North Adelaide facts for kids
Quick facts for kids North AdelaideAdelaide, South Australia |
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North Adelaide looking south down King William Road to St Peter's Cathedral and the City
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| Population | 6,950 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1837 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5006 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
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North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands.
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History
Surveyor-General Colonel William Light of the colony of South Australia completed the survey for the capital city of Adelaide by 10 March 1837. The survey included 1042 acres (4.2 km²), including 342 acres (1.4 km²) north of the River Torrens. This surveyed land north of the river became North Adelaide.
North Adelaide was the birthplace of William Lawrence Bragg, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915.
Design
North Adelaide consists of three grids of varying dimension to suit the geography. North Adelaide is surrounded by parklands, with public gardens between the grids. The North Adelaide Parklands (the Adelaide Parklands north of the River Torrens) contain gardens, many sports fields (including the Adelaide Oval), a golf course, horse agistment paddocks and some areas sympathetic with the native environment. It has Wellington Square at its centre, and O'Connell Street (named after Maurice Charles O'Connell, Governor of New South Wales) as its main commercial street. O'Connell Street is the continuation of King William Road, and links the main street of Adelaide City with Main North Road. A tram used to run up O'Connell Street; the government is investigating extending the Glenelg tram along King William Road to terminate at Brougham Place. O'Connell Street has many cafes, restaurants, burger bars, shops and six pubs. Lincoln College and Aquinas College are also situated in this grid. Tynte Street is another commercial street in the largest grid running between Wellington Square and the east parklands. It contains the North Adelaide Primary School, a public library, a civic hall, a post office and a pub. Also on Tynte Street are the studios of Adelaide's NWS-9, the local Nine Network affiliate.
The smallest grid contains the Women's and Children's Hospital, the Memorial Hospital, St Peter's Cathedral, St. Mark's College, the Cathedral hotel (popular with cricket fans due its proximity to the Adelaide Oval), and the Queen's Head hotel (the oldest Adelaide pub, renovated in 2003).
The remaining grid is termed Lower North Adelaide. It is nearest the Torrens floodplain. It contains Brougham Place Uniting Church, St. Ann's College, and four pubs. Melbourne Street, with cafes, restaurants, galleries, shops and two pubs, is its commercial street.
Transport
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North Adelaide is well served by road, although in peak hour some roads, particularly O'Connell Street and Melbourne Street, are quite congested.
North Adelaide railway station is located on the Gawler line of the Adelaide rail network. The railway station is however on the western edge of North Adelaide with infrequent services and is little used.
There are several Adelaide Metro bus routes that service the area on their way through to other suburbs. Buses run along several routes:
- King William Road, O'Connell Street, Ward Street, Hill Street, Mills Terrace then a bus only link to War Memorial Drive (since 1912, former electric tram route)
- King William Road, O'Connell Street, Ward Street, Jeffcott Street and Jeffcott Road
- King William Road, O'Connell Street and Prospect Road (since 1883, former horse tram route)
- King William Road, O'Connell Street and Main North Road (since 1883, former horse tram route)
- King William Road, Sir Edwin Smith Avenue and Melbourne Street (since at least 1912, former electric tram route)
- Frome Road and Melbourne Street
- Montefiore Road and Jeffcott Street (since October 2006)
Since 27 January 2014 a free loop bus operated jointly between the Adelaide City Council and the state government circulates through Adelaide and North Adelaide replacing a community bus operated by the Adelaide City Council.
There is provision for bicycles along LeFevre Terrace/Frome Road and Montefiore Road/Jeffcott Street/Wellington Square and many of the streets have little traffic and are bicycle friendly.
Education
The North Adelaide Primary School on Tynte Street was established in 1877 and is one of the oldest schools in South Australia. At 2007 its enrolment from reception to year seven was 250. The school's motto recorded on its World War One honour board is Esse quam videri, "To be, rather than to seem" and the school colours are red and blue.
Queen's College (1885–1949) on Barton Terrace was the longest lasting proprietary (i.e. privately owned and run) boys' college in Australia. Another private school of historical interest was North Adelaide Grammar School (aka. Whinham College).
Many residential colleges affiliated with the University of Adelaide are in North Adelaide, including Aquinas College, Lincoln College, St. Ann's College, St. Mark's College, Kathleen Lumley College (Postgraduate) and Australian Lutheran College, the Lutheran tertiary institution and seminary.
Images for kids
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Looking towards North Adelaide, from construction site in Adelaide (1935).
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North Adelaide (north of the River Torrens), in relation to the Adelaide CBD (2010).
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A former wine shop on Wellington Square
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House on Jeffcott Street, characteristic of many of the old homes in the area.
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