Upper Sturt is a suburb in the inner south of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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. The suburb is nestled in the lower reaches of the
Mount Lofty Ranges
The Mount Lofty Ranges are a range of mountains in the Australian state of South Australia which for a small part of its length borders the east of Adelaide. The part of the range in the vicinity of Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and ...
with the Western Half located in the
City of Mitcham local government area, and the eastern portion located in the
Adelaide Hills Council
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Local Government Area.
Before being gazetted with a place name, the area was often referred to on civil birth, death and marriage registrations as "near Government Farm", which later became
Belair National Park.
The Upper Sturt area had two stations on the
Adelaide-Bridgewater railway line, which was constructed through the area in the late 1870s:
Nalawort and
Upper Sturt, both of which have closed and structures mostly removed.
Upper Sturt Primary School was founded in 1879, and has approximately 41 students.
Upper Sturt Post Office opened on 1 March 1881.
There is a small cafe on the main road that also incorporates a general store adjacent to the Upper Sturt General Store. The
Upper Sturt Country Fire Service station which is a volunteer fire organisation to protect the area from bushfires.
See also
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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
Suburbs of Adelaide
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