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Hectorville
Hectorville is a small suburb of Adelaide in the City of Campbelltown. It is one of eight suburbs within the City of Campbelltown. The public primary school, East Torrens Primary and Catholic primary school, St Joseph's School, Hectorville, is located within the suburb. History The suburb was laid out by P. B. Coglin in 1855 on land he owned, and named for John Hector (c. 1788 – 31 July 1863), accountant of the Savings Bank of South Australia. The first house in Hectorville was built by Price Maurice in 1849 next to Fourth Creek. The land was sold and became a suburb in 1855. On 29 April 2011, Hectorville was the scene of the 2011 Hectorville siege in which a gunman shot dead three members of a family, as well as wounding two police officers, one critically. Notable people Australian singer/songwriter Greg Champion Greg Champion is an Australian songwriter, guitarist, radio personality and athlete. Biography Born in Benalla, Victoria, Champion is most recognise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Hectorville Siege
The 2011 Hectorville siege took place between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Friday, 29 April 2011, at the small suburb of Hectorville, east of Adelaide in the state of South Australia, Australia. It began after a 39-year-old resident of the suburb, later identified as Donato Anthony Corbo, entered his neighbours' property and shot four people, killing three and severely wounding one. An eight-hour stand-off with police followed, during which time he shot and wounded two officers. The stand-off culminated in his arrest by members of the Special Tasks and Rescue unit of South Australia Police. Events The incident started at approximately 2:30 a.m. when Corbo entered his neighbours' property and shot dead the 64-year-old man, then his 65-year-old wife and their 41-year-old son-in-law. A female who was also in the house at the time rang police and fled with her 14-year-old son and his 11-year-old friend, but the son was seriously wounded when Corbo shot hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tranmere, South Australia
Tranmere is an eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Campbelltown. History The name ''Tranmere'' was given in 1838 to Section 273 of 67 acres by its purchaser David Wylie, who named it after his hometown of Tranmere, Cheshire in England. David Wylie M.A. (ca.1799 – 8 March 1853), who ran a school on the property, was a brother-in law of William Scott MLC, who purchased an adjoining property. Tranmere Post Office opened on 3 February 1947, but was renamed ''Kensington Gardens North'' in 1966. Demographics The 2006 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 3,218 persons in Tranmere on census night. Of these, 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. The majority of residents (68.4%) were of Australian birth, with 5.0%being born in Italy, and 4.4% in England. The age distribution of Tranmere residents was comparable to that of the greater Australian population: 68.3% were over 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 66. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magill, South Australia
Magill is a suburb of Adelaide straddling the City of Burnside and City of Campbelltown council jurisdictions, approximately 7 km from the Adelaide CBD. It incorporates the suburb previously known as Koongarra Park. History Magill was first established as the Makgill Estate, owned by two Scotsmen, Robert Cock and William Ferguson, who met en route to the newly founded colony of South Australia when sailing out from Portsmouth on . They formed a partnership as a carrier and merchant following their arrival on 28 December 1836, and purchased Section 285, which was named after Cock's trustee, David M. Makgill. The estate's homestead was built in 1838 by Ferguson, who was charged with farming the estate. Soon after farming commenced the two were short of cash, and thus Magill became the first foothill village to be subdivided. The name change from Makgill to Magill occurred in the late 1940s, for reasons unknown. Description Geographically the suburb straddles two councils, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Campbelltown (South Australia)
The City of Campbelltown is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia about 6 kilometres from the Adelaide GPO. The city is bordered by the River Torrens and the City of Tea Tree Gully, the Adelaide Hills Council, District of Adelaide Hills, the City of Burnside, the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters, and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. History The first District Council of Payneham in South Australia was formed in 1854 when the year-old District Council of East Torrens was split, for more effective governance, into three separate local governing bodies, including the original East Torrens council and the District Council of Burnside. In 1867 the new District Council of Stepney was detached from Payneham council to better represent the more urban interests of the western wards. In the following year, on 27 February 1868, Payneham was renamed the District Council of Campbelltown. The name "Campbelltown" had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbelltown, South Australia
Campbelltown is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The population of the area was 7,003 in 2006. It is bordered in the north-west by the River Torrens, a river that is surrounded by parks and smaller creeks. Campbelltown is 8.7 km north-east of Adelaide. Lower North East Road crosses the middle of the suburb. Campbelltown is named after Charles James Fox Campbell, a pioneer settler in that locality, and is part of the City of Campbelltown. The original home of Charles Campbell is named Lochend and is located near the River Torrens on Lochend Drive. The building underwent restoration in 2004. Campbelltown Post Office opened on 1 January 1855. The Postal Code of the area is 5074.Campbelltown Postcode Australia Post The area is represented in |
Newton, South Australia
