Aberfoyle Park, South Australia

Aberfoyle Park
Adelaide, South Australia

Jeanette Crescent
Population
Established 1924
Postcode(s) 5159
Location 20 km (12 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s) City of Onkaparinga
State electorate(s) Fisher
Federal Division(s) Mayo, Boothby
Suburbs around Aberfoyle Park:
Flagstaff Hill Flagstaff Hill Coromandel Valley
Happy Valley Aberfoyle Park Chandlers Hill
Happy Valley Happy Valley Chandlers Hill
Hub Drive, Aberfoyle Park.

Aberfoyle Park /ˈæbərfɔɪl/ is a suburb in the City of Onkaparinga in the state of South Australia. It is located in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, approximately 20 km from the city centre. Aberfoyle Park has a shopping mall called "The Hub", several primary schools and a public high school, one of the biggest in the state.

Aberfoyle Park is served by the Adelaide Metro bus routes G20, G21 and G22, which connect the suburb to Adelaide's city centre.

History

Windebanks Road

In 1845, Christian Sauerbier, from Germany, purchased land south of Adelaide, near Happy Valley. In 1856, Sauerbier owned eleven sections of land in the area. The area became agricultural and the Sauerbier family was renowned for the quality of their stud stock and the orange grove that was attached to their property. Christian Sauerbier died in 1893 and the property was given to his son, John Chris. During the First World War, when anti-German sentiment was at a high in Australia, Chris changed his last name to Aberfoylea reference to an area in Perthshire, Scotland where his father had lived for a while. John Chris died in 1923 and his estate was subdivided and sold by James Henry Browne.

Agriculture was the core of the districts economy for quite some time. Inevitably, the farmlands were turned into suburban expansion and the suburb of Aberfoyle Park was proclaimed on 10 July 1980.[3] The Aberfoyle Park Post Office opened on 16 November 1981.[4]

Geography

The suburb is located in the Adelaide Hills, giving the area a hilly terrain.

Governance

Aberfoyle Park is part of the City of Onkaparinga. It is in the South Australian House of Assembly (state) electoral district of Fisher, whose current member is Nat Cook, and the Australian House of Representatives (federal) Division of Boothby, whose representative is Andrew Southcott.

Education

Sport

The Happy Valley sports park, which is located near Aberfoyle Park High School, contains the Happy Valley Football Club who are known as the Vikings, the Happy Valley Cricket Club, the Happy Valley Tennis Club, a lawn bowls club, a BMX club with a track and the Aberfoyle Park Scout group.

The Aberfoyle Park hub has a YMCA, which runs many community events such as volleyball.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Aberfoyle Park (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Aberfoyle Park (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
  3. "Aberfoyle Park European History and Heritage". Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  4. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  5. http://www.appscampus.sa.edu.au/
  6. "Aberfoyle Hub School". Aberfoyle Hub School Website.
  7. Stewart, Frances (21 September 2008). "25,000 watch Pedal Prix fun". Adelaide Now.
  8. "HUBCAPS Pedal Prix Team". Aberfoyle Hub School Website.
  9. http://intra.aphs.sa.edu.au/

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Coordinates: 35°04′01″S 138°36′00″E / 35.067°S 138.600°E / -35.067; 138.600

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