Woodforde is a suburb of

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within the

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. It is located about 10 km east of the

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. Woodforde is in the State House of Assembly

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and is in the Federal

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. The Catholic boys' school

Rostrevor College Rostrevor College is an independent Catholic primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, founded in 1923, located in Woodforde, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, approximately from the Adelaide city centre. The school was es ...

is located in the suburb. Campbelltown City Council has an active boundary change proposal in place to incorporate part of this suburb along with a part of Rostrevor into its boundaries. This is despite an overwhelming 65% majority of residents and ratepayers opposing it in
survey conducted in 2019

History

''Lake Hamilton'' Post Office opened on 1 April 1880 and was renamed ''Woodforde'' later that year before closing in 1882.

Nomenclature

The original estate (spelled "Woodford") of was owned by

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, who came from Woodford in

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, and where his mother died. The popular spelling with a final "e" reflects the belief that it was somehow named for Dr. John Woodforde, who came out on the ''Rapid'' in 1838 with

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, and was later appointed City Coroner.

Geoff Manning Geoffrey Haydon Manning (1926–2018) was an Australian author and historian. He is known particularly for his books on South Australian placenames; ''Manning's Place Names of South Australia'' (1990) is particularly well-known and available onli ...

agrees, but points out that Captain John Finlay Duff, who in 1850 laid out the subdivision of Hallett's section 342, Hundred of Adelaide, called it "The Village of Woodforde"', and so it appears in early conveyancing documents and in an advertisement (as "New Woodforde") in ''The Register'' on 28 August 1850.

References

External links

Adelaide Hills Council – Wards Map
Suburbs of Adelaide {{adelaide-geo-stub