Plympton, South Australia

Plympton
Adelaide, South Australia
Postcode: 5038
LGA: City of West Torrens
State District: Ashford
Federal Division: Hindmarsh
Suburbs around Plympton:
North Plympton North Plympton Kurralta Park
North Plympton, Camden Park Plympton Kurralta Park, Glandore
Camden Park, Morphettville Plympton Park, South Plympton Glandore

Plympton is a suburb of the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The name is believed to have been given by Henry Mooringe Boswarva to a private subdivision in the area, naming after his home town in Devon, England.[1] It was accepted as an official name for the suburb in 1944.

The remnants of the North Terrace-Glenelg railway line can be found in Plympton's West Side cycleway.

Plympton is known for its diverse ethnic composition.

Plympton is in the City of West Torrens local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Ashford and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Hindmarsh.

History

Plympton Post Office opened on 7 October 1856.[2]

In Popular Culture

Plympton is referred to in the song "Plympton High" from the 1993 album True Believers by John Schumann of Redgum.

References

  1. ^ Suburbs of the City of West Torrens
  2. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=SA&country=. Retrieved 26 May 2011. 
Suburbs of the City of West Torrens