Blackwood, South Australia

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Blackwood
Adelaide, South Australia

Blackwood's War Memorial
Population: 3,800 (2006 Census)
Postcode: 5051
LGA: City of Mitcham
State District: Davenport
Federal Division: Boothby
Suburbs around Blackwood:
Belair Belair Glenalta
Eden Hills Blackwood Hawthorndene
Bellevue Heights Craigburn Farm Coromandel Valley

Blackwood is a south eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia located in the Adelaide Hills/Mount Lofty Ranges.

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[edit] History

See Also: History of Adelaide
See Also: European settlement of South Australia

[edit] Churches

The Mitcham Hills Interchurch Council members include two Anglican parishes, five Uniting Church in Australia congregations, two Baptist churches, a Roman Catholic parish with two centres, a Lutheran parish and a Church of Christ. There are also a number of pentecostal churches including the The Hills Christian Family Centre and The Frontier Christian centre

[edit] Schools

Blackwood High School and Blackwood Primary School in Eden Hills, along with Belair Primary School, Bellevue Heights Primary School, Coromandel Valley Primary School, Eden Hills Primary School and Hawthorndene Primary School provide the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program with the High School also offering the IB Diploma. Other schools in the district are St John's Grammar School at Belair and St Peter's Lutheran School at Craigburn Farm.

[edit] Transport

Blackwood Railway Station is a transport hub with buses to Adelaide and the outer Southern suburbs, trains to Adelaide and Belair. There is also a daily commuter bus to and from the Eastern Fleurieu Peninsula passing through Blackwood.

[edit] Residents

The suburbs of Blackwood, Glenalta and Craigburn Farm had a combined population of 6,379 in 2,596 households in 2001 [1].

Norman Tindale, an anthropologist, archaeologist and entomologist, lived in his Blackwood residence "Kurlge" from 1955 to 1969.

The hip hop group the Hilltop Hoods, Young and Restless guitarist Ash Pegram and country singer Beccy Cole[1] are from the area.

[edit] Politics

Blackwood is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Liberal MP Iain Evans and in the Australian House of Representatives by Liberal MP Andrew Southcott.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Beccy Cole - country music star, her song Blackwood Hill references the suburb, Postcards

[edit] External links

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