Kent Town is an inner suburb of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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. It is located in the
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters is a metropolitan local government area of South Australia. It covers the inner eastern suburbs of Adelaide. It is divided into five wards: Torrens, Payneham, West Norwood/Kent Town, Kensington (each ele ...
.
History
![Kent Town Brewery c 1876](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Kent_Town_Brewery_c_1876.jpg)
Kent Town was named for Dr. Benjamin Archer Kent (1808 – 25 November 1864), a medical practitioner of
Walsall
Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield.
Walsall is th ...
, Staffordshire, who emigrated to South Australia aboard ''Warrior'', arriving in April 1840 with his wife Marjory Redman Kent, née Bonnar, and two children, Benjamin Andrew Kent, and Graham Eliza Kent, who in 1848 married Dr
Frederick Charles Bayer (died 15 August 1867). Hydraulic engineer
C. A. Bayer and architect
E. H. Bayer were sons. Another son, Tom, was a kangaroo hunter, who went to live at the township of
Yalata
Yalata is an Aboriginal community located west of Ceduna and south of Ooldea on the edge of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. It lies on the traditional lands of the Wirangu people, but the settlement began as Yalata Mission in the ...
(now Fowlers Bay) on the west coast, and created a cluster of cottages named "Kent Town", which no longer exist.
Kent established a
flour mill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separated ...
and farm which failed financially and he was obliged to return to his profession to support his family. He sold his property at a handsome profit, repaid all his creditors and returned to England.
He was the attendant physician when
Edwin Thomas Smith
Sir Edwin Thomas Smith (6 April 1830 – 25 December 1919) was an English-born South Australian brewer, businessman, councillor, mayor, politician and philanthropist.
Early years
Smith was born on 6 April 1830 at Walsall, Staffordshire, E ...
was born. Smith later built his
Kent Town Brewery
Kent Town Brewery was a brewery in Kent Town, a suburb adjacent to the city of Adelaide on its eastern side, in South Australia. Its original name was Logue's Brewery, after its first proprietor.
History
The brewery was founded on King Wil ...
on the site of the doctor's cottage.
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Kent Town was the location of two successive sites of the ]Kent Town Brewery
Kent Town Brewery was a brewery in Kent Town, a suburb adjacent to the city of Adelaide on its eastern side, in South Australia. Its original name was Logue's Brewery, after its first proprietor.
History
The brewery was founded on King Wil ...
the second of which in 1888 became the malthouse
A malt house, malt barn, or maltings, is a building where cereal grain is converted into malt by soaking it in water, allowing it to sprout and then drying it to stop further growth. The malt is used in brewing beer, whisky and in certain food ...
for SA Brewing, now redeveloped into apartments.
Demographics of Kent Town
The 2016 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
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measured the population of Kent Town at 1,210 persons. Of these, 57% were male and 43% were female.
The 2016 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the independent statutory agency of the Australian Government responsible for statistical collection and analysis and for giving evidence-based advice to federal, state and territory governments ...
recorded 227 families living in the suburb. Of those families, there was an average of 1.6 children for families with children and an average of 0.3 for all families.
The majority of residents (62.3%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being Malaysia
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(3.8%), India
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(3.7%), China
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(3.7%) and England
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(3.6%).
The age distribution of Kent Town residents is comparable to that of the greater Australian population. 66.2% of residents were over 25 years in 2006, compared to the Australian average of 66.5%; and 33.8% were younger than 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 33.5%.
Community
Schools
Prince Alfred College
, motto_translation = Do Brave Deeds and Endure
, established = 1869
, type = Independent, single-sex, day & boarding
, headmaster = David Roberts
, chaplain = Reverend ...
, an independent school for boys is located on Dequetteville Terrace, the western boundary of the suburb.
Attractions
During the Adelaide Fringe
The Adelaide Fringe, formerly Adelaide Fringe Festival, is the world's second-largest annual arts festival (after the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Between mid-February and mid-March each year, ...
festival, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
An arts festival is a festival that can encompass a wide range of art forms including music, dance, film, fine art, literature, poetry and isn't solely focused on visual arts. Arts festivals may feature a mixed program that include music, lite ...
, the bars and restaurants of Kent Town receive thousands of customers.
The local Kent Town Hotel boasts craft beer in a stylish pub with a jungle-themed BBQ restaurant and a rooftop bar with a dunk tank.
One attraction in Kent Town is the Wesley Uniting Church. Founded as the Jubilee Wesleyan Methodist church in 1864 by George P. Harris, John Colton, F. H. Faulding and others, Wesley Uniting Church has had a significant place in the life of South Australians for over 150 years.
Transport
Roads
The suburb is serviced by the following main roads:
* Dequetteville Terrace, forming the western boundary of the suburb.
*Fullarton Road
Fullarton Road is a main road in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide.
Route
It runs north–south in a straight line from the eastern edge of the CBD to the south-eastern suburbs of the city. Its northern beginning is at the intersecti ...
, running north–south between Norwood and Springfield
*Rundle Street, cutting horizontally across the middle of Kent Town.
Public transport
Kent Town is serviced by buses run by the Adelaide Metro
Adelaide Metro is the public transport system of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is an intermodal system offering an integrated network of bus, tram, and train service throughout the metropolitan area. The network has an ann ...
. Earlier a tram serviced Kent Town and other eastern suburbs.
See also
*List of Adelaide suburbs
This is a list of the suburbs of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, with their postcodes and local government areas (LGAs). This article does not include suburbs and localities within the Adelaide Hills region.
Adelaide's most expe ...
References
External links
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
Local Government Association of SA - City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
2006 ABS Census Data by Location
{{City of Norwood Payneham St Peters suburbs
Suburbs of Adelaide