Kingswood, South Australia
| Kingswood Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Kingswood | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°58′21″S 138°36′43″E / 34.972365°S 138.611924°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,554 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1945[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5062 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Mitcham | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Southern Adelaide[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Adelaide[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Waite | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Boothby | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[1] | ||||||||||||||
Kingswood is a suburb of the Australian city of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham.
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 1969-73.[6] A building at the school is named in her honour.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "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.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kingswood (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "MUNICIPAL TRAMWAYS". Daily Herald. Vol. 8, no. 2183. South Australia. 20 March 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 24 July 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Kingswood line to have buses". News. 28 September 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/prime-minister-julia-gillard-visits-mitcham-primary-recalls-happiest-days-of-her-life/news-story/009a94e3bef0faf256513d4ee8e4881d