Largs North is a
suburb
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in the Australian state of
South Australia
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located on the
Lefevre Peninsula
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The name given ...
in the west of
Adelaide
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about northwest of the
Adelaide city centre
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.
Description
Largs North is bounded to the north by the suburb of
Taperoo at Strathfield Terrace, to the south by the suburb of
Largs Bay at Walcot and Warwick Streets and in the west and east by Gulf St Vincent and the suburb of
Port Adelaide
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with the boundary in the middle of the
Port River
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respectively.
Largs North is essentially a residential suburb, with a minor harbourside presence on the eastern side of the suburb.
Facilities
The local high school is Ocean View College Gedville Campus, in nearby
Taperoo. There is a nursing home on Victoria Road and an RSL club on Carnarvon Terrace. Largs North Oval overlooking Victoria Road is the main outdoor recreational reserve in the suburb.
The eastern side of the suburb, by the Port riverside is known as Snowden Beach and is the former location of a
sulphuric acid
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works, which is connected to a freight railway. There is a swinging basin in the area, and it is the site of Port River Sailing Club and Port Adelaide Rowing Club.
Transport
The 157 and 333 buses service
Military Road
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, while the 150 services Carnarvon Terrace. The suburb is serviced by two train stations on the
Outer Harbor railway line,
Draper
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History
Drapers were an important trade guild during the medieval period ...
and
Largs North stations.
Governance
Largs North is located within the federal division of
Hindmarsh, the state electoral district of
Port Adelaide
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and the local government area of the
City of Port Adelaide Enfield
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.
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References
{{City of Port Adelaide Enfield suburbs
Suburbs of Adelaide
Lefevre Peninsula