Salisbury, South Australia

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Salisbury
Adelaide, South Australia

Population:

6,648 (2001 census)

Established:

1848

Postcode:

5108

Location:

25 km from Adelaide

LGA:

City of Salisbury

State District:

Ramsay

Federal Division:

Wakefield, Port Adelaide

Suburbs around Salisbury
Paralowie	Elizabeth South	Salisbury Park
Paralowie	Salisbury	Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Downs	Salisbury South	Brahma Lodge

Salisbury (pronounced ['soːlzbəɹi]; located at 34°45′S 138°38′E) is a suburb in the north of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the seat of the City of Salisbury, and in the South Australian Legislative Assembly electoral district of Ramsay and the Australian House of Representatives divisions of Wakefield and Port Adelaide.

The City of Salisbury is situated 25 kilometres north of Adelaide. It covers 161 square kilometres stretching from the beaches at the Gulf Saint Vincent to the Adelaide Hills. The terrain is mostly flat with the Little Para River winding its way through the district to the sea.

1 History
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

Salisbury was founded when John Harvey began selling town allotments in 1848, from land he had purchased along the Little Para River in the previous year. The town was named after Salisbury in England which was close to his wife's hometown. ^[1] Salisbury started its life as a service centre for the surrounding wheat and hay farms. ^[2] It grew slowly ( from a population of 400-500 in 1881) until 1940 when the establishment of an explosives and filling factory doubled the population almost overnight. The factory, which covered 4.5 square miles, was in production by mid 1942 and by January 1943 employed 6,500 persons producing 135,000 shells, bombs and mines weekly.^[3]

[edit] See also

List of Adelaide suburbs

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -34.750° 138.633°

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[edit] References

^ Our History. City of Salisbury. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
^ (1985) A City of Salisbury Publication: Settlers on the Hill, A Local History of Para Hills. City of Salisbury, South Australia, p6.
^ Andews, F.Brian (2006). The Salisbury Munitions Tramways. Salisbury & District Historical Society. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.