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Para Vista, South Australia
Para Vista is a suburb in northern 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 .... It is bounded by Wright Road to the South. The northern boundary of the suburb is Montague, Nelson and Milne Roads, making an backwards-L shape of the suburb. The western end is Redhill Road, but the eastern side does not follow streets. History Para Vista Post Office opened on 13 January 1964 but was renamed Valley View in October of that year. References Suburbs of Adelaide {{Adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Florey
Florey is a single-member Electoral districts of South Australia, electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after scientist Howard Florey, who was responsible for the development of penicillin. It is a suburban electorate in Adelaide's north-east, taking in the suburbs of Ingle Farm, South Australia, Ingle Farm, Modbury North, South Australia, Modbury North, Para Vista, South Australia, Para Vista, Pooraka, South Australia, Pooraka, Valley View, South Australia, Valley View, and Walkley Heights, South Australia, Walkley Heights, as well as parts of Modbury, South Australia, Modbury and Northfield, South Australia, Northfield. Florey was created at the electoral redistribution of 1969 as a notionally safe Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Labor electorate, and was first contested at the 1970 South Australian state election, 1970 election. Mostly it was safely held by the Labor party until the 1989 South Australian state election, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Makin
The Division of Makin is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives located in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide. The 130 km² seat covers an area from Little Para River and Gould Creek, South Australia, Gould Creek in the north-east to Grand Junction Road in the south and Port Wakefield Road in the west, including the suburbs of Banksia Park, South Australia, Banksia Park, Fairview Park, South Australia, Fairview Park, Golden Grove, South Australia, Golden Grove, Greenwith, South Australia, Greenwith, Gulfview Heights, South Australia, Gulfview Heights, Ingle Farm, South Australia, Ingle Farm, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Modbury, South Australia, Modbury, Para Hills, South Australia, Para Hills, Para Vista, South Australia, Para Vista, Pooraka, South Australia, Pooraka, Redwood Park, South Australia, Redwood Park, Ridgehaven, South Australia, Ridgehaven, Salisbury East, South Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para Hills, South Australia
Para Hills is a residential suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. There is a light aircraft airport close to its boundary, and numerous sporting facilities, abundant parks and schools and two medium-sized shopping centres. Most of the suburb is in the City of Salisbury while some is in the City of Tea Tree Gully. History An early settler family were the Goodalls, who established a farm at the base of the hills in 1850. When Andrew Melville Goodall expanded the farm in 1853 he named the property ''Para Hills Farm'', building a farmhouse near what is now the corner of St Clair Avenue and Goodall Road. Para Hills Post Office opened on 28 June 1961. Landscape Geology Para Hills is built on an escarpment of the Para Fault Block at the edge of the Adelaide plains, rising above the plains. The formation of this escarpment has led to short, steep-sided gullies which are characteristic of Para Hills. The gullies are usually dry, running only shortly after rain, and have mostly been l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modbury Heights, South Australia
Modbury Heights is a medium-sized suburb in the City of Tea Tree Gully, Adelaide. The suburb is located in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges around 16 kilometres north east of the Central business district. Much of the suburb is residential but there is a small shopping area along Ladywood Road. The suburb is bounded by Grenfell Road to the north, Milne Road to the south, Mcintyre Road to the west, Golden Grove Road to the east and is literally cut in half by Ladywood Road. Modbury Heights is also bounded to the north and north west by the suburb of Wynn Vale, to the north east by Surrey Downs, to the east by Fairview Park, to the south by Modbury North, to the west by Para Hills and to the south east by Redwood Park. History The area was first settled by Europeans in 1857, however major development did not begin until the 1970s, beginning as a northerly residential extension to central Modbury. Demographics According to the 2006 Census, the population of the Modb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingle Farm, South Australia
Ingle Farm is an established, residential suburb, with some parklands, of about 8,500 people in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. It is located at the base of the Mount Lofty Ranges foothills, around 12 kilometres north-east of Adelaide's central business district. It covers an area of 4.47 km2 with a population density of 19.41 people per hectare in 2001. History James Rowe arrived in South Australia 22 Apr 1837 on the "South Australian", spending two years on Kangaroo Island then settling with his family in the Ingle Farm area in 1848. They initially took up in section 3030, Hundred of Yatala in 1849, using the land primarily for farming wheat, barley, peas and hay. James Rowe's grandson, Jabez Sleeman Rowe (1871-1955),GenealogySA SA BDM https://www.genealogysa.org.au took on the farm and married Martha Barbara Wright (1868 - 1943), from Inglewood in 1902 consequently naming the farm Ingle Farm. In 1959, the South Australian Housing Trust purchased from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modbury, South Australia
Modbury is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Tea Tree Gully. Modbury is located at the end of the Adelaide O-Bahn and is home to the Tea Tree Plaza shopping complex and a Hospital. It was named Modbury by R. S. Kelly, on 1 September 1840, after his native town in Devonshire. Schools The suburb of Modbury contains one high school ( Modbury High School) and one Primary School (Modbury West). However, there are many other schools in the surrounding areas which also bear the name Modbury. Modbury South Primary for example is located in the suburb of Hope Valley. There is also another primary school named Modbury School which was originally in Modbury proper but relocated in the 1970s to what is now known as Modbury North. Government The suburb of Modbury is located within the Australian House of Representatives Seat of Makin, and the South Australian House of Assembly Seat of Florey. Its local government area is the City of Tea Tree Gully and its chambers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley View, South Australia
Valley View is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It spans three separate local government areas. They are the City of Salisbury, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, and the City of Tea Tree Gully. The suburb's boundaries are defined by the intersection of Walkleys Road, Adelaide, Walkleys, Grand Junction Road, Adelaide, Grand Junction and North East Road, Adelaide, North East Roads in the south, and Wright and Kelly Roads in the north and east. History Valley View Post Office opened on 1 June 1967 and closed in 1993. An earlier office was opened as ''Para Vista'' on 13 January 1964, was renamed ''Valley View'' in October 1964 and ''Valley View East'' in May 1967 and closed in August 1967. Demographics The 2006 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 5,981 persons in Valley View on census night. Of these, 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. The majority of residents (70.5%) are of Australian birth, with another common census response being England (6.3%). ... [...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] |
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 by area, and second smallest state by population. It has a total of 1.8 million people. Its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 33,233. South Australia shares borders with all of the other mainland states, as well as the Northern Territory; it is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria, and to the south by the Great Australian Bight.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para Vista
Para Vista is a suburb in northern 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 .... It is bounded by Wright Road to the South. The northern boundary of the suburb is Montague, Nelson and Milne Roads, making an backwards-L shape of the suburb. The western end is Redhill Road, but the eastern side does not follow streets. History Para Vista Post Office opened on 13 January 1964 but was renamed Valley View in October of that year. References Suburbs of Adelaide {{Adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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