West Lakes, South Australia
| West Lakes South Australia |
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| Population: | 5,940 (2001 est) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1970s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 5021 | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Charles Sturt | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Lee | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Hindmarsh | ||||||||||||
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West Lakes is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt. It contains the Westfield West Lakes Shopping Centre, AAMI Stadium and the Riverside Golf Course. It also contains Delfin Island, a residential island within Boating Lake.
West Lakes has an irregular shape and shares borders with Port Adelaide, Queenstown, Royal Park, Seaton, Grange, Tennyson and West Lakes Shore.
The counted population on the night of the 2001 census was 5,940.
[edit] History
West Lakes was built by property developer Delfin (now Delfin-LendLease) from reclaimed land during the 1970s. Development earthworks commenced in September 1970 and West Lakes was officially opened on 18 March 1977 by the Hon Des Corcoran, MP, Deputy Premier and Minister of Marine. West Lakes Post Office had opened on 27 August 1975.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=SA&country=. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
[edit] External links
- West Lakes - Summary of historical information relevant to the dispersal of sludge from the South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA).
Coordinates: 34°52′30″S 138°29′31″E / 34.875°S 138.492°E
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