Myrtle Bank is a suburb of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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in the
City of Unley
The City of Unley is a local government area in the Adelaide metropolitan region. It is located directly south of the Adelaide city centre.
The Corporate Town of Unley was created in 1871, when 2,000 signatories to a petition from residents of ...
. The suburb is named after a property near the foothills built in 1842 by William Sanders (1801–1880), who arrived in South Australia in 1838. He named the premises 'Myrtle Bank', because his friend
James Gall of Trinity living in
Edinburgh
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had a fine property of the same name. The property passed through the hands of Capt. William Elder, brother of Sir
Thomas Elder
Sir Thomas Elder, (5 August 1818 – 6 March 1897), was a Scottish-Australian pastoralist, highly successful businessman, philanthropist, politician, race-horse owner and breeder, and public figure. Amongst many other things, he is notable fo ...
, before being purchased in 1848 by
William Ferguson William Ferguson may refer to:
Arts
* William Ferguson (tenor), operatic tenor, see '' The Tempest''
* William Gouw Ferguson, Scottish painter of still life
* Will Ferguson (born 1964), Canadian writer
Sportspeople
* Bill Ferguson (American foo ...
(1809–1892), who built on the original house and lived there with his family until he died.
[Gill, Thomas, ''History and Topography of Glen Osmond'' 1905]
During World War I the property became a repatriation hospital.
References
Suburbs of Adelaide
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