Beulah Park is a suburb of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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in the
City of Burnside
The City of Burnside is a local government area in the South Australian city of Adelaide stretching from the Adelaide Parklands into the Adelaide foothills with an area of . It was founded in August 1856 as the District Council of Burnside, the ...
.
The suburb was established in 1941 when the name Beulah Park was transferred to a collection of land allotments.
Clayton Wesley Uniting Church
Clayton Wesley Uniting Church, formerly Clayton Congregational Church, is a church building in the Adelaide suburb of Beulah Park (historically located in Kensington), located on Portrush Road, in a commanding position at the eastern end of The ...
, on the north-east corner of
Portrush Road
Portrush Road is a major arterial route through the eastern suburbs of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. This name covers many consecutive streets and is not widely known to most drivers except for the southernmost section, as the entire ...
and
The Parade, with its tall
spire
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, is visible from
Norwood down most of the length of The Parade from the west. This building was opened in May 1883, although an earlier building (still behind the present church, now the Lecture Hall) was built in 1856.
Beulah Park Post Office opened around 1949 and closed in 1975.
The Norwood Swim School is actually in Beulah Park, on the northern side of the Parade.
References
Further reading
Historic Self-Guided Walk: Beulah Park– includes much history of the suburb
Suburbs of Adelaide
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