Myrtle Bank, South Australia

Myrtle Bank
AdelaideSouth Australia
Ferguson Avenue, Myrtle Bank
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Population3,158 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5064
Location6 km (4 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)City of Unley
State electorate(s)Unley
Federal division(s)Sturt
Suburbs around Myrtle Bank:
Fullarton Glenunga
Highgate Myrtle Bank Glen Osmond
Netherby Urrbrae

Myrtle Bank is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Unley. The suburb is named after a property near the foothills built in 1842 by William Sanders (1801–1880), who arrived in South Australia in 1838. He named the premises 'Myrtle Bank', because his friend James Gall of Trinity living in Edinburgh had a fine property of the same name.[2] The property passed through the hands of Capt. William Elder, brother of Sir Thomas Elder, before being purchased in 1848 by William Ferguson (1809–1892), who built on the original house and lived there with his family until he died.[3]

During World War I, the property became a repatriation hospital.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Myrtle Bank (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "The Manning Index of South Australian History". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  3. ^ Gill, Thomas, History and Topography of Glen Osmond 1905