Taperoo, South Australia
| Taperoo Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Postcode(s) | 5017 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 18 km (11 mi) from CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Port Adelaide Enfield | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lee | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Port Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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Taperoo /ˈtæpəruː/ is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 18 km from the CBD, on the LeFevre Peninsula in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Osborne and Largs North. It is bounded to the north by Moldavia Walk and Solvay Road, to the south by Strathfield Terrace, and in the west and east by Gulf St Vincent and the Port River respectively.
Taperoo is essentially a residential suburb, with a minor harbourside presence on the eastern shore of the suburb.Taperoo is an Aboriginal word which means calm. The area was previously a portion of an area named Silicate.
History
Osborneville Post Office opened around 1922, was renamed Taperoo on 1 February 1964 and North Haven in 1989.[1]
Facilities
The suburb is served by Ocean View College P-12 on Gedville Road and the Catholic Our Lady of the Visitation Primary School. The suburb is the location of historic Fort Largs and the adjacent Fort Largs Police Academy, the training facility for South Australia Police. The heritage-listed Fort Largs site, together with a parcel of coastal frontage land immediately to the north and also formerly part of the Police Academy site, was placed on the market by the state government in 2014 to recoup the cost of constructing new Police Academy buildings.[2]
Further to the north, the site is bordered by a former sand quarry in the coastal foredune, now officially known as White Hollow Reserve but popularly known as the "Snakepit",[3] which contains 392-metre (1,286 ft) of sandy running tracks used by sporting clubs and locals.
Roy Marten Park, the primary recreational reserve in the suburb, lies to the north of the Fort Largs Police Academy, between the "Snakepit" and Military Road. A major upgrade of the park started in 2016.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ↑ Space for up to 200 homes in Fort Largs land being released to the market at Taperoo Portside Messenger, 19 March 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ Suspicious minds at the snake pit. Portside Messenger, 5 March 2008.
- ↑ Work to start this month on $6.4 million overhaul of Roy Marten Park, Taperoo, including new dog park Portside Messenger, 6 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
Coordinates: 34°48′22″S 138°29′42″E / 34.806°S 138.495°E