St Peters is an inner-eastern suburb of

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, South Australia in the

City of Norwood Payneham St Peters The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters is a metropolitan local government area of South Australia. It covers the inner eastern suburbs of Adelaide. It is divided into five wards: Torrens, Payneham, West Norwood/Kent Town, Kensington (each ele ...

. The area was first settled in 1838, with allotments sold to investors in the

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. It was originally a separate town and was named after the

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's school of

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. The nearby school, now commonly known as St Peter's College, was relocated to its current site in 1854 on of land in what is now known as Hackney. St Peters Post Office opened on 1 November 1886. It was formerly the seat of its own municipality, the

Corporate Town of St Peters The Corporate Town of St Peters was a local government area in South Australia from 1883 to 1997. It was proclaimed on 2 August 1883, when the area was separated from the District Council of Stepney due to differing interests between the rapidly ...

, but since 1997 has been part of the

City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters is a metropolitan local government area of South Australia. It covers the inner eastern suburbs of Adelaide. It is divided into five wards: Torrens, Payneham, West Norwood/Kent Town, Kensington (each ele ...

. The historic

St Peters Town Hall The St Peters Town Hall is a heritage-listed town hall located in Sydenham, New South Wales, Australia. The Town Hall was built in 1927 in the Inter-War Free Classical architectural style by architects J. Campbell & Son, and replaced the 1878 ...

and attached 1911 banquet hall are listed on the

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. The East Adelaide

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Church was established in 1883. It became East Adelaide

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church in 1901, and Spicer Memorial Church in 1906 following the death of its benefactor, pastoralist Sir

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. It is now known as Spicer

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at St Peters. The cottages across the road were funded by the Spicer Cottages Trust to provide low rent accommodation for retired Methodist ministers.

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