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Blackwood, South Australia

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Blackwood
Adelaide, South Australia

Blackwood's War Memorial

Postcode:

5051

LGA:

City of Mitcham

State District:

Davenport

Federal Division:

Boothby

Suburbs around Blackwood:
Belair	Belair	Glenalta
Eden Hills	Blackwood	Hawthorndene
Bellevue Heights	Craigburn Farm	Coromandel Valley

Blackwood is a south eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia located in the Adelaide Hills/Mount Lofty Ranges.

1 History
2 Churches
3 Schools
4 Transport
5 Residents
6 Politics
7 Notes
8 External links

History

See Also: History of Adelaide

See Also: European settlement of South Australia

Churches

The Mitcham Hills Interchurch Council members include two Anglican parishes, five Uniting Church in Australia congregations, two Baptist churches, a Roman Catholic parish with two centres, a Lutheran parish and a Church of Christ. There are also a number of pentecostal churches including the The Hills Christian Family Centre and The Frontier Christian centre

Schools

Blackwood High School and Blackwood Primary School in Eden Hills, along with Belair Primary School, Bellevue Heights Primary School, Coromandel Valley Primary School, Eden Hills Primary School and Hawthorndene Primary School provide the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program with the High School also offering the IB Diploma. Other schools in the district are St John's Grammar School at Belair and St Peter's Lutheran School at Craigburn Farm.

Transport

Blackwood Railway Station is a transport hub with buses to Adelaide and the outer Southern suburbs, trains to Adelaide and Belair. There is also a daily commuter bus to and from the Eastern Fleurieu Peninsula passing through Blackwood.

Residents

The suburbs of Blackwood, Glenalta and Craigburn Farm had a combined population of 6,379 in 2,596 households in 2001 [1]. Norman Tindale, an anthropologist, archaeologist and entomologist, lived in his Blackwood residence "Kurlge" from 1955 to 1969. The hip hop group the Hilltop Hoods, Young and Restless guitarist Ash Pegram and country singer Beccy Cole^[1] are from the area.