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City Of Holdfast Bay
The City of Holdfast Bay is a local government area in the south-western coastal suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. History The council was formed 1 January 1997, when the City of Glenelg and City of Brighton councils were amalgamated by the state government. As a result, there are two council offices, one in the historic Glenelg Library on Colley Terrace and the other on Jetty Road, Brighton. Council The current council is: Mayors The Council has had 4 mayors: Brian Nadilo (1997-2006), Ken Rollond (2006-2014), Stephen Patterson (2014-2017) and Amanda Wilson (2018-). Suburbs * Brighton (5048) * Glenelg (5045) * Glenelg East (5045) * Glenelg North (5045) * Glenelg South (5045) * Hove (5048) * Kingston Park (5049) * North Brighton (5048) * Seacliff (5049) * Seacliff Park (5049) * Somerton Park (5044) * South Brighton (5048) Wards The council consists of four Wards: Glenelg, Somerton, Brighton and Seacliff. Each Ward is represented by three Ward Councillors. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton, South Australia
Brighton is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, situated between Seacliff and Glenelg and aside Holdfast Bay. Some notable features of the area are the Brighton-Seacliff Yacht Club, the Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club, the Brighton Jetty, and a beach. The Windsor Theatre, constructed in 1925, is a long-standing institution. History The Kaurna people inhabited the area before British colonisation of South Australia. Witu-wattingga has become the accepted Kaurna name for the area, although its origin is probably arose through confusion with Wita-wattingga, the certified Kaurna name for an area around present-day Seacliff Park, meaning "in the midst of peppermint gums". (There is, however, a Kaurna language meaning for ''witu-watti'', meaning "reeds in the middle", so could be applied to some small, intermittent swamps with reeds in the area, such as one near Young Street in Seacliff.) Brighton Post Office opened on 27 August 1849. Brighton Jetty Post Office opened on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Patterson
Stephen John Rayden Patterson (born 4 January 1971) is an Australian politician, and a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL), and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He has been a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2018 state election, representing the Electoral district of Morphett. Patterson has served as the Minister for Trade and Investment in the Second Marshall Ministry between July 2020 and March 2022. He currently serves as the Shadow Minister for Energy and Net Zero, Shadow Minister for Mining and Shadow Minister for Defence and Space Industries in the First Speirs Shadow Ministry. Early life Patterson grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Highbury. He attended Pembroke School, Adelaide, and then went on to study a Bachelor of Science (Physics) and Bachelor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering with 1st Class Honours at the University of Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Adelaide Parks And Gardens
List of Adelaide parks and gardens refers to parks and gardens within the metropolitan area in South Australia known as Adelaide. Northern Adelaide The South Australian government region known as Northern Adelaide and which occupies the northern end of the Adelaide metropolitan area consists of the following local government areas: the City of Playford, the City of Salisbury, the City of Tea Tree Gully and the east half of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Playford * Dauntsey Reserve BMX Skate - Woodford Road, Elizabeth * Fremont Park - Yorktown Road, Elizabeth * Kalara Reserve - Bulkington Road, Davoren Park * Ramsay Park - Womma Road, Edinburgh North * Smithfield Civic Park - Anderson Walk, Smithfield * Stebonheath Park - Davoren Road, Andrews Farm * Womma Park - Womma Road, Edinburgh North Port Adelaide Enfield (part) * Jack Watkins Reserve - Churchill Road, Kilburn * L.J. Lewis Garden Reserve - Grand Junction Road, Northfield * Harry Wierda Reserve formerly Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayama, Kanagawa
260px, Morito Beach is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, on central Honshū, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 32,961 and a population density of 1900 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Since 1894, the Japanese Imperial Family has maintained a residence in Hayama, the seaside Hayama Imperial Villa. Geography Hayama is located at the northern end of Miura Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean. Geographically, it is often cited as the easternmost point of the Shōnan region. Surrounding municipalities Kanagawa Prefecture *Zushi *Yokosuka Climate Hayama has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hayama is 15.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1872 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 6.4 °C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Brighton, South Australia
South Brighton is a small, primarily residential suburb of Adelaide in South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories .... ''Brighton South'' Post Office opened on 7 November 1961. It was renamed ''South Brighton'' in 1968 and replaced by the Seacliff Park office in 1995. References Suburbs of Adelaide {{Adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerton Park, South Australia
