List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (June 2012) |
This List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names gives suburb names which have been officially discontinued by 1993, and their new names or the suburbs into which they were incorporated.
| Earlier name | Now named or part of |
Postcode |
|---|---|---|
| Ackland Gardens | Edwardstown | 5039 |
| Aero Park | Albert Park | 5014 |
| Albert Town | Alberton | 5014 |
| Alberton East | Cheltenham | 5014 |
| Alberton South (part) | Seaton | 5023 |
| Alberton South (part) | Royal Park | 5014 |
| Alderly | Semaphore[1] | 5019 |
| Aldgate North | Aldgate | 5154 |
| Aldgate Valley | Aldgate | 5154 |
| Alexander Park | Edwardstown | 5039 |
| Amberleigh | Highbury | 5089 |
| Athol Farm | Athol Park | 5012 |
| Avenue Park | Cumberland Park | 5041 |
| Ballara | Warradale | 5046 |
| Balmoral | Semaphore Park | 5019 |
| Bankside (part) | Torrensville | 5031 |
| Bankside (part) | Underdale | 5032 |
| Barton Vale | Enfield | 5085 |
| Beaconsfield | Glengowrie | 5044 |
| Beaumaris | South Brighton | 5048 |
| Beefacres | Windsor Gardens | 5087 |
| Bella Vista | Christies Beach | 5165 |
| Berkeley | Brighton | 5048 |
| Birkalla | Plympton | 5038 |
| Berkeley | North Brighton | 5048 |
| Birkalla | Plympton | 5038 |
| Black Forest Estate (part) | Black Forest | 5035 |
| Black Forest Estate (part) | Clarence Park | 5034 |
| Blackwood Park | Glenalta | 5052 |
| Blakeney | Ottoway | 5013 |
| Bonagh Estate | Windsor Gardens | 5087 |
| Bosworth Park | Blair Athol | 5084 |
| Bournemouth | Tennyson | 5022 |
| Bowden-on-the-Hill | First became part of Bowden,[2] now part of Ovingham[3] | 5007 |
| Braebank | O'Halloran Hill | 5158 |
| Braeville (part) | Kilburn | 5084 |
| Brayville (part) | Plympton Park | 5038 |
| Brighton Heights | Dover Gardens | 5048 |
| Bristol | Semaphore Park | 5019 |
| Broadview Gardens | Broadview | 5083 |
| Broadway Estate | Glenelg East | 5045 |
| Brompton Park | Brompton | 5007 |
| Brookesville | Ottoway | 5013 |
| Brooklyn | Osborne | 5017 |
| Brownhill Creek | Kingswood | 5062 |
| Burbank | Bedford Park | 5042 |
| Burford Gardens | Dry Creek | 5094 |
| Cabra | Cumberland Park | 5041 |
| Camden | Camden Park | 5038 |
| Carnarvon | West Croydon | 5008 |
| Carnegie Park | Royal Park | 5014 |
| Carrondown | Brompton[4] | 5007 |
| Caversham (part) | Beverley | 5009 |
| Caversham (part) | Woodville South | 5011 |
| Centennial Park | Pasadena | 5042 |
| Challa Gardens | Kilkenny | 5009 |
| Chandlers Hill | Aberfoyle Park | 5159 |
| Charlesworth Park | Campbelltown | 5074 |
| Cheltenham Gardens | Pennington | 5013 |
| Chicago | Kilburn | 5084 |
| Clairville | Campbelltown | 5074 |
| Clairville North | Semaphore[1] | 5019 |
| Clofield | Rostrevor | 5073 |
| Clovelly Gardens (part) | Clovelly Park | 5042 |
| Clovelly Gardens (part) | St Marys | 5042 |
| Cobham Gardens | Eden Hills | 5050 |
| College Town | College Park | 5069 |
| Corryton | Kensington Gardens | 5068 |
| Cottonville[5] | Westbourne Park | 5041 |
| Crestalta | Belair | 5052 |
| Cudmore Park (part) | Edwardstown | 5039 |
| Cudmore Park (part) | Melrose Park | 5039 |
| Cullford? Culford?[6] | Klemzig | 5087 |
| Cumberland | Cumberland Park | 5041 |
| Cummins Park | Novar Gardens | 5040 |
| Darley | Paradise | 5075 |
| Da Costa Park | Glenelg East | 5045 |
