Wattle Park is a suburb of

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in the

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History

The suburb may have been named by George Scarfe for the property, sections 288 and 289 totalling around , that he purchased around 1880. His residence, renamed "Scarfe House", became the Wattle Park Teachers College in 1957 until 1972, when its usage and name were changed to the Wattle Park Teachers Centre until sold by the Education Department. In 1991 it became the centrepiece of "Wattle Grove", a retirement village for Southern Cross Homes.

Olives

The Stonyfell Olive Company was founded by Joseph Crompton with William Mair and Sidney Clark in 1873, with planting continuing until 1882 across

Stonyfell Stonyfell is an eastern suburb in the foothills of Adelaide, Australia, within the council area of the City of Burnside. It has parks with walking tracks, and two creeks running through it. St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School is the only school ...

and adjoining areas. By the 1900 had a planted with about 10,000

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trees, around Penfold Road. In 1901, the company employed 81 workers. This business became largely owned by the family of Owen Crompton (1875–1923) after his marriage to Sarah Simpson, daughter of A. M. Simpson, who settled on her the whole of his considerable stake in the company. With the inexorable expansion of Adelaide's suburbs, the land was sold to developers. The olive crushing plant was actually in what is now Wattle Park, at the western end of Crompton Drive. In August 1932, the Stonyfell Olive Company was the largest producer of olive oil in South Australia, and it entered into an agreement with Bickford's to do the bottling of the oil.

Post office

Wattle Park Post Office opened on 8 April 1965 and closed in 1967.

Facilities

There are no schools in Wattle Park. The closest school to Wattle Park is

St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School St Peter's Girls' School (commonly known as Saints Girls) is an independent Anglican early learning, primary and secondary day school for girls located in the Adelaide suburb of Stonyfell, in South Australia, Australia. Founded in 1894 a ...

. Other schools nearby are Norwood Morialta High School (Senior Campus) and Magill Primary School in

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. Wattle Park Kindergarten, formerly named Christopher Rawson Penfold Kindergarten after

Christopher Rawson Penfold Penfolds is an Australian wine producer that was founded in Adelaide in 1844 by Christopher Rawson Penfold, an English physician who emigrated to Australia, and his wife Mary Penfold. It is one of Australia's oldest wineries, and is currently ...

, is located on Yeltana Avenue.

References

{{City of Burnside suburbs Suburbs of Adelaide