Semaphore Park is a suburb in the Australian state of

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located in the west of

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on the coastline of

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. The northern end of the suburb is considered to be located within the

Lefevre Peninsula The Lefevre Peninsula is a peninsula located in the Australian state of South Australia located about northwest of the Adelaide city centre. It is a narrow sand spit of about running north from its connection to the mainland. The name given ...

. Semaphore Park originally started as a private sub-division in Section 64 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Yatala under the names of New Liverpool and Mellor Park (named for Thomas Mellor). Boundaries were created for the suburb on 30 September 1976. Portions were added to the suburb of West Lakes Shore in October 2002 and October 2004 while in July 2007, land was removed from Semaphore Park and the suburbs of

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, Ethelton and Glanville to "create the new suburb of New Port”. ''Glanville Blocks'' Post Office opened on 1 September 1896, was renamed ''Semaphore Park'' in 1947 and was replaced by the West Lakes Shore office in 1997. The Fort Glanville Conservation Park is located within the boundaries of Semaphore Park. Semaphore Park is located within the federal

division of Hindmarsh The Division of Hindmarsh is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the north western and western coastal suburbs of Adelaide. The division was one of the seven establ ...

, the state

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and the local government area of the

City of Charles Sturt The City of Charles Sturt is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, stretching to the coast. The council was formed on 1 January 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the City of Hindmarsh Woodville and ...

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{{City of Charles Sturt suburbs Suburbs of Adelaide Lefevre Peninsula