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 Fountain and rotunda located on the grounds of the Glandore Community Centre | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 3,041 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5037 | ||||||||||||
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Glandore is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, partly in the City of Marion and partly in the City of West Torrens.
Kaurna people had inhabited the Adelaide Plains for thousands of years before the colonisation of South Australia in 1836. [2]
The name is believed to come from the village of Glandore in County Cork, Ireland, whence the family of John O'Dea, one of the original property owners of the area, came. [3]
The City of Marion section of Glandore was originally named Edwardstown.[ citation needed ]
The site at 25 Naldera Street, now (2025) Glandore Community Centre, [4] has at different times in its history been the site of a number of institutions: Edwardstown Girls Reformatory (1891–1898); [5] Edwardstown Industrial School (1898–1949); [6] Glandore Industrial School (1949–1958); [7] Glandore Children's Home (1958–1966); renamed Glandore Boys' Home in 1966, [8] eventually being closed on 4 February 1973. [9] [10] [11] The Windana Remand Home (1965–1975), a correctional facility for young males, was located within the grounds of the Glandore Boys Home. [12] A school for Aboriginal children, the forerunner to the present Warriappendi Secondary School at Thebarton, occupied this site in the early 1980s. [13]
Glandore lies south-west of Adelaide, halfway between the beachside suburb of Glenelg and the central business district. It is bordered by Anzac Highway (north), Cross Road (south), South Road (east), and Beckman Street and Winifred Avenue (west). Suburbs surrounding Glandore include Edwardstown, Black Forest, Everard Park, Kurralta Park and Plympton. The Glenelg tram line runs through the middle of the suburb with stations at South Road, Burke Street and Beckman Street. North of the tramline, Glandore is in the City of West Torrens local government area, and south of the tramline, it forms part of the City of Marion.
A number of parks are located within the suburb boundaries, including Glandore Oval, Jubilee Park and the shared grounds of the Glandore Community Centre, Coast FM radio station, and Community Centres SA.
Glandore is also the location of a stop on the Glenelg tram line. [14]
| Preceding station | Adelaide Metro | Following station | ||
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| South Road | Glenelg tram line (closed outside of the CBD until 2026) | Beckman Street towards Moseley Square | ||
Based on information from Manning's Place Names of South Australia, and West Tomas Historical Society Inc. files
Continued the work of the Edwardstown Industrial School accommodating 'neglected and destitute' boys.
Once Windana closed, the Residential Assessment process took place at Brookway Park and the McNally Training Centre.
