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List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names

List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names

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This List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names gives suburb names which were officially discontinued before 1994, and their new names or the suburbs into which they were incorporated.

More information Earlier name, Named, or part of another suburb, as of 1993[update] ...

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Named for George Witherage Cotton, land agent and politician.
  2. [N 2]
    Properly Culford; probably named for Culford Park but name persists as Cullford Avenue, Klemzig.
  3. [N 3]
    Inferred from names of streets (Bower Road, Kellett Street, West Street, John Street).
  4. [N 4]
    Elgin persists as Elgin Street, Woodville Park.
  5. [N 5]
    Two distinct subdivisions were named Mellor Park, 42 years apart, by father and son. The Semaphore Park subdivision was named by J. F. and T. F. Mellor in 1879; the Lockleys subdivision by J. W. Mellor (son of J. F. Mellor) in 1920.[4]
  6. [N 6]
    Tenterdon was a more common spelling than Tenterden or Tenterton, though the name persists as Tenterden Street in Woodville South.

References

  1. [1]
    "The Advertiser". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 14 May 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Map 7" (Map). Gregory's Adelaide street directory. 1949. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  3. [3]
    Property Location Browser (Map). Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. [4]
    Manning, Geoffrey H. (2012). "A compendium of the place names of South Australia". The State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. [5]
    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.
  6. [6]
    "The Advertiser". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 September 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  7. [7]
    "Do You Know Them All?". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 19 December 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  8. [8]
    "Rosewater Area Info". Australian Suburb Guide. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  9. [9]
    "Changed Names Of Burnside Suburbs". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 27 February 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 26 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. [10]
    "Burnside Street Names and their Origins" (PDF). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Name Changes At Prospect". The News. Adelaide. 5 December 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. [12]
    "Bowden-On-The-Hill—Not Hillside". The Register News-pictorial. Vol. XCIV, no. 27, 515. South Australia. 22 October 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 12 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. [13]
    "Confusing Streets". The News. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 10 October 1923. p. 5 Edition: Home. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  14. [14]
    "New Thebarton or Torrensville?". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXIV, no. 19, 545. South Australia. 5 July 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2021 – via Trove.
  15. [15]
    "Zoar Methodist Church". Australian Christian Commonwealth. Vol. 51, no. 2630. South Australia. 17 March 1939. p. 14. Retrieved 29 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. [16]
    "The Late Mr. John Bowman". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 August 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  17. [17]
    Hasenohr, E W. H. Gray – A Pioneer Colonist of South Australia Adelaide 1977 ISBN 0 9596673 0 X
  18. [18]
    "Place Names of South Australia - F". The Manning Index of South Australian History. Government of South Australia.
  19. [19]
    "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.

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