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Electoral District Of King (South Australia)
King is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was created by the redistribution conducted in 2016, and was contested for the first time at the 2018 state election. King is named after Len King , a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia and Attorney-General in the Dunstan government. The Electoral District Boundaries Commission considered that it had renamed the electoral district of Napier to King, but only 1479 of the estimated 27,002 voters in King had previously been voters in Napier from the rural areas of Bibaringa, One Tree Hill, Uleybury, Yattalunga. The majority of voters in King came from Wright in the suburbs of Golden Grove, Greenwith, Salisbury East and from Little Para in the suburbs of Gould Creek, Hillbank, Salisbury Heights, Salisbury Park. Geography At its creation in 2016, King contained the suburbs of Bibaringa, Uleybury, Yattalunga, One Tree Hill, Gould Creek, Hillbank, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhiannon Pearce
Rhiannon Kate Pearce is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2022 state election, representing King. Early and personal life Pearce grew up in Telowie in the state's Mid North and attended high school at St Mark's College in Port Pirie before moving to Adelaide at age 18 to study economics. She worked as a Community Engagement Advisor for then opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas. Pearce is married to Todd and has two children. Political career Pearce was elected at the 2022 state election to represent King. She replaced the Liberal politician, Paula Luethen, who had held the seat since 2018. She was supported in her campaign by the mentorship through Emily's List Australia. On 24 March 2022, the new Premier, Peter Malinauskas, announced his Cabinet, with Pearce appointed as assistant minister to Deputy Premier Susan Close Susan Elizabeth Close (born 12 November 1967) is an Australian politician, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uleybury, South Australia
Uleybury is a rural locality near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located at the eastern side of the City of Playford local government area, just north of One Tree Hill along Gawler-One Tree Hill Road. History A weaver named Moses Bendle Garlick (c. 1784–1859) migrated with his family to South Australia in 1837 on the ship ''Katherine Stewart Forbes''. He settled first at North Adelaide, where he was in business as a builder until at least 1848. He then took up land at Munno Para East, naming it Uley, after his native village Uley in Gloucestershire, England, and there built a home which the family occupied from around 1850. His eldest son, the architect Daniel Garlick, opened a practice in nearby Gawler. Moses was a devout Baptist and lay preacher, and donated to the Church an acre of land where in 1851 he built the Uley Chapel at a cost of £400. Upon his death on 1 October 1859 Moses was buried in the small Cemetery which adjoined the Chapel. The settlement became kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Luethen
Paula Maria Luethen is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly from the 2018 state election, representing King, until she lost it at the 2022 state election. Luethen was a City of Tea Tree Gully councillor before her election to state parliament. During her maiden speech A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected or appointed member of a legislature or parliament. Traditions surrounding maiden speeches vary from country to country. In many Westminster system governments, there is a convention th ... in parliament, she spoke of domestic violence and being a victim of child sexual abuse in her past. References Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia Women members of the South Australian House of Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Lofty Ranges
The Mount Lofty Ranges are a range of mountains in the Australian state of South Australia which for a small part of its length borders the east of Adelaide. The part of the range in the vicinity of Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and defines the eastern border of the Adelaide Plains. Location and description The Mount Lofty Ranges stretch from the southernmost point of the Fleurieu Peninsula at Cape Jervis northwards for over before petering out north of Peterborough. In the vicinity of Adelaide, they separate the Adelaide Plains from the extensive plains that surround the Murray River and stretch eastwards to Victoria. The Heysen Trail traverses almost the entire length of the ranges, crossing westwards to the Flinders Ranges near Hallett. The mountains have a Mediterranean climate with moderate rainfall brought by south-westerly winds, hot summers and cool winters. The southern ranges are wetter (with of rain per year) than the northern ranges (). Southern rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salisbury Park, South Australia
Salisbury Park is a northern suburb of Adelaide, located in the City of Salisbury, South Australia. It is on the south bank of the Little Para River, bounded by Main North Road Main North Road is the major north-south arterial route through the suburbs north of the Adelaide City Centre in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It continues north through the settled areas of South Australia and is a total of long, fro ... and Saints Road. References {{adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salisbury Heights, South Australia
