Exeter, South Australia
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Exeter is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 14km from the CBD, on the LeFevre Peninsula, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Semaphore, Birkenhead, Largs Bay and Glanville. The post code for Exeter is 5019. It is bounded to the south by Exmouth Street, to the north by Hargrave Street and in the east and west by the Outer Harbor railway line and Woolnough Road respectively.
Exeter is essentially a residential suburb.
History
On the May 18 1850, Phillip Levi purchased the land sections 1104-1107, Hundred of Port Adelaide. By April 1851, section 1106 was owned by John Lapthorne, who had subdivided it sometime before January 1854, however the name of Exeter does not appear on official documents until 1882 when William Wells cut part of section 1106. John Lapthorne sailed to South Australia on the Orissa in 1840. He was born at Exeter, Devonshire in 1807 and died at Exeter, Adelaide in 1889, and the suburb is named after his home town.
Facilities
The suburb is not served by a primary school, and the closest is Le Fevre Primary School in Birkenhead, or the Catholic Dominican Primary School in Sempahore. The local high school is Le Fevre High School, in nearby Semaphore South. There is little commercial activity in the area, as this is plentiful east of the river in Port Adelaide.Transport
The 152 serves Woolnough Road and Hargrave Street, while the 331 also serves Causeway Road. The suburb also is serviced by two train stations on the Outer Harbor railway line, the Glanville railway station, just beyond its eastern border, and the Peterhead railway station on its eastern border.
| Suburbs of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield | |
|---|---|
| Alberton | Angle Park | Birkenhead | Blair Athol | Broadview | Clearview | Croydon Park | Dernancourt | Devon Park | Dry Creek | Dudley Park | Enfield | Ethelton | Exeter | Ferryden Park | Gepps Cross | Gilles Plains | Gillman | Glanville | Greenacres | Hampstead Gardens | Hillcrest | Holden Hill | Kilburn | Klemzig | Largs Bay | Largs North | Manningham | Mansfield Park | Northfield | Northgate | North Haven | Oakden | Osborne | Ottoway | Outer Harbor | Peterhead | Port Adelaide | Queenstown | Regency Park | Rosewater | Sefton Park | Semaphore | Semaphore South | Taperoo | Valley View | Walkley Heights | Windsor Gardens | Wingfield | Woodville Gardens | |
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