Collinswood, South Australia
| Collinswood Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 ABC building seen from west | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,312 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,573/km2 (6,660/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5081 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.51 km2 (0.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 6 km (4 mi) from Adelaide CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Prospect | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
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Collinswood is a suburb of Adelaide spanning the boundary of the Prospect and the Port Adelaide Enfield local government areas.
Adelaide's Australian Broadcasting Corporation Studios are located in the suburb on the corner of North East Road and Galway Avenue.
Hampstead Post Office opened around 1927 and was renamed Collinswood in 1964.[2]
History
In 1838 George Fife Angas selected "country section" 474 in the later-proclaimed Hundred of Yatala. He had been given the right to make first choice of a country section, to which he and other early investors in South Australia were entitled by their purchase of land orders prior to settlement (see Lands administrative divisions of South Australia § Land division history). The bounds of section 474 correspond almost exactly with the present-day Collinwood, but the triangle of land was split, in the early days, between the suburb of Rosebery, in the south, and Collinswood, in the north.[3]
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Collinswood (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ↑ "YATALA" (Map). Hundred of Yatala. 1896.
Coordinates: 34°53′02″S 138°37′12″E / 34.884°S 138.620°E