| Darley | Paradise | 5075 |
| Davington | Semaphore Park[7] | 5019 |
| Dockside | Rosewater[1] | 5013 |
| Dockville | Port Adelaide | 5015 |
| Dover | South Brighton | 5048 |
| Dover Heights | Dover Gardens | 5048 |
| Draper | Taperoo | 5017 |
| Dundas | Wingfield | 5013 |
| Dunleath Gardens(part) | Glenelg East | 5045 |
| Dunleath Gardens(part) | Glengowrie | 5044 |
| Dunluce Estate | Brighton | 5048 |
| Dunrobin (part) | Brighton | 5048 |
| Dunrobin (part) | Warradale | 5046 |
| East Adelaide | St Peters[8] | 5069 |
| East Marden | Campbelltown | 5074 |
| East Park | Kent Town[9] | 5067 |
| East Payneham | Tranmere | 5073 |
| Eastville | Ottoway | 5013 |
| Elgin | Woodville Park | 5011[10] |
| Elizabeth Fields | Davoren Park (part) | 5113 |
| Elizabeth West (part) | Davoren Park (part) | 5113 |
| Elizabeth West (part) | Edinburgh North | 5113 |
| Elmwood | Marion | 5043 |
| Emu Downs | Morphett Vale | 5162 |
| Enfield Gardens | Blair Athol | 5084 |
| Enfield Heights (part) | Clearview | 5085 |
| Enfield Heights (part) | Enfield | 5085 |
| Enfield North | Enfield | 5085 |
| Enfield Park | Enfield | 5085 |
| Eton Park | Payneham | 5070 |
| Everton | Pennington | 5013 |
| Farnham | Peterhead[1] | 5016 |
| Felixstow Gardens | Felixstow | 5070 |
| Finchley | Magill | 5072 |
| Finchley Park | Magill | 5072 |
| Findon Park (part) | Seaton | 5023 |
| Findon Park (part) | Findon | 5023 |
| Findon South | Flinders Park | 5025 |
| Finsbury Park | Woodville North | 5012 |
| Fisherville (part) | Birkenhead | 5015 |
| Fisherville (part) | Exeter | 5019 |
| Flagstaff Gardens | Darlington | 5047 |
| Folkestone (part) | Marion | 5043 |
| Folkestone (part) | Seacliff | 5049 |
| Forbes | South Plympton | 5038 |
| Forest Gardens | Forestville | 5035 |
| Franklin | Cheltenham | 5014 |
| Freemanton / Fremanton ? |
Torrensville | 5031 |
| Fulham Park | Lockleys | 5032 |
| Fullarton Estate | Fullarton | 5063 |
| Galway | Netherby | 5062 |
| Galway Estate | Lockleys | 5032 |
| Galway Gardens | Marleston | 5033 |
| Gawler Heights | Gawler East | 5118 |
| Gaza | Klemzig | 5087 |
| Glanville Blocks | Semaphore Park | 5019 |
| Glanville Hall | Semaphore South | 5019 |
| Glenburnie (part) | Mitcham | 5062 |
| Glenburnie (part) | Torrens Park | 5062 |
| Glenburnie Estate | Mitcham | 5062 |
| Gleneagles | Seaton | 5023 |
| Glenrest | Rostrevor | 5073 |
| Glynde Road Estate | Tranmere | 5073 |
| Golflands | Glenelg North | 5045 |
| Goodwood South | Clarence Park | 5034 |
| Grangeville | Seaton | 5023 |
| Grassmere | Kurralta Park | 5037 |
| Graymore | Glenelg North | 5045 |
| Graytown[11] | Rosewater | 5013 |
| Grosvenor Park | Plympton | 5038 |
| Grovene | Glenelg East | 5045 |
| Guildford Park | Gillman | 5013 |
| Haldon Gardens | Kensington Park | 5068 |
| Hamilton | Vale Park | 5081 |
| Hamilton Park | Warradale | 5046 |
| Hamilton Vale | Vale Park | 5081 |
| Hamley | Peterhead[1] | 5016 |
| Hamley Extension | Peterhead[1] | 5016 |
| Hammersmith | Edwardstown | 5039 |
| Hampstead | Hampstead Gardens | 5086 |
| Harbor Blocks | Queenstown[1] | 5014 |
| Harcourt Gardens | South Plympton | 5038 |
| Hardwyke | Ottoway | 5013 |
| Harrowville | St Peters | 5069 |
| Hayhurst | Plympton | 5038 |
| Helmsdale | Glenelg East | 5045 |
| Hemmington | Thebarton | 5031 |
| Hemmington West | Thebarton | 5031 |
| Henley Park | Thebarton | 5031 |
