Goodwood is an inner southern suburb of the city 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 ...
. It neighbours the
Royal Adelaide Showgrounds and features several churches in its commercial district. Its major precinct is Goodwood Road, which is home to many shops and businesses, as well as the local state school (Goodwood Primary School).
History
The original land surveyed of 1839 was granted to the
South Australian Company
The South Australian Company, also referred to as the South Australia Company, was formed in London on 9 October 1835, after the '' South Australia (Foundation) Act 1834'' had established the new British Province of South Australia, with the S ...
and named ''Goodwood''. Two other sections of land had been sold to settler
Thomas Hardy in May 1838, who sold it to his son, Arthur in 1841. The 1840 census shows that there was a ''Village of Goodwood'' with a population of 100, but the first registration of a contact for sale was not until 1846. In 1849, Arthur Hardy subdivided his property into a number of four acre blocks, naming it ''Goodwood Park''.
The
Belair railway line
The Belair railway line is a suburban rail commuter route in the city of Adelaide, South Australia, that runs from the Adelaide station to Belair in the Adelaide Hills via the Adelaide-Wolseley line using diesel 3000/3100 class railcars. P ...
also goes through the suburb as does the city to
Glenelg tram line
The Glenelg tram line is a tram/ light rail line in Adelaide. Apart from a short street-running section in Glenelg, the line has its own reservation, with minimal interference from road traffic.
The service is free in the city centre and a ...
.
Governance
Goodwood is in the
City of Unley local government area. It straddles the boundary of the
state electorates of
Ashford and
Unley
Unley is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, within the City of Unley. The suburb is the home of the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Unley neighbours Adelaide Park Lands, Fullar ...
. It is in the
federal
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Division of Adelaide
The Division of Adelaide is an Australian electoral division in South Australia and is named for the city of Adelaide, South Australia's capital.
At the 2016 federal election, the electorate covered 76 km², is centred on the Adelaide ...
. Its postcode is 5034.
See also
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Capri Theatre
The Capri Theatre is a heritage-listed cinema in Goodwood, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, built in the Art Deco style in 1941. It was formerly called the New Star Theatre, Goodwood Star, New Curzon, and Cinema Capri.
It is owned by a ...
*
Forestville hockey club
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Electoral district of Goodwood
Goodwood was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1956.
Goodwood was abolished in a boundary redistribution in 1956, mostly replaced by the Electoral district of Edwardstown.
T ...
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Goodwood Institute
Unley is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, within the City of Unley. The suburb is the home of the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Unley neighbours Adelaide Park Lands, Fullar ...
References
External links
Stories from Goodwood ResidentsForestville Hockey Club
Suburbs of Adelaide
Populated places established in 1849
1849 establishments in Australia
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