Kurralta Park is a suburb of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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in the
City of West Torrens. Landmarks include Kurralta Central shopping centre,
Brown Hill Creek and the
Westside Bikeway on a former railway line.
History
Dr
William Wyatt purchased an 80-acre section of land, south-west of Adelaide, which would become Kurralta Park, in 1837. Dr Wyatt (an early
Protector of Aborigines
The Australian colonies in the nineteenth century created offices involved in managing the affairs of Indigenous people in their jurisdictions.
The role of Protector of Aborigines was first established in South Australia in 1836. The role beca ...
) made his home, "Kurralta", in Burnside. "Kurralta" is said to mean "set on a hill" in a local language.
[Dudley Coleman (ed) The First Hundred Years: A History of Burnside in South Australia (1956) Griffin Press, Adelaide. p. 70]
Geography
The area is bound by Anzac Highway to the south, South Road to the east, and Barwell Avenue to the north. Brownhill Creek divides the suburb.
It is about 4 km from the CBD of Adelaide.
References
Suburbs of Adelaide
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