Somerton Park is a seaside suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. The mainly residential suburb is home to the Somerton Park Beach, Sacred Heart College and North Brighton Cemetery. History Somerton Park Post Office opened on 1 July 1947 and closed in 1988. Seaforth In 1921 the Seaforth Convalescent Home, a two-storey building surrounded by four acres of land situated not far from the beach (at 20 Tarlton Street), was opened by the South Australian Government. The convalescent home provided short-term accommodation for children recuperating from illness or hospitalisation, as well as being used as a holiday home for children who had been placed in service. As time went by, teachers were appointed, and by the 1930s around 30 to 50 children, mainly girls, lived at the home. Numbers grew to more than 60 in the mid-1940s, and additional dormitories and staff quarters were built. In 1946 the institution was renamed Seaforth Home. From 1946 to 1976, the home was named the Seafort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seacliff Park, South Australia
Seacliff Park is a suburb of Adelaide partly in the City of Marion and the City of Holdfast Bay. The suburb is adjacent to South Brighton in the north, Seaview Downs to the east, Hallett Cove to the south, and Marino and Seacliff on its western side. The suburb is divided diagonally by Ocean Road, with the northern part of the suburb mainly residential, and the southern park partly occupied by a golf course and a quarry. Prior to the 1836 British colonisation of South Australia, the area was inhabited by the Kaurna people, who occupied the land from Cape Jervis in the south up the western side of the Fleurieu Peninsula, to Crystal Brook in the north, west to the Mount Lofty Ranges, across to Gulf Saint Vincent, including the Adelaide Plains and city of Adelaide. The Kaurna name for the area was Wita-wattingga, or Wita-wita, was the Kaurna name of an area on the north side of O'Halloran Hill, which was then covered in low woodland of ''Eucalyptus porosa'' and/or ''Eucalyp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seacliff, South Australia
Seacliff is a coastal suburb located in the capital city of South Australia; Adelaide. Overseen by the council, City of Holdfast Bay, this suburb is adjacent to South Brighton, Seacliff Park, Marino and Kingston Park. Seacliff Post Office opened on 1 July 1915 and closed in 1978. History Heritage listings The suburb of Seacliff has an extensive list of heritage listed locations all deemed to have historical value. The Seacliff Hotel built in 1927, originally named the Hotel Australia and renamed in 1935, was proposed to be heritage listed in 1998. It received great publicity for being the headquarters for the English Test Cricketers during the Adelaide Test in the 1935 and 1936 tour. The Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club formed in 1919, and later had its clubrooms built in 1927 after land was purchased by Tom Mayfield Hardy. It became home club to nationally and internationally renowned yachtsmen Sir James Hardy, and in 1966 hosted the 505 World Championships. Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Brighton, South Australia
North Brighton is a list of Adelaide suburbs, suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. The northern reaches of the suburb are occupied by Brighton Secondary School and the campus of Minda Inc, a large disability support organisation. To the south, the suburb is bounded by the Townsend Park Retirement Village and Marymount College. Other points of interest are a small shopping centre on the corner of Holder and Brighton Roads, and North Brighton Beach. References Suburbs of Adelaide {{Adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Park, South Australia
Kingston Park is a small beachside suburb, south of the Adelaide city centre. Kingston Park is within the Holdfast Bay, City of Holdfast Bay and flanked by the neighbouring suburbs of Marino, South Australia, Marino to the south and Seacliff, South Australia, Seacliff to the north and east. There is a Kaurna site of significance, the freshwater spring known as Tulukudangga, which is part of the Tjilbruke Dreaming Track. There is also a coastal reserve, a caravan park and a kiosk. The plant life of the cliff face includes a number of endangered species, endangered or vulnerable species. History The Kaurna people inhabited the area before European settlement. As per the Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal oral history and dreamtime mythology, the creator being, creator ancestor, Tjilbruke, carried his dead nephew, Kulultuwi, from the spring, known as Tulukudangga, to Cape Jervis, South Australia, Jervis Bay. Above the spring on the cliff top is a lookout with views across the Gulf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hove, South Australia
Hove is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is situated north of Brighton, west of Warradale, and south of North Brighton. Running along the west of the suburb is the Esplanade, a street with numerous townhouses with views of the Gulf St Vincent. The suburb is bisected by its major thoroughfare, Brighton Road. Property prices are generally higher on the coastal side of Brighton Road. Public transport The Seaford railway line serves most of the suburb's public transport needs with the Hove railway station situated just off Brighton Road. The 262, 263, and 265 bus routes which run from the Adelaide CBD to Westfield Marion via Glenelg also serve the suburb. Landmarks Major landmarks within the suburb include Brighton Road Oval, Marymount College, and Townsend House, an iconic building that provides services for the hearing and sight impaired. The oldest landmark in Hove is the Brighton Town Hall that was constructed in 1869. It was the civic centre for 90 years an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenelg South, South Australia
Glenelg South is a suburb on the coast of Adelaide, South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories .... References Suburbs of Adelaide {{Adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
