St Morris, South Australia
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 1,598 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5068 | ||||||||||||
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St Morris is a suburb of Adelaide, located in the local government area of the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters.
History
[edit]North Norwood Post Office opened around 1886, was renamed Trinity Gardens in 1950 and St Morris in 1963 before closing in 1988.[3]
The Windsor Theatre opened at 407 Magill Road in 1931, purpose-built as a picture theatre, on a corner block. It was owned by the Cunnew brothers, was also known as the De Franco at some point, and closed in 1957,[4] by which time the lease had been acquired by Ozone Theatres Ltd.[5] and as of 2022 houses Inspirations paint shop.[6][4]
The suburb was regarded as a middle class one in the 20th century.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "St Morris (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "St Morris (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ a b c Hennessy, Antoinette (2016). Entertaining the Classes: An archaeological investigation of historic cinemas in Metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia, and their development in relation to social class, 1896-1949 (MA). Flinders University. p. iii,16,47. Retrieved 18 December 2022.PDF
- ^ "Hugh Waterman and sons extend the Ozone cinema chain from Adelaide's Semaphore in 1911 to eastern states". AdelaideAZ. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "St Morris – SA". Inspirations Paint. 25 August 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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