Northfield, South Australia

Northfield
Adelaide, South Australia
Grand Junction Road, Northfield
Postcode(s) 5085
LGA(s) City of Port Adelaide Enfield
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)

Northfield is a suburb of the greater Adelaide, South Australia area.

History

The earliest known record of the name being used in reference to the area, is from the 1890s in conjunction with the North Field Athletics Club. Yatala Labour Prison is located in Northfield.

The suburb was serviced by the former Northfield railway line and Northfield railway station from the opening of the line in 1857, until its closure to passenger traffic on 29 May 1987.[1] The former terminus of the line, Stockade railway station, which was closed in 1961, was built to load stone from the quarries behind Yatala Labour Prison[1] (which was originally called The Stockade - a name which survives in the local park of the same name[2]).

Landmarks

  • Hampstead rehabilitation centre, part of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
  • Landing ground of Sir Ross & Keith Smith's Vickers Vimy . 23 March 1920
  • Ross Smith Secondary School (formerly Northfield High School) - Closed in 2011
  • Stockade botanic park
  • Yatala Labour Prison, built in 1854.
  • Northfield Primary School, established in 1861.
  • Duncan Fraser Reserve, home of the Gepps Cross Football Club
  • LJ Lewis Reserve, home of the Greenacres Football Club

Government

Northfield is in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield local government area, and is in both the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of Playford and Torrens. It is also in both the Australian House of Representatives Divisions of Adelaide and Sturt.

Coordinates: 34°51′S 138°37′E / 34.850°S 138.617°E / -34.850; 138.617

References

  1. 1 2 "A Brief History of the Dry Creek to Stockade Railway". Catch Point. May 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Stockade Botanical Park". Retrieved 2017-09-20.


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