| Hillcrest Gardens | Hillcrest | 5086 |
| Hillside | Ovingham[12] | 5082 |
| Hilton West | Torrensville | 5031 |
| Holden Park | Woodville West | 5011 |
| Hollywood | Cumberland Park | 5041 |
| Holmesdale | St Morris | 5068 |
| Home Park | Magill | 5072 |
| Horsnells Gully | Magill | 5072 |
| Hull | Wingfield | 5013 |
| Islington (part) | Kilburn | 5084 |
| Islington (part) | Prospect | 5082 |
| Islington Gardens | Kilburn | 5084 |
| Joyce Park | Hawthorn | 5062 |
| Kelmscott | Rosewater | 5013 |
| Kew | Semaphore South | 5019 |
| Kinedana (part) | Eden Hills | 5050 |
| Kinedana (part) | St Marys | 5042 |
| Kingston | Rosewater[1] | 5013 |
| Kingston East | Rosewater[1] | 5013 |
| Kingsnorth | Rosewater[1] | 5013 |
| Kingswood Park | Kingswood | 5062 |
| Kirkcaldy | Henley Beach | 5022 |
| Knightsbridge | Leabrook | 5068 |
| Knoxville (part) | Glenside | 5065 |
| Knoxville (part) | Glenunga | 5064 |
| Kobandilla | Klemzig | 5087 |
| Koongarra Park | Magill | 5072 |
| Kooyonga | Lockleys | 5032 |
| Largs Bay North | Largs North | 5016 |
| Laurel Park | Croydon Park | 5008 |
| Lindisfarne | Valley View | 5093 |
| Little Adelaide[13] | Prospect | 5082 |
| Little Chicago | Kilburn | 5084 |
| Little Queenstown (part) | Hendon | 5014 |
| Little Queenstown (part) | Royal Park | 5014 |
| Lochiel Park | Campbelltown | 5074 |
| Lourdes Valley | Myrtle Bank | 5064 |
| Marden West | Marden | 5070 |
| Maringa | Marino | 5049 |
| Meadowside | Campbelltown | 5074 |
| Mellor Park | Lockleys[14] | 5032 |
| Mellor Park (quite separate) |
Semaphore Park[14] | 5019 |
| Melrose Park | Edwardstown | 5039 |
| Middle Brighton | Brighton | 5048 |
| Millswood Estate | Millswood | 5034 |
| Minories | Port Adelaide | 5015 |
| Mirreen | Edwardstown | 5039 |
| Mitcham Park | Daw Park | 5041 |
| Mitcham West | Lower Mitcham | 5062 |
| Monreith | Toorak Gardens | 5065 |
| Mornington | Plympton | 5038 |
| Morphettville Park | Morphettville | 5043 |
| Mortlock Park | Colonel Light Gardens | 5041 |
| Mount Lofty (part) | Crafers | 5152 |
| Murray Park | Magill | 5072 |
| Netley | North Plympton | 5038 |
| Newark | Wingfield | 5013 |
| New Glenelg | Glenelg South | 5045 |
| New Hindmarsh | West Hindmarsh | 5007 |
| New Kingston | Gillman | 5013 |
| New Mile End | Mile End | 5031 |
| New Parkside | Unley | 5061 |
| New Queenstown | Hendon | 5014 |
| New Thebarton | Torrensville | 5031 |
| Newenham | Paradise | 5075 |
| Newstead | St Morris | 5068 |
| Newton Gardens | Athelstone | 5076 |
| Newton Heights | Athelstone | 5076 |
| North Kensington | Beulah Park | 5067 |
| North Norwood | Trinity Gardens | 5068 |
| North Richmond | Richmond | 5033 |
| North Unley | Unley | 5061 |
| North Walkerville | Walkerville | 5081 |
| Northam | Kilburn | 5084 |
| Northcote | Tennyson | 5022 |
| Northgate | Blair Athol | 5084 |
| Nunyara | Belair | 5052 |
| Oaklands | Oaklands Park | 5046 |
| Oaklands Estate | Marion | 5043 |
| Oldfield | Rostrevor | 5073 |
| Olive Farm | Broadview | 5083 |
| Osborneville | Osborne | 5017 |
| Paddington | Rosewater | 5062 |
| Panchito Park | Torrens Park | 5062 |
| Panorama Park | Reynella | 5161 |
| Paradise Park (part) | Paradise | 5075 |
| Paradise Park (part) | Rostrevor | 5073 |
| Paringa Park | Somerton Park | 5044 |
| Peckham | Tranmere | 5073 |
| Pendleton | Blair Athol | 5084 |
| Penhryn | West Richmond | 5033 |
| Perth | Rosewater[1] | 5013 |
