When you give someone your address, do you know the history behind the area? , Flinders Park, for example, is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, and many streets in the area are named after early explorers.
Munno Para was taken from an aboriginal word, meaning the brook, and Blackwood was named after the black-skinned tree or peppermint rubber tree that grew there.
Jeff Nicholas, author of Behind the Streets of Adelaide, says the area is much like a street name and usually provides a snapshot of the history of the area, who lives there, how people live, and what they used to look like. Adelaide's original streets were actually named three weeks after Colonel (William Light) visited the city. He set up a street naming committee and named 58 names.
Nicholas also said the policy encourages settlers to buy at least an acre of land outside the country, which is regarded as rural land. With the development of the city and the establishment of the main streets, the land later became a suburb. As for naming, it is usually named after the original owner's name. But as Adelaide continues to evolve and boundaries change, Church City loses many good regional names.
For example, Kilburn was once called Little Chicago, while Morphett Vale was once called Emu Downs, and Rosewater once had the name Paddington, the now famous bear. And Slapes Gully is not quite the same as Burnside. During World War I, the German-language region was renamed because of anti-German sentiment.
Do you know the historical story behind your area of residence? Listen to Z. tell you the story, the name of the story is Adelaide district name origin, because the area name is more, we say in the first alphabetical order! Walk ~
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ABERFOYLE PARK
The land near Happy Valley was owned by the German Christian Sauerbier, whose son, John Chris Sauerbier, was renamed Aberfoyle. in Perthshire, Scotland, during the first World War.
ADELAIDE
Adelaide, named after Queen Adelaide (Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen of William IV, was founded in 1836 as the then-state government.
ADELAIDE AIRPORT
Established in 1955, the International / domestic Airport Building was opened in 2005.
ALBERT PARK
Named after Prince Albert (Prince Albert) in William Randall Cave in 1877.
ALBERTON
Albert Town, was renamed by Angas,Kingscote&Todd, South Australia in 1847.
ALDINGA
The local word means "too much water." Others think it means "a good place to eat meat", "open plains" or "tree areas."
ALDINGA BEACH
Reference Aldinga.
ALLENBY GARDENS
Lord Allenby led the way in Palestine during the first World War.
ANDREWS FARM
Named after the early holders of the area.
ANGLE PARK
SA Housing Trust was named in the 1950s.
ANGLE VALE
The name is described as the area-with an angled road through which the, Angle Vale Post Office opened on Oct. 1, 1866.
ASCOT PARK
It was named after the British racecourse in 1914.
ASHFORD
Charles J. Everard was proposed in 1909 with a name from Kent, England.
ATHELSTONE
Thomas Shepherd says he died in Edinburgh 20 miles from the village of Athelstaneford after Athelstone Estate,10 years in the area.
ATHOL PARK
The name could have come from Athol Farm., who used to occupy the area. Athol is an area of Perth, Scotland.
AULDANA
Located in the once-famous "Auldana" vineyard founded by Patrick Auld.
B
BANKSIA PARK
Native Australian plants. Named after Fairview Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd in 1967.
BEAUMONT
Samuel Davenport named an existing building in the French town of Beaumont.
Historical photos of Adelaide City Hall in King William Street during 1900 / 1910: Supplied
BEDFORD PARK
Edwin Joseph Hancock built his home locally because of his family relationship with the Bedford family in England and named it Bedford.
BELLEVUE HEIGHTS
The name proposed by May and Margaret Mills in 1965 was initially rejected because it was thought to be indistinguishable from McLaren Vale's Bellevue.
BEULAH PARK
Originally named Rosaville,Beulah Estate, built in 1912, it was later extended to Beulah Park. Beulah Rd was originally named after a village of Beulah in Wales.
BEVERLEY
Named after Edward Stephens in 1850, possibly a small town in Yorkshire, England.
BIRKENHEAD
Named by Thomas Elder and John Hart in 1864, possibly after Birkinhead of Cheshire, England.
BLACK FOREST
Named after a dark forest once occupied by Australian burglars and cattle thieves.
BLACKWOOD
Robert Burfield was licensed by Blackwood Inn (to be The Belair Hotel) in 1869, and the name Blackwood comes from the black-skinned tree or mint rubber tree that grows there.
BLAIR ATHOL
The Celtics cleared the trees and named them after the Magarey family's home.
BLAKEVIEW
Blakeview is named after Joseph Blake, an early blacksmith in the area.
