Osborne, South Australia
| Osborne Adelaide, | |||||||||||||
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| Postcode(s) | 5017 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 19 km (12 mi) from Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Port Adelaide Enfield | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lee | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Port Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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Osborne is a north-western suburb of Adelaide on the LeFevre Peninsula, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, 19 km from the Adelaide city centre. It is bounded to the south by Moldavia Walk and Solvay Road, to the north by Marmora Terrace, to the west by Gulf St Vincent and to the east by the Port River.
History
Osborneville Post Office opened around 1922; it was renamed Taperoo on 1 February 1964, and North Haven in 1989.[1]
Industries
Osborne is the home of a number of industrial employers, including
- ASC Pty Ltd (formerly the Australian Submarine Corporation, builders of the Royal Australian Navy's Collins class submarines)
- Osborne Power Station, a gas-fired power station which is Australia's biggest cogeneration facility
- The Penrice Soda Products plant for manufacturing sodium carbonate
- Port facilities operated by Flinders Ports[2]
In mid-2005, Osborne was selected as the site of construction for the RAN's A$6 billion air warfare destroyer.
Community services
Osborne is the home of LeFevre Reserve, which also hosts a community centre.
There are no schools in the suburb. The closest schools are in the adjacent suburbs of North Haven (North Haven Primary School (R-7)) and Taperoo (Ocean View College (B-12),[3] originally Taperoo High School).
Public transport
Adelaide Metro bus services: route 333 (serves Military Road); route 150 (serves Victoria Road).
The Outer Harbor railway line serves Midlunga railway station, (and the Osborne railway station in North Haven).
References
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ↑ Port Adelaide facilities, Flinders Ports. (There is a very nice map of the area on page 5.)
- ↑ Ocean View College, www.oceanview.sa.edu.au
Coordinates: 34°47′56″S 138°29′28″E / 34.79889°S 138.49111°E