| Pine Forest | Kilburn | 5084[15] |
| Plymouth | Semaphore[1] | 5019 |
| Portland | Port Adelaide | 5015 |
| Prospect Estate | Prospect | 5082 |
| Prospect Gardens | Prospect | 5082 |
| Prospect Park | Prospect | 5082 |
| Ramsgate | Tennyson | 5022 |
| Rayleightown | Greenacres | 5086 |
| Reade Park (part) | Daw Park | 5041 |
| Reade Park (part) | Colonel Light Gardens | 5041 |
| Reade Park Gardens | Cumberland Park | 5041 |
| Redfern | Cumberland Park | 5041 |
| Reedbeds (part) | Fulham[16] | 5024 |
| Reedbeds (part) | Lockleys | 5032 |
| Reedbeds (part) | Underdale | 5032 |
| Reedbeds (part) | West Beach[16] | 5024 |
| Reepham | Prospect | 5082 |
| Ridge Park | Myrtle Bank | 5064 |
| Rosatala (part) | Rosewater | 5013 |
| Rosatala (part) | Rosewater | 5013 |
| Rosebery | Collinswood | 5081 |
| Rosefield (part) | Fullarton | 5063 |
| Rosefield (part) | Highgate | 5063 |
| Roseville | Gillman | 5013 |
| Rosewater Gardens | Pennington | 5013 |
| Rosslyn | Wingfield | 5013 |
| Rostrevor Park | Rostrevor | 5073 |
| Rugby | Payneham | 5070 |
| Saint Annes Estate | Somerton Park | 5044 |
| St Bernards | Rostrevor | 5073 |
| St James Park | Clapham | 5062 |
| St Johns Wood | Prospect | 5082 |
| St Leonards | Glenelg North | 5045 |
| St Marys West | Edwardstown | 5039 |
| San Remo | Somerton Park | 5044 |
| Sandwell (part) | Birkenhead | 5015 |
| Sandwell (part) | Peterhead | 5015 |
| Sassafras | Ottoway | 5013 |
| Scarborough (part) | Semaphore[1] | 5019 |
| Seacombe | Seacliff Park | 5049 |
| Seascape | Semaphore Park | 5019 |
| Seaton Gardens | Seaton | 5023 |
| Seaton North | Seaton | 5023 |
| Sherwood Estate | Glenalta | 5052 |
| Shirley Gardens | Felixstow | 5070 |
| Silver Sands | Aldinga Beach | 5173 |
| Slapes Gully | Burnside | 5066 |
| Sleeps Hill | Lynton | 5052 |
| Snowdens Beach | Largs Bay | 5016 |
| Somerlea | Somerton Park | 5044 |
| South Richmond | Marleston | 5033 |
| South Road Estate | St Marys | 5042 |
| South Road Gardens | Clovelly Park | 5042 |
| South Road Park | Clovelly Park | 5042 |
| South Scarborough (part) | Semaphore[1] | 5019 |
| South Welland | Welland | 5007 |
| Southend | Tennyson | 5022 |
| Southwark | Thebarton | 5031 |
| Springbank | Panorama | 5041 |
| Springbank Gardens | Pasadena | 5042 |
| Stradbrook | Rostrevor | 5073 |
| Strathmont | Gilles Plains | 5086 |
| Sun Valley | Glenalta | 5052 |
| Swansea | Largs North | 5016 |
| Sydenham | Paradise | 5075 |
| Tam O'Shanter | Regency Park | 5010 |
| Tam O'Shanter Belt | Ferryden Park | 5010[17] |
| Tenterdon | Woodville South | 5011[10] |
| The Parks | Angle Park | 5010 |
| The Tiers | Crafers | 5041 |
| Thorndon Park | Newton | 5074 |
| Thornton | Ethelton[1] | 5015 |
| Tonsley Park | Clovelly Park | 5042 |
| Twickenham | West Richmond | 5033 |
| Twickenham Gardens | West Richmond | 5033 |
| Upper Kensington | Leabrook | 5068 |
| Upper Mitcham (part) | Kingswood | 5062 |
| Upper Mitcham (part) | Torrens Park | 5062 |
| Urrbrae Park | Urrbrae | 5064 |
| Vermont | South Plympton | 5038 |
| Vista View | Hope Valley | 5090 |
| Warradale Park | Warradale | 5046 |
| Washington Gardens | Myrtle Bank | 5064 |
| Waverley Ridge | Crafers | 5041 |
| Waymouth | Semaphore[1] | 5019 |
| West Adelaide | Mile End | 5031 |
| West Hilton | Torrensville | 5031 |
| West Marden | Marden | 5070 |
| West Sturt | Coromandel Valley | 5051[18] |
