Paradise, South Australia

Paradise is a northeastern suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. It is bounded on the north side by the River Torrens. Amongst its neighboring suburbs are Highbury, Dernancourt, Athelstone, Newton and Campbelltown.

Paradise is in the City of Campbelltown local government area. It was split across the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of Morialta (south-east part) and Hartley (north and west parts of Paradise) but has since all been incorporated into Morialta, and is in the Australian House of Representatives Division of Sturt.

Churches

Paradise Community Church

History

Thorndon Park Reservoir

The suburb contains the Thordon Park Reserve, formerly the site of Thorndon Park Reservoir, built in 1860 and the first reservoir in Adelaide's Metropolitan water supply.^[2] The reservoir was supplied by the River Torrens via an aqueduct.

A post office was opened at Paradise on 1 June 1877.^[3]

The site was the location of many market gardens during the 20th century and some of these still remain, as can be seen by contemporary satellite imagery. Housing now occupies much of the suburb.

The suburb, originally "Shepley", was named "Paradise" by Joseph Ind, who had an orange orchard on the banks of the nearby Torrens River, and was named for his "Paradise Bridge Hotel" after a property called Paradise near his native Tetbury. The Ind Orchards were so productive and of such quality that the area was claimed to "truly be a paradise" for fruit. The Ind family settled the area, and built three significant properties of which only one remains in its original form. The first being Balmoral House which was built from the "cellar up" with the original immigrant Joseph Ind moving his family over once the cellar was complete and the ground floor was being built. Balmoral Road was the original entrance to the property. The property is now a retirement village after Christopher Ind and his mother sold and moved to Sydney with the balance of the family. At the time of the sale the property was in completely unrestored and excellent condition, containing original furnishings from its early days. It featured original horse stables, a croquet lawn and rare trees which had been brought from around the world. The family names are still found in the street names in the area, namely Ind and Christopher. Other members of the Ind family also come across from England in the mid-1800s and added two more homes of significance to the area. The first being the base building for the retirement home opposite the Paradise Hotel on Lower North East Rd. The final and currently still original Ind related residence can be found at Urban Avenue at Paradise. Its tessellated tile chimneys can been seen from Lower North East Road. There are many minor dwelling also found on Lower North East Road and in the vicinity of Balmoral House that were built as shearers quarters.

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Coordinates: 34°52′19″S 138°40′34″E / 34.872°S 138.676°E / -34.872; 138.676