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Kurralta Park, South Australia

Coordinates: 34°57′00″S 138°33′58″E / 34.950°S 138.566°E / -34.950; 138.566
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Kurralta Park
Tennyson Centre in Kurralta Park
Tennyson Centre in Kurralta Park
Kurralta Park is located in inner Adelaide
Kurralta Park
Kurralta Park
Location in greater metropolitan Adelaide
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
CityAdelaide
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total3,139 (SAL 2021)[2]
Postcode
5037

Kurralta Park is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of West Torrens. Landmarks include Kurralta Central shopping centre, Brown Hill Creek and the Westside Bikeway on a former railway line.[3]

History

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Dr William Wyatt purchased an 80-acre section of land, south-west of Adelaide, which would become Kurralta Park, in 1837.[4] 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.[5]

Geography

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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

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kurralta Park (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kurralta Park (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Westside Bikeway". Walking SA. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ^ Dudley Coleman (ed) The First Hundred Years: A History of Burnside in South Australia (1956) Griffin Press, Adelaide p. 71
  5. ^ Dudley Coleman (ed) The First Hundred Years: A History of Burnside in South Australia (1956) Griffin Press, Adelaide. p. 70