Evanston South is a northern suburb of

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in the

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. It is on the eastern side of

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on the southern side of Gawler. The southern part of Evanston South includes the Gawler Gate Tourist Park, formerly known as Dalkeith Caravan Park, at 3134 Main North Road. The northern part of Evanston South contains

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, a residential

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developed in the 2010s, and vacant land zoned for future residential development.

Cemeteries

The southern part of Evanston South includes the Smithfield Memorial Park cemetery, operated by the

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. In 2021, a new burial site was built in the cemetery to accommodate the repatriated remains of

Kaurna people The Kaurna people (, ; also Coorna, Kaura, Gaurna and other variations) are a group of Aboriginal people whose traditional lands include the Adelaide Plains of South Australia. They were known as the Adelaide tribe by the early settlers. Kaurn ...

, on land donated by Adelaide Cemeteries, in collaboration with the South Australian Museum, and the South Australian Government, called Wangayarta. It was designed by a group that included elders Uncle Jeffrey Newchurch, Aunty Heather Agius, Uncle Major Moogy Sumner, and many others, and was supported by the

Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation The Kaurna people (, ; also Coorna, Kaura, Gaurna and other variations) are a group of Aboriginal people whose traditional lands include the Adelaide Plains of South Australia. They were known as the Adelaide tribe by the early settlers. Kaurn ...

. In November 2021, the South Australian Museum apologised to the Kaurna people for having held 4,600

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remains over the past 165 years, and buried the first 100 remains of their ancestors at the site. The memorial site is in the shape of the Kaurna shield, to protect the ancestors now buried there. A second round of burials took place in June 2022.

References

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