Brooklyn Park, South Australia

Brooklyn Park
Adelaide, South Australia

Block of 1970s flats at the corner of Marion and Henley Beach Roads
Brooklyn Park
Coordinates 34°55′44″S 138°32′38″E / 34.929°S 138.544°E / -34.929; 138.544Coordinates: 34°55′44″S 138°32′38″E / 34.929°S 138.544°E / -34.929; 138.544
Postcode(s) 5032
Location 6 km (4 mi) west of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s) City of West Torrens
State electorate(s) West Torrens
Federal Division(s) Hindmarsh
Suburbs around Brooklyn Park:
Lockleys Underdale Torrensville
Lockleys Brooklyn Park Cowandilla
Adelaide Airport West Richmond Richmond

Brooklyn Park is a western suburb of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.

Lockleys Post Office opened on 1 September 1904 and was renamed Brooklyn Park in 1967.[1]

Brooklyn Park now includes a subdivision that was originally named Bismarck and changed by the nomenclature committee to Weeroopa in 1918.[2][3]

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  1. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "NOMENCLATURE ACT, 1917. Change of Place Names" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette, p. 37 (PDF page 5), 10 January 1918, retrieved 28 April 2016 – via AustLII
  3. ↑ "Placename Details: Weeroopa". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 19 September 2007. SA0032673. Retrieved 28 April 2016.


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