| Sturt Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Houses on the western side of Marion Road | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,787 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5047 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Marion | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Boothby | ||||||||||||||
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Sturt is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Marion local government area. It was named after the explorer Captain Charles Sturt.
Sturt is in the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Gibson and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Boothby.
History
The first Sturt Post Office opened on 11 October 1849 and closed in 1969. A Darlington South office opened in 1953; it was renamed Sturt South in 1966 and Sturt in 1985.[2]
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sturt, South Australia.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sturt (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
35°01′S 138°33′E / 35.017°S 138.550°E
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