BOLIVAR
Named after Walpole arrived on board the Bolivar in 1850.
BOWDEN
Bowden was named around 1842 by J.H. Fisher, after his town in Northamptonshire, England.
BRADBURY
From a village in Durham, England.
BRAHMA LODGE
Named after Frank Reiss, who first sold the land in 1960.
BRIGHTON
In 1839, Matthew Smith was named after Liverpool's coastal resort town of Sussex or New Brighton, where whaling and smuggling prevailed in the 1840s.
BROADVIEW
In 1915, by C H Angas and K D Bowman private divisions, late housing development blocked the original panorama.
BROMPTON
The name comes from the place where William Paxton was born in Yorkshire, England.
BROOKLYN PARK
The area near Brooklyn was founded by Oscar Gorger and Edward Lipsett in 1881 and may be named after American cities.
BUCKLAND PARK
Named after the early regions established by Messrs William Allen and John Ellis.
BURNSIDE
Probably named after Peter Anderson. He called his property Second Creek Burnside..
BURTON
The first licensee of a small Methodist church in the area, known as the Burton.Bolivar Hotel, came from Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England, and the second license holder was H.W. Burton..
C
CAMDEN PARK
Campden Estate was created by Florence M, Mackenzie of Campden in 1914.
CAMPBELLTOWN
Campbell bought the land from S.G. Smith in 1842 and divided it around 1846.
CAREY GULLY
Royal engineers and miners mentioned Paddy Carey's Gully, in a survey book although Paddy Carey's Gully never owned land here.
CAVAN
Named after the "Cavan Arms" hotel by R. Colley, born in Calvin, Ireland.
CHANDLERS HILL
Named after shepherd Charles Chandler, he lived in Unbunga, in 1836 and moved to South Australia.
CHELTENHAM
John Denham-born town. Cheltenham is a small town in Gloucester.
CHERRY GARDENS
Named after the native cherry trees that once existed in the region.
CHRISTIE DOWNS
Reference Christies Beach.
CHRISTIES BEACH
Lambert F.B. Christie bought the land in 1858, and when the land was subdivided in 1924 / 25, his wife, Rosa Christie, became the holder.
CLAPHAM
The town has the same name as Clapham Junction, and it is named after the London railway station of the same name.
CLARENCE GARDENS
Clarencefield is a small town in Dumfries, Scotland, originally owned by the Macklin family.
CLARENCE PARK
Reference Clarence Gardens.
CLARENDON
In Canada, Jamaica and the United States, Clarendon, is widely considered to be named after aristocratic British families. There's a Clarendon Park. in Wiltshire, England.
John Martin & Co. Ltd., Rundle Street, Adelaide. Source: News Corp Australia
CLEARVIEW
Clearview was named by Clearview Ltd in 1922 for its view of the Adelaide Plain and the Torrance River.
CLOVELLY PARK
Named by Richard Mitchell and P. Mitchell in 1928 after the town of Clovelly, Devon, England.
COLLEGE PARK
Named by Henry S. Anthony and William Dixon in 1874 because of its proximity to St. Peter's College in St Peter's College (.
COLLINSWOOD
It could be named after George F's daughter-in-law Suzanne Collins.
COLONEL LIGHT GARDENS
Named by Charles C Reade in 1915. Dissatisfied with Adelaide's sprawling development, he wanted to create a model area through schools, entertainment and public buildings.
CONCORDIA
It was subdivided by L. Simon,F.A. Oehm and L. Belling in 1877, part of which was sold to government for educational purposes. The Concordia School opened in 1861 and Concordia was the goddess of peace and harmony in Rome.
COROMANDEL EAST
Reference COROMANDEL VALLEY
COROMANDEL VALLEY
The Koromander arrived at Port Adelaide, on January 12, 1837, when ten crew members left and took refuge in a valley in Mount Lofty Range.
COWANDILLA
Named by Edwin C. Gwynne in 1840. It may refer to the kaunenna-dlla indigenous language, which means "waters related to the Glenelg area".
CRAIGBURN FARM
Minda Home's Craigburn Farm was subdivided in the late 1990s.
CRAIGMORE
Craigmore is named after the area's early home.
CROYDON
It means "chalk hill," named after Philip Levi, who was born in Surrey, England, and has a place called Croydon.
CROYDON PARK
Reference Croydon.
CUMBERLAND PARK
Named after Ernest T. Saunders and Edwin Ashby in 1913. The name comes from a fellow Welsh.
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