Edwardstown is an inner southern-western suburb located 6 km southwest of
Adelaide
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in the
City of Marion
The City of Marion is a Local government in Australia, local government area in part of the southern and western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The council offices are in the suburb of Sturt, South Australia, Sturt.
History
The Distric ...
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In 1989 the suburb of Edwardstown was split, with the portion east of
South Road
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becoming
Melrose Park. This occurred as the suburb was quite large, located on either side of South Road and was in the jurisdiction of two
local government
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councils, with the larger western side belonging to the
City of Marion
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History
The Distric ...
.
Edwardstown is in the
South Australian House of Assembly
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The House of Assem ...
districts of
Badcoe and
Elder, and the
Australian House of Representatives
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Division of Boothby
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. Edwardstown is home to the
Castle Plaza Shopping Centre.
Edwardstown is served by the
Woodlands Park and
Edwardstown railway stations. The current suburb of Edwardstown includes localities previously known as Hammersmith, Woodlands Park, St Mary's West, Ackland Gardens and Mirreen.
See also
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List of Adelaide suburbs
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Electoral district of Edwardstown
References
Suburbs of Adelaide
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