Evanston Park is a northern suburb of

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. It is on the southeastern side of

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. It is on the eastern side of

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and Adelaide Road extending north from near the intersection with Gawler Bypass Road.

Governance

The majority of Evanston Park is in the

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, straddling the boundary so that the eastern portion of the suburb is in the

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. For the 2014 state election, the western part of Evanston Park was in the state

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and the area east of Bentley Road was in the electoral district of Napier. For the 2018 election, the entire suburb was in Light.

References

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