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The City of Burnside is a local government area in the South Australian city of Adelaide stretching from the Adelaide Parklands into the Adelaide foothills with an area of 2,753 hectares (6,800 acres). It was founded in August 1856 as the District Council of Burnside, the name of a property of an early settler, and was classed as a city in 1943.
The Mayor of Burnside at the time, George Bolton, had a grand vision for what the park should become; notably in the construction of an Olympic-sized swimming pool.(Bolton was Mayor from 1952 to 1954 and then from 1962 to 1967) After years of effort, the Burnside Council eventually acquired the park in May 1963 after negotiations with the ...
This is a list of libraries in South Australia. State Library of South Australia Academic libraries Adelaide Central School of Art Library Barr Smith Library (University of Adelaide) Flinders University Central Library (Flinders University) UniSA Library (University of South Australia) Public libraries Public libraries in South Australia are run by local councils and Libraries South Australia ...
Burnside is suburb in the City of Burnside council area in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide. It is primarily a residential suburb. Burnside is 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) east of the Adelaide city centre by road. trams used to travel to Burnside and terminate there
The Burnside Civic Centre houses the council chambers, community centre, library and ballroom of the City of Burnside, Adelaide, South Australia. It is located at the corner of Greenhill and Portrush Roads in Tusmore. It is opposite the shopping complex, Burnside Village.
The villages in what was to become the Burnside District Council were originally in the District Council of East Torrens, which covered 159 km 2 (61 sq mi). East Torrens bordered the River Torrens in the north, the Adelaide Hills to the east, Mount Barker Road to the south, and the Adelaide Parklands to the west.
Beulah Park is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Burnside. The suburb was established in 1941 when the name Beulah Park was transferred to a collection of land allotments. [ 2 ]
In August 1943, a committee of Burnside Council suggested building a community hospital as part of the council's Post-War Reconstruction and Development Plan. In November 1943, the council adopted the committee's recommendation to spend up to £100,000 on the building of a hospital, which was intended to be the district's principal memorial to ...