Northfield, South Australia

Northfield is a suburb of the greater Adelaide, South Australia area.

Northfield
AdelaideSouth Australia
Grand Junction Road, Northfield
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Population5,043 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5085
Area2.2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
LGA(s)City of Port Adelaide Enfield
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)

History edit

The earliest known record of the name "Northfield" being used in reference to the area is 1852. This was a newspaper entry in the South Australia Register 4 October 1852 on the marriage notice of John Lewis to Harriet Ricketts of Northfield.[2] Northfield was known as "Northfield, Dry Creek" as early as 1855 and the Free Labour stone quarry worked by Convicts at that time was later to become the Prison Quarry.[citation needed]

The suburb was serviced by the former Northfield railway line and Northfield railway station from the opening of the line in 1857, until its closure to passenger traffic on 29 May 1987.[3] The former terminus of the line, Stockade railway station, which was closed in 1961, was built to load stone from the quarries behind Female Labour Prison[3] (which was originally called The Stockade - a name which survives in the local park of the same name[4]). Sections of Northfield were renamed Northgate and Lightsview in later years.[5]

Landmarks edit

Government edit

Northfield is in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield local government area, and is in both the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of Florey and Enfield. It is also in both the Australian House of Representatives Divisions of Adelaide and Makin.

34°51′S 138°37′E / 34.850°S 138.617°E / -34.850; 138.617

References edit

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Northfield (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  
  2. ^ "Family Notices". South Australian Register. Vol. XVI, no. 1888. South Australia. 4 October 1852. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b "A Brief History of the Dry Creek to Stockade Railway". Catch Point. May 2007.
  4. ^ "Stockade Botanical Park". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. ^ South Australian Government Gazette 7 April 2016 page 1119 Government of South Australia
  6. ^ Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre SA Health