Newton is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, situated in the Adelaide foothills northeast of the city centre. The area features a significant population of people of Italian origin. Part of the City of Campbelltown, Newton is surrounded by the suburbs Paradise, Rostrevor, Athelstone and Campbelltown. Newton is home to such public schools as Thorndon Park Primary School and Charles Campbell College Charles Campbell College is divided into three sub-schools which cater for the specific learning needs of each cohort: * Junior School (Reception to Year 6) * Middle School (Years 7 to 9) * Senior School (Years 10 to 12) The Senior School is a ... and the private St Francis of Assisi School. The area is also home to chain supermarkets and small shops, most notably Newton Village. References Suburbs of Adelaide {{adelaide-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rostrevor, South Australia
Rostrevor is a suburb of Adelaide within the City of Campbelltown and the Adelaide Hills Council Adelaide Hills Council is a local government area in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is in the hills east of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, and extends from the South Para Reservoir in the north to the Mount Bold Reservoir .... It is located about 10 kilometres east-north-east of the Adelaide city centre. Rostrevor has a creek running through the middle of it, called Fourth Creek, which runs into the River Torrens. Rostrevor is in the State House of Assembly Electoral district of Morialta and is in the Federal Division of Sturt. It was named after the village of Rostrevor in Northern Ireland. Some of the facilities in Rostrevor include Stradbroke School, Foodland (South Australia), Foodland, Rostrevor Baptist Church, and a nature playground in Morialta Conservation Park. A new school, the Morialta Secondary School, is being built in Rostrevor. It is bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Joseph's School, Hectorville
St Joseph's School, Hectorville is a Roman Catholic primary school in the Australian state of South Australia located in the suburb of Hectorville, Adelaide, founded in 1863, and conducted by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, often called the Josephites or Brown Joeys, are a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Mary MacKillop (1842–1909). Members of the congregation use the postnominal initials RSJ (Religious Siste .... References External linksSt Joseph’s School official website Catholic primary schools in Adelaide Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart {{SouthAustralia-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Champion
Greg Champion is an Australian songwriter, guitarist, radio personality and athlete. Biography Born in Benalla, Victoria, Champion is most recognised for his work as part of the Coodabeen Champions as a songwriter and guitarist. Greg often appears on the program writing songs about both Aussies rules football and cricket. He is an avid Australian rules football fan, supporting the Adelaide Crows and since the 1980s has penned many tunes on the Australian game. Of these, the most famous is " That's the Thing About Football", which has gone down as a classic Australian rules song, and has been used on Seven Network's Australian Football League coverage. Greg Champion grew up in Hectorville, a suburb of the South Australian capital, Adelaide. Beginning in 1983, Champion has appeared on ABC Local Radio as part of the Coodabeens team, singing parodies of popular songs and relating them to Australian rules footballers. Champion has written hundreds of songs (many serious, many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savings Bank Of South Australia
The Savings Bank of South Australia was a bank founded in the colony of South Australia in 1848, based in Adelaide. In the early 20th century it established a presence in schools by setting up a special category of savings accounts for schoolchildren, and grew through the following decades. In 1984 it merged with the State Bank of South Australia, with the merged entity taking the latter name. This entity later became known as BankSA, and is a division and a trading name of St.George Bank, which is a subsidiary of Westpac. Foundation and early days The Savings Bank of South Australia opened on 11 March 1848 with a single employee, John Hector, trading from a room in Adelaide's Gawler Place. The room was provided rent-free by the Glen Osmond Mining Company. On that day it took its first deposit, of £29, from an illiterate "Afghan" shepherd whose name was recorded as Croppo Sing (probably "Singh", the Sikh masculine surname). Other deposits soon followed. A month later, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Creek
The River Torrens , (Karrawirra Parri / Karrawirraparri) is the most significant river of the Adelaide Plains. It was one of the main reasons for the siting of the city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. It flows from its source in the Adelaide Hills near Mount Pleasant, across the Adelaide Plains, past the city centre and empties into Gulf St Vincent between Henley Beach South and West Beach. The upper stretches of the river and the reservoirs in its watershed supply a significant part of the city's water supply. The river is also known by the native Kaurna name for the river—Karrawirra Parri or Karrawirraparri (''karra'' meaning redgum, ''wirra'' meaning forest and ''parri'' meaning river), having been officially dual-named in 2001. Another Kaurna name for the river was Tarndaparri (Kangaroo river). The river was thought to be a reflection of the Milky Way ("wodliparri"), and was the heartland of the Kaurna people, who lived along its length and around the trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Price Maurice
A price is the (usually not negative) quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services. In some situations, the price of production has a different name. If the product is a "good" in the commercial exchange, the payment for this product will likely be called its "price". However, if the product is "service", there will be other possible names for this product's name. For example, the graph on the bottom will show some situations A good's price is influenced by production costs, supply of the desired item, and demand for the product. A price may be determined by a monopolist or may be imposed on the firm by market conditions. Price can be quoted to currency, quantities of goods or vouchers. * In modern economies, prices are generally expressed in units of some form of currency. (More specifically, for raw materials they are expressed as currency per unit weight, e.g. euros per kilogram or Rands per KG.) * Although prices ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
