Rostrevor, South Australia

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Rostrevor
Adelaide,  South Australia
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Rostrevor
Coordinates 34°53′32″S138°41′24″E / 34.8922°S 138.6900°E / -34.8922; 138.6900 [1]
Population8,452 (SAL 2021) [2]
Postcode(s) 5073
Location11 km (7 mi) ENE of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s)
State electorate(s) Morialta
Federal division(s) Sturt
Suburbs around Rostrevor:
Campbelltown Newton Athelstone
Hectorville Rostrevor Montacute
Magill Woodforde

Rostrevor is a suburb of Adelaide within the City of Campbelltown and the Adelaide Hills Council. It is located about 10 kilometres east-north-east of the Adelaide city centre. Rostrevor has a creek running through the middle of it, called Fourth Creek, which runs into the River Torrens.

Rostrevor is in the State House of Assembly Electoral district of Morialta and is in the Federal Division of Sturt.

It was named after the village of Rostrevor in Northern Ireland.

Some of the facilities in Rostrevor include Stradbroke School, Foodland, Rostrevor Baptist Church, and a nature playground in Morialta Conservation Park [3] A new school, the Morialta Secondary School, is being built in Rostrevor. It is being built on the grounds of the former Norwood Morialta High School. [4]

Campbelltown City Council has an active boundary change proposal in place to incorporate the Adelaide Hills Council part of Rostrevor along with part of neighbouring Woodforde into its boundaries. This is despite an overwhelming 65% majority of residents and ratepayers opposing it in a survey conducted in 2019.

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References

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  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rostrevor (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. Novak, Lauren (16 September 2017). "Climbing towers, maze, long slide at new Morialta Conservation Park adventure playground". The Advertiser.
  4. "Work starts on new high school amid statewide enrolment pressures". 19 May 2022.