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Bowden Railway Station
Bowden railway station is located on the Adelaide suburban railway line leading to the Grange, Outer Harbor and Port Dock lines, commonly known as the Port line. Situated in the inner Adelaide suburb of Bowden, it is from Adelaide station. Originally opened in 1856, it was extensively rebuilt as part of a flying junction in 2017 and reopened in 2018. History Bowden was one of the original stations on the Adelaide to Port Adelaide railway when the line opened in April 1856. Heritage-listed, it is one of the oldest in Australia.Bowden cafe The Loose Caboose accused of heritage breaches after renovation '' |
Bowden, South Australia
Bowden () is an inner northern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt. History The 'Village of Bowden' was established in 1839 by James Hurtle Fisher, who named it after his native village in Northamptonshire. Bowden had a post office open from 1970 until 1991. Before 1970 the office in the area was named ''Ovingham''; after 1991 the ''Brompton'' office has provided postal services. In October 2008, Premier Mike Rann and Infrastructure Minister Patrick Conlon (politician), Patrick Conlon announced the purchase of the 10-hectare Clipsal factory site in Bowden to become a new "green village". They announced plans for up to 1,500 medium- and high-density Green Star (Australia), Green Star residential apartments, with retail outlets and commercial offices set around a town centre, for the former industrial site. The $1 billion Bowden development was designed to be a "transport-oriented development"(TOD) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawler Line
The Gawler line, also known as the Gawler Central line, is a suburban commuter railway line in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The Gawler Line is the most frequent and heavily patronised line in Railways in Adelaide, the Adelaide rail network. It is also the only line to have no other interchange with another line except Adelaide railway station, Adelaide. History The line was opened in 1857 from Adelaide to Gawler. It was Morgan railway line, extended to Kapunda in 1860. Branches were later built from Gawler to termini in Angaston, South Australia, Angaston, Truro, South Australia, Truro, Morgan, South Australia, Morgan, Robertstown, South Australia, Robertstown, Peterborough railway station, South Australia, Peterborough, Spalding, South Australia, Spalding and Gladstone railway station, South Australia, Gladstone. Between Adelaide and Salisbury railway station, Adelaide, Salisbury, the two broad gauge lines are paralleled by one standard gauge line on the Adelaid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Botanic Garden
The Adelaide Botanic Garden is a public garden at the north-east corner of the Adelaide city centre, in the Adelaide Park Lands. It encompasses a fenced garden on North Terrace (between Lot Fourteen, the site of the old Royal Adelaide Hospital, and the National Wine Centre) and behind it the Botanic Park (adjacent to the Adelaide Zoo). Work was begun on the site in 1855, with its official opening to the public on 4 October 1857. The Adelaide Botanic Garden and adjacent State Herbarium of South Australia, together with the Wittunga Botanic Garden and Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, comprise the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia, administered by the Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, a state government statutory authority. History From the first official survey carried out for the map of Adelaide, Colonel William Light intended for the planned city to have a "botanical garden". To this end, he designated a naturally occurring ait that had f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moseley Square
Moseley Square is a public square in the City of Holdfast Bay at Glenelg, and was named for Henry J. Moseley, the builder and first publican of the Pier Hotel, Glenelg. Located between Jetty Road and Glenelg Beach, the Square is the location of the Glenelg Town Hall, Glenelg Jetty, the Stamford Grand Hotel and various fast-food outlets. It is the terminus of the Glenelg tram line (for many years the only tram line in Adelaide) from Adelaide. It is a site of major events including the Glenelg Jazz Festival and the City to Bay Fun Run. Centenary monument On 28 December 1936 an obelisk, erected to commemorate the landing of British pioneer settlers 100 years, earlier was unveiled at Moseley Square. The memorial, also known as the Pioneers' Memorial, was designed by architect Gordon Beaumont Smith and shaped by Adelaide monumental mason A. S. Tillett from South Australian marble, placed on a base of Victor Harbor granite. It was topped by a bronze model of HMS ''Buffalo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Largs Bay, South Australia
Largs Bay is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Lefevre Peninsula in the west of Adelaide about northwest of the Adelaide city centre. Description Largs bay is bounded to the north by Walcot and Warwick Street, to the south by Wills, Hargrave and Union Streets and in the west and east by Gulf St Vincent and the centre of the Port River respectively. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Largs North, Peterhead, Port Adelaide and Semaphore. It is essentially a residential suburb, with a minor harbourside presence on the eastern side of the suburb. It is located within the local government area of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. History Largs Bay originally started as a private sub-division in Section 1069 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Port Adelaide. The name was "formally submitted by the City of Port Adelaide at a council meeting held on 10 May 1945" and was formally adopted in 1951 by the Nomenclature Committee. In August 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westfield West Lakes
