Millswood is an inner-southern mainly residential suburb of

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in the

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. It was named after Scotsman Samuel Mills, who arrived in the colony in 1839.

Description

The suburb is dissected by Goodwood Road, which travels north to the

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from the southern suburb of

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. On the west side of Goodwood Road it is surrounded by the suburbs of Goodwood, Forestville, Black Forest and Clarence Park. On the east side of Goodwood Road it is surrounded by the suburbs of Goodwood, Hyde Park, Unley Park and Kings Park. At the northern edge of the west side of the suburb, the Adelaide-Goodwood railway line forks with the

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going south-west and the

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going south-east.

Millswood railway station Millswood railway station is located on the Belair line in Adelaide. Situated in the Adelaide suburb of Millswood, it is from Adelaide station. History The station opened circa 1910. The platforms were constructed of earth-filled concrete ...

, located on the Belair line, on the southern edge of the suburb, was closed in 1995 but reopened in 2014. Goodwood Road passes under the railway line in a deep underpass, known as the Goodwood Subway, which often floods during heavy rain. Within the triangle formed by the railway fork and Millswood Crescent are the SASMEE ( South Australian Society of Model & Experimental Engineers) Park and the Millswood

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clubs. The Goodwood Oval and grandstand, with playground, barbecue facilities,

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pitch and grandstand, cricket practice nets, and eight hard tennis courts, are located to the west of the fork in the railway line. The former Goodwood Orphanage and the surrounding Orphanage Park are located on the south-east corner of Goodwood Road and Mitchell Street and now houses

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History

Millswood was named after Scotsman Samuel Mills, who arrived in the colony in 1839 and owned a property called Ravenswood Farm. In 1917, Hackett's Nursery, a family-run business then in Marryatville, was sold to a limited company, E. & W. Hackett Limited, with the Hacketts continuing as directors. In the same year the business bought a plot in the Millswood Estate for over £20,067 to accommodate the nursery, which drew glowing praise in a 1923 newspaper article and continued to do business there until 1952.

Gallery

File:GoodwoodOrphanage-March2018.jpg, The former Goodwood Orphanage File:Grandstand - Goodwood Oval (14326205160).jpg, Goodwood Oval Grandstand File:GoodwoodOval-March2018.jpg, Goodwood Oval File:Goodwood Subway, South Australia.JPG, Goodwood Subway – from the railway bridge File:GoodwoodSubway-March2018.jpg, Goodwood Subway – from Goodwood Road File:MillswoodPlatform-North-1-Aug08.jpg, (Closed) Millswood Railway station in 2008 File:MillswoodPlatform-North-1-March2018.jpg, Millswood Railway station in 2018

References

{{City of Unley suburbs Suburbs of Adelaide