Myrtle Bank, South Australia

Myrtle Bank
Adelaide, South Australia

Ferguson Avenue, Myrtle Bank
Population 2,834 (2006 census)[1]
2,787 (2001 census)[2]
Postcode(s) 5064
Location 6 km (4 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s) City of Unley
State electorate(s) Unley
Federal Division(s) Adelaide

Myrtle Bank is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Unley. The suburb is named after a property near the foothills built in 1842 by William Sanders (1801-1880), who arrived in South Australia in 1838. He named the premises 'Myrtle Bank', because his friend James Gall of Trinity living in Edinburgh had a fine property of the same name.[3] During World War I the property became a repatriation hospital.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Myrtle Bank (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Myrtle Bank (State Suburb)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "The Manning Index of South Australian History". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

Coordinates: 34°57′32″S 138°38′10″E / 34.959°S 138.636°E / -34.959; 138.636

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