Maylands, South Australia

Mile End, South Australia

Mile End was originally established in 1860 as The Town of Mile End by the South Australian Company. It was so named because the township was approximately one mile from the centre of Adelaide. It was also named after Mile End in east London, England, whose name has a similar meaning.^[3] It was part of the then largely rural District of West Torrens until 1883, when the residents of the more urban suburbs of Thebarton, Mile End and Torrensville successfully petitioned to become the Corporation of the Town of Thebarton.^[4] In 1997 the Town of Thebarton re-amalgamated with the City of West Torrens.^[5]

E. M. Bagot and Gabriel Bennett had a large holding of grazing land south of Henley Beach Road,^[6] part of which (the “Thebarton Racecourse” or colloquially the “Butchers’ Course”) was used from 1859 to 1869 by a group of “sporting gentlemen”, later to become the South Australian Jockey Club, to hold their race meetings.^[7]

Mile End railway station, built in 1898, is also one mile from the Adelaide railway station.

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Myrtle Bank, South Australia

From Wikipedia

 

 

 

Myrtle Bank Adelaide, South Australia
Ferguson Avenue, Myrtle Bank
Coordinates	34°57′32″S 138°38′10″ECoordinates: 34°57′32″S 138°38′10″E
Population	2,883 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	5064
Location	6 km (4 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)	City of Unley
State electorate(s)	Unley
Federal division(s)	Sturt
Suburbs around Myrtle Bank:   Fullarton Glenunga Highgate Myrtle Bank Glen Osmond Netherby Urrbrae

 

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.^[2] The property passed through the hands of Capt. William Elder, brother of Sir Thomas Elder, before being purchased in 1848 by William Ferguson (1809–1892), who built on the original house and lived there with his family until he died.^[3]

During World War I the property became a repatriation hospital.

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Dulwich, South Australia