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Coordinates: 34°5700S 138°3358E / 34.950°S 138.566°E / -34.950; 138.566
 

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Kurralta Park
AdelaideSouth Australia
Tennyson Centre in Kurralta Park
Population3,139 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5037
LGA(s)City of West Torrens
State electorate(s)Badcoe
Federal division(s)Adelaide

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.[2]

History

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DrWilliam Wyatt purchased an 80-acre section of land, south-west of Adelaide, which would become Kurralta Park, in 1837.[3] 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.[4]

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
  • ^ "Westside Bikeway". Walking SA. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  • ^ Dudley Coleman (ed) The First Hundred Years: A History of Burnside in South Australia (1956) Griffin Press, Adelaide p. 71
  • ^ Dudley Coleman (ed) The First Hundred Years: A History of Burnside in South Australia (1956) Griffin Press, Adelaide. p. 70
  • 34°57′00S 138°33′58E / 34.950°S 138.566°E / -34.950; 138.566


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