Early Port Suburb Division Names
From the late 1830s to 1945, the area surrounding Port Adelaide was subdivided into many small district areas as owners bought, subdivided and sold areas of land. As the areas became smaller, and more landowners named their own estates, the number of these early “suburbs” reached 90. By the 1940s this was becoming a problem, so the Port Adelaide Council moved to reduce the number of local district areas to 18, in 1945. The boundaries and names of the suburbs were further stabilised when postcodes were introduced to Australia in 1967.
| Modern Name | Early Subdivision Name |
|---|---|
| Alberton | Albert Town, Glebe |
| Birkenhead | Bridgetown, Bridgewater, Davies Town, Sandwell |
| Cheltenham | Franklin |
| Ethelton | Thornton |
| Exeter | Bath, Davies Town, Fisherville, Freshwater, Greenwich, Staplehurst, Waterville |
| Gillman | Newshaven, North Arm, Northarmton |
| Glanville | Port Bridge, Waterville |
| Largs Bay | Eastbourne, Ferryville, Guilford, Harveyton, Hastings, Newport, Shoreham, Ward Town, Margate |
| Largs North | London, Swansea, Largs Bay Estate |
| Osborne | Brooklyn, Mascotte, Midlunga, Blackpool, Austral-Brindisi Estate |
| Ottoway | Guildford Park, Hardwicke, Norbiton, Sassafras Estate, Whiteville |
| Outer Harbor | Eurimbla, Harbour Park, Portsmouth |
| Pennington | Everton |
| Peterhead | Farnham, Gold Diggers Village, Hamley, Sandwell |
| Port Adelaide | Greytown, Moilong, Newhaven, Portland Estate, Portsea |
| Rosewater | Bayswater, Paddington, Dockville, Perth, Yatala, Rosatala, Kingsnorth, Greytown, Kingston, Kingston East, Kelmscott, Rosewater East |
| Semaphore | Alderley, Clairville, Clifton, Freshwater, Kew, New Liverpool, Plymouth, Scarborough, Weymouth |
| Semaphore Park | Balmoral, Beaumont, Bristol, Clevedon, Davington, Mellor Park, Weston Point, Williamstown |
| Semaphore South | Saint Margaret's, Thornton, Whitby |
| Taperoo | Draper, Gedville Estate, Koolena, Kooraka, River View, Silicate, Silicate Beach |
| Wingfield | Brooklyn, Dundas, Hull, Millicent, Myrtlehome, Newark, Norahville, Rosslyn, Wicklow |
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