Seacliff Park is a suburb of

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partly in the

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and the

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. The suburb is adjacent to South Brighton in the north, Seaview Downs to the east, Hallett Cove to the south, and Marino and

Seacliff Seacliff comprises a beach, an estate and a harbour. It lies east of North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland. History The beach and estate command a strategic position at the mouth of the Firth of Forth, and control of the area has been c ...

on its western side. The suburb is divided diagonally by Ocean Road, with the northern part of the suburb mainly residential, and the southern park partly occupied by a

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and a quarry. Prior to the 1836

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, the area was inhabited by the Kaurna people, who occupied the land from

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in the south up the western side of the

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, to Crystal Brook in the north, west to the Mount Lofty Ranges, across to

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, including the

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and

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. The Kaurna name for the area was Wita-wattingga, or Wita-wita, was the Kaurna name of an area on the north side of

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, which was then covered in low

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of ''

Eucalyptus porosa ''Eucalyptus porosa'', commonly known as mallee box, Quorn mallee or water mallee, is a species of mallee or a tree that is endemic to southern Australia. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth greyish bark ...

'' and/or ''

Eucalyptus odorata ''Eucalyptus odorata'', commonly known as peppermint box, is a species of mallee or a small tree that is endemic to South Australia. It has rough, hard bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth greyish bark on the thinner branches, lance-sh ...

'' known as mallee peppermint gums. The forested area named thus included the north-western slopes at South Brighton and Seaview Downs, across to Seacliff Park, and probably also included the area across the hill nearly as far as the present Main South Road as well as westwards as far as the eastern slopes of Marino. The place name was recorded in 1837 as "Weta wertinga", although its meaning, "in the midst of peppermint gums" was only recorded later. The name may have been a generic name applied to other places with peppermint gums; a similar name, ''Witawatang'', was also applied to an area near

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. Seacliff Park Post Office opened on 15 January 1995, replacing the nearby South Brighton office. In the

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, there were 2,439 people living in Seacliff Park.

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