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Largs Bay is essentially a residential suburb, with a minor harbourside presence on the eastern shore of the suburb. |
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Largs Bay originally started as a [[Subdivision (land)|private sub-division]] in Section 1069 in the [[Cadastral divisions of South Australia|cadastral unit]] of [[Hundred of Port Adelaide]]. The name was “formally submitted by the City of Port Adelaide at a council meeting held on 10 May 1945” and was formally adopted in 1951 by the Nomenclature Committee. In August 2009, its eastern boundary was extended to the centre of the [[Port River]].<ref name=PLB/> |
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==Facilities== |
==Facilities== |
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| Largs Bay Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Largs Bay jetty | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,104 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5016 | ||||||||||||||
| Standort | 15 km (9 mi) from CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Port Adelaide Enfield | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lee | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Port Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[2] | ||||||||||||||
Largs Bay is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 16 km 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 Largs North and Semaphore, Exeter and Peterhead. The post code for Largs Bay is 5016. It is bounded to the north by Walcot and Warwick Street, to the south by Wills, Hargrave and Union Streets and in the west and east by Gulf St Vincent and the Port River respectively.
Largs Bay is essentially a residential suburb, with a minor harbourside presence on the eastern shore of the suburb.
History
Largs Bay originally started as a private sub-division in Section 1069 in the cadastral unit of Hundred of Port Adelaide. The name was “formally submitted by the City of Port Adelaide at a council meeting held on 10 May 1945” and was formally adopted in 1951 by the Nomenclature Committee. In August 2009, its eastern boundary was extended to the centre of the Port River.[2]
Facilities
The suburb is served by a primary school, Largs Bay Primary School, and the local high school is Ocean View College Gedville Campus, in nearby Taperoo. There is a hospice on Everard Street and a museum on Fletcher Road. Largs Reserve overlooking Woolnough Road is the main outdoor recreational reserve in the suburb, being the site of a lawn bowling club. The Largs Pier Hotel on the Esplanade was used as a historical landmark in earlier times by sailors. A sailing club and a jetty are present on Largs Bay Beach.
The eastern side of the suburb, by the Port riverside is the location of three shipping berths, which are used by Caltex, BP and Mobil vessels.
Transport
The 157 and 333 buses service Military Road, while the 150 services Fletcher Road. The suburb is also serviced by Largs and Largs North railway stations on the Outer Harbor railway line.
Politics
Largs Bay is part of the state electoral district of Lee. Since 2014 Lee's member of South Australia's House of Assembly has been Stephen Mullighan. Stephen is a member of the Australian Labor Party. His electoral office is at Shop 4, 173-177 Tapleys Hill Road, Seaton.
Largs Bay is part of the federal division of Port Adelaide. Since 1997 Port Adelaide's member of the Commonwealth of Australia's House of Representatives has been Mark Butler. Mark is a member of the Australian Labor Party. His electoral office is at 15 Semaphore Road, Semaphore.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Largs Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Search result for "Largs Bay (suburb)" (Record no. SA0038753) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
