Woodforde, South Australia

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Woodforde
Adelaide,  South Australia
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Woodforde
Coordinates Coordinates: 34°54′S138°41′E / 34.900°S 138.683°E / -34.900; 138.683
Population1,024 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 5072
Area4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Location10 km (6 mi) from Adelaide city centre
LGA(s) Adelaide Hills Council
State electorate(s) Morialta
Federal division(s)
Suburbs around Woodforde:
Rostrevor Rostrevor Montacute
Magill Woodforde Norton Summit
Teringie Teringie Norton Summit

Woodforde is a suburb of Adelaide within the Adelaide Hills Council. It is located about 10 km east of the Adelaide city centre.

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Woodforde is in the State House of Assembly Electoral district of Morialta and is in the Federal Division of Mayo.

The Catholic boys' school Rostrevor College is located in the suburb.

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

History

Lake Hamilton Post Office opened on 1 April 1880 and was renamed Woodforde later that year before closing in 1882. [2]

Nomenclature

The original estate (spelled "Woodford") of 134 acres (54 ha) was owned by John Hallett, who came from Woodford in Essex, and where his mother died. The popular spelling with a final "e" reflects the belief that it was somehow named for Dr. John Woodforde, who came out on the Rapid in 1838 with Colonel Light, and was later appointed City Coroner. [3] Geoff Manning agrees, but points out that Captain John Finlay Duff, who in 1850 laid out the subdivision of Hallett's section 342, Hundred of Adelaide, called it "The Village of Woodforde"', and so it appears in early conveyancing documents and in an advertisement (as "New Woodforde") in The Register on 28 August 1850. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Woodforde (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Rodney Cockburn; Stewart Cockburn (1990). South Australia: What's in a name? Historically significant place names. Axiom Publishing. ISBN   0-9592519-1-X.
  4. ↑ "Manning Index of South Australian Place names: Woodforde". State Library of South Australia . Retrieved 24 March 2019.


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