Gilles Plains
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Gilles Plains Adelaide, South Australia |
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Looking east along Grand Junction Road. Gilles Plains is on the right.
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| Population | 3,339 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5086 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Tea Tree Gully | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Florey & Torrens | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Sturt | ||||||||||||||
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Gilles Plains is a suburb of the greater Adelaide, South Australia area, approximately 15 km north of the Adelaide business district.
It is named after the first Colonial Treasurer Osmond Gilles who owned a sheep station adjoining the Torrens River. Gilles Plains was predominantly a hay growing area of Adelaide through its early years. In 1874, it had the largest hay farm in South Australia owned by J. A. W. Sudholz.
Gilles Plains is in both the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and City of Tea Tree Gully local government areas, and is in both the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of Florey and Torrens. It is also in the Australian House of Representatives Division of Sturt.
Burc College is on Wandana Avenue. St Pauls College is on Grand Junction Road. Wandana Primary School is on Cowra Avenue.
Coordinates: 34°51′01″S 138°39′32″E / 34.85025°S 138.659°E
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