St. Peters, South Australia

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


caption =
lga = City of Norwood Payneham St Peters
postcode = 5069
est = 1838
pop =
area =
propval = $690,000 [cite web |url=http://www.domain.com.au/public/SuburbProfile.aspx?mode=buy&suburb=St%20Peters&postcode=5069 |title=Property prices for houses and units, 12 months to March 2007 |publisher=domain.com.au |accessdate=2007-04-09]
stategov =
fedgov = Adelaide
near-nw = Walkerville
near-n = Joslin
near-ne = Joslin
near-w = Gilberton
near-e = Evandale
near-sw = College Park
near-s = Stepney
near-se = Evandale
dist1 = 3
location1= Adelaide

St. Peters is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters.

The suburb was first settled in 1838, with allotments sold to investors in the South Australia Company. It was originally a separate town and was named after the Church of England's school of St Peter . The school was established in 1849 on 30 hectares of land, today being named St Peter's College. [ cite book| title=From Omnibus to O-Bahn, The Tramways and Buses of Adelaide's North-East Suburbs | last=Steele |first=Christopher |year=1986 |location=Norwood, South Australia |publisher=Australian Electric Traction Association |pages =p.9 | isbn=1-86252-0-89-5]

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