Kingswood, South Australia

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Kingswood
Suburb
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Kingswood
Location in greater metropolitan Adelaide
Coordinates: 34°58′21″S138°36′43″E / 34.972365°S 138.611924°E / -34.972365; 138.611924 [1]
Country Australia
State South Australia
Region Southern Adelaide [1]
City Adelaide
LGA
Established1945 [1]
Government
 •  State electorate
 •  Federal division
Population
 • Total2,554 (SAL 2021) [2]
Time zone UTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode
5062
County Adelaide [1]
Suburbs around Kingswood
Unley Park Malvern Highgate
Hawthorn Kingswood Netherby
Mitcham
Hawthorn Torrens Park Mitcham
Adjoining suburbs [1]

Kingswood is a suburb of the Australian city of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham.

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Kingswood is bounded to the west by Belair Road, to the north by Cross Road, to the south by Princes Road and to the east by Unley High School and the western boundaries of properties fronting onto Smith Dorrien Street. [1] The suburb is the home of Mitcham Primary School, Mitcham Girls High School and St Joseph's School. Local landmarks include Kingswood Oval, Eynesbury House, Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Church and the historic Torrens Arms Hotel.

History

Kingswood was established in 1945 as a formal proposal by the City of Mitcham to "eliminate superfluous subdivisions names" as requested by the Surveyor General of South Australia. At establishment, it consisted of the sub-divisions of Kingswood Estate, Kingswood Park, Mitchamville and a portion of Old Mitcham. In February 2003, it was enlarged by the addition of portions of the adjoining suburbs of Netherby and Mitcham. [1] [3]

An electric tramway connecting Kingswood to the city centre was opened in 1917, with its terminus in Harrow Terrace near Kyre Avenue. [4] The tramway was replaced with buses in 1954 with a new terminus at the corner of Tutt Avenue and Smith-Dorrien Street. [5]

Notable people

Australia's first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard was a student at Mitcham Primary School, Kingswood from 1969 to 1973. [6] A building at the school is named in her honour.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search results for 'Kingswood, SUB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kingswood (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Alter the Boundary of a Suburb" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 20 February 2003. p. 662. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "MUNICIPAL TRAMWAYS". Daily Herald . Vol. 8, no. 2183. South Australia. 20 March 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 24 July 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Kingswood line to have buses". News. 28 September 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Rice, Steve (20 May 2011). "Prime Minister Julia Gillard visits Mitcham Primary, recalls 'happiest days of her life'". The Advertiser. Adelaide.
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