Salisbury Heights is a suburb located in the City of Salisbury, 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 .... The upper section of Salisbury Heights was originally established as Castieu Estate in the 1970s by a private consortium. The blocks of land in this area were typically much larger than surrounding suburbs with half acre blocks compared to the usual quarter acre block. In April 2017, the Salisbury Heights section of Tea Tree Gully Council was renamed and amalgamated with nearby Greenwith. References {{City of Salisbury suburbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillbank, South Australia
Hillbank is a residential suburb of the City of Playford in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. It contains such features as Jo Gapper Regional Park, Hillbank Childcare Centre, Elizabeth Pistol Club and an On The Run petrol station. History The original subdivision was laid out under the name of Hill Bank. The name was changed to Hillbank in 1966. Further land including the former suburb of Elizabeth Heights was added to Hillbank in 1987. Hillbank was home to the local "Drive In" theatre which opened on 16 May 1958 and closed in the late 1980s and was later pulled down and made into Burchwood Estate. Hillbank has a local shopping area (a bottle’o) on Bogan Road. Jo Gapper Park Jo Gapper Park is a recreation reserve in Hillbank, on the face of the Adelaide Hills with views across the plains. It has a lookout with views across and Parafield Airport Parafield Airport is on the edge of the residential suburb of Parafield, South Australia, north of the Adel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gould Creek, South Australia
Gould Creek is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Gould Creek is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully and City of Playford local government areas, and is adjacent to Greenwith, Salisbury Heights and Hillbank, as well as the rural districts of Yatala Vale and Upper Hermitage and the town of One Tree Hill. History European settlement Gould Creek is a creek with several fresh water springs which historically flowed into the Little Para River. The first European settlers were James Fisher (eldest son of J. H. Fisher) and Fred Handcock. The bachelor partners, aged twenty-three, first visited this locality in December 1837 when they accompanied Colonel William Light on his exploration to discover the Barossa Valley. In early 1838 they pioneered a pastoral run at the junction of Little Para River and Gould Creek. Their squatters' homestead, with mud chimney and thatched reed roof, known as Fisher and Handcock's Station, was sketched by William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Little Para
Little Para was a single-member Electoral districts of South Australia, electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly in the north of the Adelaide metropolitan area, covering the suburbs of Elizabeth, South Australia, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Grove, South Australia, Elizabeth Grove, Elizabeth North, South Australia, Elizabeth North, Elizabeth East, South Australia, Elizabeth East, Elizabeth Park, South Australia, Elizabeth Park, Elizabeth South, South Australia, Elizabeth South, Elizabeth Vale, South Australia, Elizabeth Vale, Gould Creek, South Australia, Gould Creek, Hillbank, South Australia, Hillbank, Salisbury Heights, South Australia, Salisbury Heights and Salisbury Park, South Australia, Salisbury Park, and parts of Craigmore, South Australia, Craigmore, Golden Grove, South Australia, Golden Grove and Greenwith, South Australia, Greenwith. The district was named after the Little Para River, located north of Adelaide, which passes through a number of suburbs with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salisbury East, South Australia
Salisbury East ( ) is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, located 20 kilometres north of the Adelaide CBD. The residential part of the suburb is in the local government area (LGA) of the City of Salisbury, however the eastern part of the Cobbler Creek Recreation Park is in the boundaries of the City of Tea Tree Gully. Demographics In the 2021 census, Salisbury East had a population of 9,273. Its median age was 40, lower than 41 for all South Australia, but higher than 38 for all Australia and 39 for Greater Adelaide. 49% of the population were male and 51% were female. 40% reported being of English ancestry and 30.3% being of Australian ancestry; the next most common backgrounds were Scottish (7%), German (6.1%), and Irish (6.1%). Around three-quarters only spoke English at home, but a number of languages were better-represented in Salisbury East than the general South Australian population; these were Hazaragi (2.3% vs 0.4%), Hakha Chin (1.3% vs 0.1%), and Dari (1.2% vs 0.2% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwith, South Australia
Greenwith is an outer-north-eastern suburb of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, and is within the City of Tea Tree Gully local government area. It is adjacent to Golden Grove and Salisbury Heights. Greenwith is the northernmost part of the Golden Grove urban land development. History Greenwith was named by Thomas Roberts in 1846, who had been engaged by the South Australian Mining Association to open up mineral sections along the River Torrens. He named his property Greenwith Farm after the mine at which he worked near Truro, Cornwall. The property was later owned by John Garfield Tilley. Greenwith Cottage is still open today as a historical site. It retains the pronunciation from Greenwith in Cornwall as "green-with". In 1973 the South Australian Land Commission started to acquire land in the Golden Grove area for housing. In 1983 the South Australian Urban Land Trust contracted Delfin to develop the land. Construction started in 1985. In April 2017, followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
