Payneham, South Australia
Payneham is an eastern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. It is part of a string of suburbs in Adelaide's east with a high proportion of Adelaide's Italian-Australian and French-Australian residents, many of whom can be traced back to the large-scale migration following the Second World War.
| Payneham Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 2,293 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5070 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 6 km (4 mi) east of Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Norwood Payneham St Peters | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Dunstan | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Sturt | ||||||||||||||
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Payneham's northern boundary is Payneham Road, and Portrush Road passes south-north through the middle of the suburb.[2]
History
Payneham was named for himself by Samuel Payne (c. 1803–1847), who with his wife Ann, née Maslen, and two children arrived in April 1838 aboard Lord Goderich from London, and occupied section 285, Hundred of Adelaide in 1839.[3]
Payneham Post Office opened on 18 July 1850 and was renamed Marden in 1968.[4]
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Payneham (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- "Property Location Browser". Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- Geoff Manning. "Manning Index to South Australian Placenames: Payneham". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
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