Burnside, South Australia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Burnside Adelaide, South Australia
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Population	2,930 (2016 census)
Established	1839
Postcode(s)	5066
LGA(s)	City of Burnside
Suburbs around Burnside: Leabrook Erindale Wattle Park Hazelwood Burnside Stonyfell Beaumont Waterfall Gully Greenhill

Burnside is suburb in the City of Burnside council area in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide. It is primarily a residential suburb. It was named Burnside, an amalgamation of the Scottish word for creek, "burn" and "side" because of the original property's location on the side of Second Creek. Burnside is 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) east of the Adelaide city centre by road.

Notable residents

• George Aiston (1879–1943), policeman and ethnographer
• Dorrit Black (1891–1951), artist
• Jimmy Melrose (1913–1936), aviator
• Christopher Pyne, federal MP and Liberal frontbencher, a former student of Burnside Primary
• Sydney Talbot Smith (1861–1948), solicitor, freelance journalist and civic worker

Images for kids

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  In the old days, trams used to travel to Burnside and terminate there