| West Thebarton (part) | Thebarton | 5031 |
| West Thebarton (part) | Torrensville | 5031 |
| White Park | Lockleys | 5032 |
| Windsor | Windsor Gardens | 5087 |
| Wolseley | West Croydon | 5008 |
| Woodforde | Magill | 5072 |
| Woodforde Heights | Rostrevor | 5073 |
| Woodlands Park | Edwardstown | 5039 |
| Woodley | Glen Osmond | 5064 |
| Woodville Estate | Woodville Park | 5011 |
| Yatala | Rosewater | 5013 |
| York | Beverley | 5009 |
See also
- List of Adelaide suburbs
- Local government areas of South Australia
- List of Adelaide railway stations
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "The Advertiser". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 14 May 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Map 7" (Map). Gregory's Adelaide street directory. 1949. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ =Property Location Browser (Map). Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Manning index to SA placenames:Carrondown". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ Named for George Witherage Cotton, land agent and politician
- ^ Properly Culford; probably named for Culford Park but name persists as Cullford Ave., Klemzig.
- ^ Inferred from names of streets (Bower Road, Kellett Street, West Street, John Street)
- ^ Elizabeth Warburton (1983). St. Peters: a Suburban Town. The Corporation of St Peters. p. 79. ISBN 0959181105. This reference also notes that the suburb Stepney was once called St. Peters.
- ^ "The Advertiser". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 September 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Do You Know Them All?". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 19 December 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 3 November 2013. Tenterdon was more common spelling than Tenterden or Tenterton, though name persists as Tenterden Street in Woodville South; Elgin persists as Elgin Street, Woodville Park.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Inferred from names of streets (Park Street, Park Terrace, Gilbert Street, 11th, 14th, 17th Streets, and a landmark (Bowden Bridge). It is likely that much of this suburb vanished with major changes to Park Terrace after 1955.
- ^ "Confusing Streets". The News. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 10 October 1923. p. 5 Edition: Home. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Manning index of Adelaide placenames:Mellor Park". State Library of South Australia. Two distinct locations: The Semaphore Park subdivision was by J.F. and T.F. Mellor in 1879; the Lockleys subdivision was by J. W. Mellor (son of J.F.) in 1920.
- ^ "The Late Mr. John Bowman". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 August 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ a b Hasenohr, E W. H. Gray – A Pioneer Colonist of South Australia Adelaide 1977 ISBN 0 9596673 0 X
- ^ "Place Names of South Australia - F". The Manning Index of South Australian History. Government of South Australia.
- ^ "Coromandel Valley". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. LI, no. 15, 118. South Australia. 12 January 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Sources
- Directory of South Australia, 1962. Adelaide: Sands and McDougall, 1962; p. A21
- UBD Street Directory (Adelaide) 1993, p.8–p.10. Universal Press Ltd.