section 96 which is one of the Sections in West Torrens fronting the River Torrens. The suburb now includes part of the adjacent Section 97, but initially the area known as Underdale ran between Holbrook's Road and Hardys Road down to Henley Beach Road. This area was originally associated with the Holbrook Vineyard and Winery and the Norman Vineyard and Winery and also Thomas Hardy's Bankside Vineyards. All of these early viticulturists purchased their land during the early 1850s and all went on to be significant and successful winemakers.UNDERDALE (Suburb)
In November, 1855, Section 96 was formally subdivided into an 18-allotment development, the "Village of Underdale." The origins of the name Underdale are unclear, though it has been suggested it could allude to a "dale under or near Adelaide".
The area remained essentially agricultural until the 1920s when parts of the Section were subdivided for residential use. The first of these was Sherriff's Estate which fronted Henley Beach Road through to Norman Street, and incorporated Sherriff Street and Pierce Street. The allotment between Holbrooks Road and Fernleigh Street to the west was already fairly well developed and subdivided, but the other land still remained in the hands of the Norman and Holbrook families. Bankside, Thomas Hardy's property had passed into the ownership of F Gill by the 1920s and in 1926 the part of Bankside fronting Stewards Road (Ashley Street) was also put up for subdivision. These areas close to the River Torrens were of course subject to flooding and it was not until after the Western Suburbs Drainage Scheme was introduced in 1934 that land closer to the river was able to be subdivided and facilities such as deep drainage for sewerage introduced.
The increase in population during the 1950s led to a need for secondary schools in the area in the 1960s and the Underdale High School was opened in 1966. The Western Teacher's College had been established on land close to the River Torrens between Holbrooks Road and the River immediately after the Second World War, but in 1976 this site was used for the new Torrens College of Advanced Education which [became] now the Underdale Campus of the University of South Australia [demolished in 2005]. There are a large number of 1920s and 30s houses of distinctive design, particularly along Holbrooks Road. [From 1998 Heritage Review - UPDATED]
UNDERDALE (Sites)
UNDERDALE (Sites)
- Tree at end of Hardys Road
- Torrens College Of Advanced Education 1976-1982, SA College AE 1982-1991, Uni SA 1991-2005 (off Holbrooks Road) / Distance Education Centre (Correspondence School) - energy efficient building
- Holbrooks 'Wilford' Winery, 103 Holbrooks Road - John Daykin HOLBROOK (1828-1880); Harriet HOLBROOK nee Shakes (1838-1903) (Local Heritage listed)
- Normans Winery 49 Hardys Road Underdale (remaining outbuilding Local Heritage Listed) - Jesse Norman (1826-1880), Leonard 'Len' Arthur Norman (1922-2001), Underdale Bowling Club
- Hardys 'Bankside' Winery
- Site of St Gabriels Kindergarten
- Site of Baptist Church, Holbrooks Road
- Holbrooks Road Bridge / Keele Bridge (widened and strengthened in 1934)
- Torrensville Primary School
- Market Gardens (Lewis, Sherriff, Skuse)
- Agar Chemicals (AO Modra Engineers)
- GR Tregoning (TREG Trailers)
- Fauldings Ltd / Symbion
- Underdale High School
- Bensons Biscuits, 11 Garden Terrace
- Roseneath (House) (LH)
- Parry's Butchers
- Site of Badenochs Bakery
- Underdale Sea Scouts, cnr Marion Road and Hounslow Avenue, Cowandilla (50th anniversary Scoutabout 1928-1978)
- Underdale Primary School (now Flinders Park) The school and residence were built in 1915 at a cost of 2,000 pounds. The school opened in 1916 with an average attendance of 170. After the Second World War it became known as Flinders Park School.
WEST BEACH / ADELAIDE AIRPORT (Suburb)
Adelaide Airport takes up a 24% of land the area within the City of West Torrens and effectively divides the northern part from the southern section. The northern part of the suburb is associated with the River while the southern part of the suburb is associated with Anzac Highway. WEST BEACH / ADELAIDE AIRPORT (Suburb)
Part of the land resumed for the airport was originally owned by W H Gray who purchased the estate from Captain Joseph Johnson in 1858. The early house 'Frogmore' which was associated with this estate no longer exists.
The site was first considered for an airport in 1936 and then the issue was held in abeyance until after the Second World War when the use of the site was approved. Construction began on the runways in 1947 and by 1955 the airport was opened to commercial aircraft and the first hangar had been constructed.
With the increased popularity of air travel during the 1930s and onwards, the original Adelaide Airport at Parafield became unsuitable. In 1939 the Commonwealth Government announced its policy of providing an additional airport for all capital cities and preliminary investigation of sites around Adelaide were made in 1941 by the Department of Civil Aviation.
The fact that Gray's former estate contained little residential development made it the best available site for Adelaide as it provided good approaches from all directions for aircraft.
The terminal building and control tower were opened in 1957 along with a memorial to Sir Ross and Keith Smith. Development of Adelaide Airport has continued intermittently since the 1950s with the improvement of runways, taxi-ways, upgrading the terminal buildings and improved sophistication of navigation equipment. [From 1998 Heritage Review]
The new West Beach subdivision bordered by the Esplanade (now Seaview Road) to the west, Military Road to the east and Renwick and Chetwynd Streets to the north and south. (Today the subdivision is in the City of Charles Sturt council area, just beyond the northern boundary of the City of West Torrens). The auction, which attracted over 1,000 spectators, took place on Saturday, 2 March 1929 at 2.30 pm – this remarkable photo, taken by R.E. Collett, shows the cars parked around the sales marquee.
The photograph was taken by Richard Ernest Collett of Netley. Collett (1887-1965) worked for most of his adult life as a photographer. At first he was employed with another man in producing lantern slides for advertising in silent picture theatres; their business was known as Collett and Monks. Collett later worked as a photographer with the Adelaide News. Several of his photographs are also in the State Library of South Australia.
WEST BEACH / ADELAIDE AIRPORT (Sites)
WEST BEACH / ADELAIDE AIRPORT (Sites)
- Adelaide Airport (work commenced 1947 to make roads on former dairy farms, sand hills and swampland; ANA Hanger used a temporary passenger terminal from first flight in 1954; first permanent terminal building included viewing balcony over tarmacs and an octagonal control tower fitted with anti-glare glass) International terminal opened October 1982
- Adelaide Arrive Alive project / Boulevard of Honour (WW2 service people)
- 1919 Epic Flight (27 days to fly from England to Australia / Vickers Vimy Exhibition (Sir Ross and Keith Smith; Wally Shiers; James Bennett) / Former Hangar
- Site of Glenelg Migrant Hostel
- Apex Park / West Beach Ponding Basin - Drainage Scheme 1994
- Sailing Club
- Sea Rescue Squadron, Barcoo Road
- HMAS Barcoo Grounding
- Site of Frogmore (House) / Joseph Johnson / W.H. Gray
- West Beach Sand Dunes / Shacks
- Marineland
- Anderson Avenue Bridge
- Glenbank (Proposed Subdivision)
- Graymore (House) / WH Gray
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