Kent Town, South Australia

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Kent Town
AdelaideSouth Australia
Population: 991 (2001 Census)
Postcode: 5067
Area: 0.6 km²
Property Value: AUD $473,500 (2006)
LGA: City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters
State District: Norwood
Federal Division: Adelaide
Suburbs around Kent Town
Hackney Stepney Beulah Park
Adelaide Kent Town Norwood
Adelaide Rose Park Norwood

Kent Town ( 34°55′13″S, 138°37′9″E) is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters. It is located adjacent to the CBD, across the eastern parklands. The suburb is named after one of Adelaide's first physicians, Dr. Benjamin Archer Kent, who arrived in the colony in 1840 and established a farm and flour mill within the area. It is also the location of a former brewery which has since been restored and redeveloped into apartments which face on to Dequetteville Terrace.