Wayville, South Australia

Wayville
Adelaide, South Australia

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church on Greenhill Road
Population: 1,734 (2006 Census)[1]
1,642 (2001 Census)[2]
Postcode: 5034
LGA: City of Unley

Wayville is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. It is most notable for its hosting of the Royal Adelaide Show at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds. The suburb is bordered to the north with the South Park Lands of Adelaide, and to the south with the tramline.

Wayville Post Office opened around 1909. Wayville Military Post Office was open from 16 July 1940 until 19 October 1946 while the Showgrounds were used as an army camp.[3]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Wayville (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC42811&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-07-19. 
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Wayville (State Suburb)". 2001 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2001&areacode=SSC42761&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2010-07-17. 
  3. ^ 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 Unley