Edwardstown is an inner southern-western suburb located 6 km southwest of

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 dem ...

in the

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. In 1989 the suburb of Edwardstown was split, with the portion east of

South Road South Road and its southern section as Main South Road outside of Adelaide is a major north–south conduit connecting Adelaide and the Fleurieu Peninsula, in South Australia. It is one of Adelaide's most important arterial and bypass roads. As ...

becoming Melrose Park. This occurred as the suburb was quite large, located on either side of South Road and was in the jurisdiction of two

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councils, with the larger western side belonging to the

. Edwardstown is in the

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districts of Badcoe and Elder, and the

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. Edwardstown is home to the

Castle Plaza Castle Plaza is a shopping centre located in the Adelaide suburb of Edwardstown, South Australia approximately from the CBD, along South Road. It was expanded in the mid-1980s and the new development was opened in July 1987. Attending that ...

Shopping Centre. Edwardstown is served by the

Woodlands Park Woodlands Park is a small, affluent and quiet suburb on the western outskirts of West Auckland, New Zealand. Nestled in the Waitākere Ranges, Woodlands Park lies in a valley, bush clad hills separating it from Titirangi (to the north east), P ...

and

Edwardstown railway station Edwardstown railway station is located on the Seaford and Flinders lines. Situated in the inner south-western Adelaide suburb of Edwardstown, it is 7.9 kilometres from Adelaide station. History Edwardstown railway station was opened in ...

s. The current suburb of Edwardstown includes localities previously known as Hammersmith, Woodlands Park, St Mary's West, Ackland Gardens and Mirreen.

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Suburbs of Adelaide {{adelaide-geo-stub

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