Osborne, South Australia
| Osborne Adelaide, | |||||||||||||
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| Postcode(s) | 5017 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 21 km (13 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 in South Australia on the LeFevre Peninsula about 21 kilometres (13 mi) from the Adelaide city centre within the local government area known as the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is bounded to the south by the suburb of Taperoo, to the west by the suburb of North Haven, to the north west by the suburb of Outer Harbour and to the east and the north by the Port River.[1]
History
Osborneville Post Office opened around 1922; it was renamed Taperoo on 1 February 1964, and North Haven in 1989. Osborne was also known as Brooklyn after the name change from Osborneville.[2]
Industries
Osborne is the home of a number of industrial employers, including
- ASC Pty Ltd, a naval ship builder notable for the Royal Australian Navy's Collins class submarines and Hobart-class destroyers.[3]
- Osborne Power Station, a gas-fired power station.[4]
- Flinders Ports which has two port facilities located on the suburb's coast with the Port River.[5]
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),[6] originally Taperoo High School).
Public transport
Adelaide Metro provides two bus services that directly serve the suburb - route 333 that runs between the suburb and Port Adelaide and route 150 that starts on Victoria Road within the suburb and continues to the Adelaide city centre.[7][8]
The Outer Harbor railway line has two stations that serving the suburb - Midlunga railway station and the Osborne railway station which is located nearby in the suburb of North Haven.[9]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Outer Harbor Ward" (PDF). City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ↑ "About ASC". ASC Pty Ltd. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ "ATCO Power Australia". ATCO Ltd. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ "Port User Guide" (PDF). Flinders Ports. pp. 21–24. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ Ocean View College, www.oceanview.sa.edu.au
- ↑ "Osborne to City". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ "Outer Harbor to Port Adelaide". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ "Outer Harbor to City". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
Coordinates: 34°47′56″S 138°29′28″E / 34.79889°S 138.49111°E