Cowandilla, South Australia

Cowandilla is a suburb in Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of West Torrens. It is located a few kilometres west of the CBD, close to Adelaide Airport. Sir Donald Bradman Drive crosses the middle of the suburb.[2]

Cowandilla
Adelaide, South Australia
Street in Cowandilla
Cowandilla
Coordinates34.931°S 138.557°E / -34.931; 138.557
Population1,433 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)5033
LGA(s)City of West Torrens
State electorate(s)West Torrens
Federal Division(s)Adelaide
Suburbs around Cowandilla:
Brooklyn Park Torrensville Mile End
Brooklyn Park Cowandilla Hilton
West Richmond Richmond Richmond

Its name is derived from the Kaurna name Kawandilla (Kawantilla),[3] meaning "in the north". Kauwanta is the Kaurna word for north, and the suffix -illa means "in".[4] However it does not reflect a place known by the Kaurna as Kawandilla (whose location is somewhat vague and possibly non-existent); when the village was established in the present location of the suburb in 1840, the developers gave it this name because they thought it meant something to do with "water" (the word kauwi)[3] (hence also "Kauwantilla").[5] The whole of Greater Adelaide lies on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cowandilla (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. "Placename Details: Cowandilla". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 11 March 2009. SA0016551. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. Schultz, Chester (30 April 2018). "Place Name Summary: (PNS) 1/02: Kawandilla" (PDF). Adelaide Research & Scholarship. The Southern Kaurna Place Names Project. University of Adelaide. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ""Kaurna Warra Ngayirda Wingkurilla (On the Airwaves)": Kaurna Language Radio Shows". Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi. The University of Adelaide. 28 November 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. Amery, Rob (2016). "Chapter 8. Kaurna in Society". Warraparna Kaurna!: Reclaiming an Australian language. University of Adelaide Press. p. 204. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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