Kurralta Park, South Australia

Kurralta Park
Adelaide, South Australia
Tennyson Centre in Kurralta Park
Population
Postcode(s) 5037
LGA(s) City of West Torrens
State electorate(s) Badcoe
Federal Division(s) Hindmarsh

Kurralta Park is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of West Torrens. In the 2011 census, Kurralta Park recorded a population of 2,574 people, 50.7% female and 49.3% male

History

Dr William Wyatt purchased an 80-acre section of land, south-west of Adelaide, which would become Kurralta Park, in 1837.[3] Dr Wyatt (an early Protector of Aborigines) made his home, "Kurralta", in Burnside. "Kurralta" is said to mean "set on a hill" in a local language.[4]

Geography

The area is bound by Anzac Highway to the south, South Road to the east, and Barwell Avenue to the north. Brownhill Creek divides the suburb. It is about 4 km from the CBD of Adelaide.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kurralta Park (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 November 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kurralta Park (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 February 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ↑ Dudley Coleman (ed) The First Hundred Years: A History of Burnside in South Australia (1956) Griffin Press, Adelaide p71
  4. ↑ Dudley Coleman (ed) The First Hundred Years: A History of Burnside in South Australia (1956) Griffin Press, Adelaide. p70

Coordinates: 34°57′00″S 138°33′58″E / 34.950°S 138.566°E / -34.950; 138.566


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