Salisbury, South Australia

Salisbury, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Salisbury
city = Adelaide
state = sa


caption =
lga = City of Salisbury
postcode = 5108
pop = 6,648 (2001 census)
est = 1848
area =
propval =
stategov = Ramsay
fedgov = Wakefield, Port Adelaide
near-nw = Paralowie
near-n = Elizabeth South
near-ne = Salisbury Park
near-w = Paralowie
near-e = Salisbury Plain
near-sw = Salisbury Downs
near-s = Salisbury South
near-se = Brahma Lodge
dist1 = 25
location1= Adelaide

Salisbury (pronEng|ˈsɔːlzbəri); is a suburb in the north of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the seat of the City of Salisbury, and in the South Australian Legislative Assembly electoral district of Ramsay and the Australian House of Representatives divisions of Wakefield and Port Adelaide. The suburb is a service area for the City of Salisbury district, with an abundance of parklands, shops, cafes and restaurants. Stockland Parabanks is also located in Salisbury, which includes Harris Scarfe and Big W as its signature retailers.

The City of Salisbury is situated 25 kilometres north of Adelaide. It covers 161 square kilometres stretching from the beaches at the Gulf Saint Vincent to the Adelaide Hills. The terrain is mostly flat with the Little Para River winding its way through the district to the sea.

History

Salisbury was founded when John Harvey began selling town allotments in 1848, from land he had purchased along the Little Para River in the previous year. The town was named after Salisbury in the United Kingdom which was close to his wife's hometown. [cite web|url=http://cweb.salisbury.sa.gov.au/manifest/servlet/page?pg=8418&stypen=html|title=Our History|publisher=City of Salisbury|accessdate=2006-07-15] Salisbury started its life as a service centre for the surrounding wheat and hay farms. [cite book | editor = A City of Salisbury Publication | title = Settlers on the Hill, A Local History of Para Hills | year = 1985 | publisher = City of Salisbury, South Australia | pages = p6 ] It grew slowly ( from a population of 400-500 in 1881) until 1940 when the establishment of an explosives and filling factory doubled the population almost overnight. The factory, which covered 4.5 square miles, was in production by mid 1942 and by January 1943 employed 6,500 persons producing 135,000 shells, bombs and mines weekly. [cite web|url=http://www.ozgenonline.com/%7Esalisbury_hs/articles/munitions.htm|title=The Salisbury Munitions Tramways|last=Andews|first=F.Brian|accessdate=2006-07-15|year=2006|publisher=Salisbury & District Historical Society ]

ee also

*List of Adelaide suburbs

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