Norwood is a suburb of Adelaide, about 4 km (2.5 mi) east of the Adelaide city centre. The suburb is in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, whose predecessor was the oldest South Australian local government municipality.

History

Before British colonisation of South Australia and subsequent European settlement, Norwood was inhabited by one of the groups who later collectively became known as the Kaurna peoples.^[2][3]

Early settler Edward Stephens, who arrived in the colony in 1839, wrote: “Norwood and Kent Town were unknown then. The site of the present Norwood was then a magnificent gum forest, with an undergrowth of kangaroo grass, too high in places for a man to see over; in fact persons lost their way in going from Adelaide to Kensington in those days, through attempting a short or near cut across the country”.^[4]

Norwood is named after Norwood, then a village south of London. The new village east of Adelaide was first laid out in 1847.^[5] The former City of Kensington and Norwood was the first outside of the City of Adelaide to receive the right to set up their own municipal corporation. The charter of the town was given on 7 July 1853 by the Governor, Sir Henry Young.^[6]

Marleston is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of West Torrens. Marleston was home to 1836 people as of the 2016 Census.

The earliest European settler in this area was Donald McLean, who selected Section 50, Hundred of Adelaide, of 80 acres (32 ha) in 1837, (the area was originally part of Hilton) and with his family ploughed and sowed 20 acres of seed wheat, and in 1838 reaped the first harvest of wheat in South Australia. Several years later he sold the land to John Marles, who subdivided it in 1879.^[2]

Linden Park is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Burnside. It derives its name from the Linden Tree.

Many of its streets are named after British First Sea Lords and admiralty, such as:^[2]

• Hood st: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
• Keyes st: Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes
• Sturdee st: Doveton Sturdee
• Jellicoe st: John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
• Beatty st: David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
• Wemyss st: Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss
• Hay Rd: Lord John Hay

Malvern Adelaide, South Australia
Coordinates	34°57′26″S 138°36′53″ECoordinates: 34°57′26″S 138°36′53″E
Population	2,574 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	5061
Location	4 km (2 mi) south of Adelaide
LGA(s)	City of Unley
State electorate(s)	Unley
Federal division(s)	Adelaide
Suburbs around Malvern: Hyde Park Unley Parkside Unley Park Malvern Highgate Hawthorn Kingswood Urrbrae

Malvern is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. It borders the suburbs of Unley and Parkside to the north, Highgate to the east, Kingswood to the south and Unley Park to the west.

Many Malvern streets are planted with jacaranda trees, a non-native evergreen species, giving a shady aspect to the area in conjunction with the predominant architectural style of single-storey colonial villas.

Many of its streets are named after places in the United Kingdom, including Dover, Sheffield, and Cambridge.

Parkside is an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Unley.

History

The suburb was once home to the mental health campus of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Known as ‘The Parkside Asylum’, it was the primary mental health facility in the state, and occupied approximately one-third of the suburb’s area.

Parkside Post Office opened on 10 December 1859 and was renamed Eastwood in 1967.^[6]