Myrtle Bank, South Australia

Myrtle Bank
Adelaide, South Australia

Ferguson Avenue, Myrtle Bank
Population 2,834 (2006 census)[1]
2,787 (2001 census)[2]
Postcode(s) 5064
Location 6 km (4 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s) City of Unley
State electorate(s) Unley
Federal Division(s) Adelaide

Myrtle Bank is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Unley. The suburb is named after a property near the foothills built in 1842 by William Sanders (1801-1880), who arrived in South Australia in 1838. He named the premises 'Myrtle Bank', because his friend James Gall of Trinity living in Edinburgh had a fine property of the same name.[3] During World War I the property became a repatriation hospital.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Myrtle Bank (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Myrtle Bank (State Suburb)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 July 2008.
  3. "The Manning Index of South Australian History". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

Coordinates: 34°57′32″S 138°38′10″E / 34.959°S 138.636°E / -34.959; 138.636

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