Westfield West Lakes is a shopping centre located in West Lakes, South Australia. It contains approximately 260 stores, with anchor tenants David Jones Limited, David Jones, Harris Scarfe, Kmart Australia, Kmart, Coles Supermarkets, Coles, Target Australia, Target, Woolworths Limited, Woolworths and JB Hi-Fi. Construction and opening The shopping centre was designed in 1973 by architects Dick-Smith Associates in association with Snowden Brougham and Moulds. Construction commenced later in the year with the first stage being completed in late 1974 with the second stage of work being completed in 1975. It was opened on 13 November 1974 by Don Dunstan, the Premier of South Australia. Ownership The shopping centre was originally owned by West Lakes Ltd, a subsidiary of the Development Finance Corporation Ltd (known as Delfin) and T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society, T & G Mutual Life Society. In 1987, Delfin sold its 25% share to its partner now owned by National Mutual. Somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osborne, South Australia
Osborne is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Lefevre Peninsula in the west of Adelaide about north-west of the Adelaide city centre. Description Osborne is bounded to the south by the suburb of Taperoo, South Australia, Taperoo, to the west by Gulf St Vincent and to the north west by the suburbs of North Haven, South Australia, North Haven and Outer Harbor, South Australia, Outer Harbor and to the east by the suburb of Torrens Island, South Australia, Torrens Island. History Osborne originally started as a Subdivision (land), private sub-division in Section 2015 in the Cadastral divisions of South Australia, cadastral unit of the Hundred of Port Adelaide. It was named after Captain R.W. Osborne (c.1834-1920). A portion was subsequently added to North Haven. The name was "formally submitted by the City of Port Adelaide at a council meeting held on 10 May 1945" and was formally adopted in 1951 by the Nomenclature Committee. Since 1951, its bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Road, Adelaide
Port Road (and its northern section as Commercial Road through Port Adelaide) is a major road in Adelaide, South Australia connecting the Adelaide city centre with Port Adelaide. It is long, and is designated part of route R1 within central Adelaide, and beyond as route A7. Route Port Road starts at the north-western corner of the Adelaide city centre, at the intersection of North Terrace, Adelaide, North Terrace and West Terrace, Adelaide, West Terrace, and heads northwest, turning north at Thebarton, South Australia, Thebarton to become part of the City Ring Route, before meeting Park Terrace at Hindmarsh, South Australia, Hindmarsh and heading northwest again with its widened median, crossing the North-South Motorway and heading through the suburbs of Woodville, South Australia, Woodville and Cheltenham, South Australia, Cheltenham, before it turns northwards at Alberton, South Australia, Alberton to cross Grand Junction Road, changing name to Commercial Road and terminating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Dock Railway Station
Port Dock railway station is the terminus of the Port Dock line, located on Baker Street, Port Adelaide. The first station was located in the commercial centre at the corner of St Vincent Street and Lipson Street and served as the original terminus of the railway between Adelaide and Port Adelaide, which opened in 1856. After closure in 1981, the passenger station site was redeveloped as the Port Adelaide Police Station and Magistrates' Court. The former goods yard, adjacent to Lipson Street, is now occupied by the National Railway Museum. Several proposals had been advanced to build a new station, including a budgeted project by the government of South Australia in 2017, but were put on hold by the incoming Marshall government in 2019.Sutton, Malcolm (21 June 2019Adelaide's public transport going back to the future under Stephan Knoll''ABC News'', Retrieved 21 June 2019. Having made construction of the new line an election commitment in 2022, the incoming government announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outer Harbor Railway Station
Outer Harbor railway station is the terminus station of the Outer Harbor line. Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of North Haven, it is 21.9 kilometres from Adelaide station. History Port facilities at Outer Harbor were constructed during the first decade of the 20th century. This involved reclamation of marshland and the building of wharves and breakwaters. A railway line was built northwards from Largs in 1903 to facilitate this construction. The line was initially single track and used by goods trains only. As the harbour project reached completion, a station was erected alongside the wharf at Outer Harbor and a passenger service was introduced in late 1907. Outer Harbor opened to ocean-going shipping in January 1908. Current location In 1926, a new passenger station with brick buildings was built on the present site and allowed the lines closer to the wharf to concentrate on handling goods traffic. The original station was closer to the wharf than the cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
