Kingswood is a suburb of the

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n city of

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in the

City of Mitcham The City of Mitcham is a local government area in the foothills of southern Adelaide, South Australia. Within its bounds is Flinders University, South Australia's third largest, and the notable, affluent suburb of Springfield which contains som ...

. Kingswood is bounded to the west by Belair Road, to the north by Cross Road, to the south by Princes Road and to the east by

Unley High School Unley High School is a public coeducational secondary school, located in the Adelaide suburb of Netherby in South Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 1,562 students and a teaching staff of 114, as ...

and the western boundaries of properties fronting onto Smith Dorrien Street. The suburb is the home of

Mitcham Primary School Mitcham Primary School is a South Australian State school serving the Mitcham, South Australia, Mitcham area and situated on Hillview Road, Kingswood, South Australia, Kingswood. It is the oldest continuously operating school in South Australia. ...

, Mitcham Girls High School and St Joseph's School. Local landmarks include Kingswood Reserve, Eynesbury House, Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Church and the historic Torrens Arms Hotel.

History

Kingswood was established in 1945 as a formal proposal by the City of Mitcham to "eliminate superfluous subdivisions names" as requested by the

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. At establishment, it consisted of the sub-divisions of Kingswood Estate, Kingswood Park, Mitchamville and a portion of Old Mitcham. In February 2003, it was enlarged by the addition of portions of the adjoining suburbs of Netherby and Mitcham.

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