Noarlunga Centre, South Australia

Noarlunga Centre
AdelaideSouth Australia
Centro Colonnades
Noarlunga Centre is located in South Australia
Noarlunga Centre
Noarlunga Centre
Coordinates35°08′24″S 138°29′35″E / 35.140°S 138.493°E / -35.140; 138.493
Population203 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Established1978[3]
Postcode(s)5168
Location25 km (16 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)City of Onkaparinga[3]
RegionSouthern Adelaide[4]
CountyAdelaide[5]
State electorate(s)Reynell
Federal division(s)Kingston[6]
Suburbs around Noarlunga Centre:
Lonsdale Lonsdale Morphett Vale
Christies Beach Noarlunga Centre Hackham West
Port Noarlunga Noarlunga Downs Hackham West
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[7]

Noarlunga Centre is a suburb in the City of Onkaparinga in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is mostly commercial, being dominated by the Centro Colonnades shopping centre and the small 'Inspire Noarlunga' estate to the east of Goldsmith Road. The suburb is bordered by Beach Road to the north, Dyson Road to the west Goldsmith Road to the south and the Southern Expressway to the east. Burgess Drive, Seaman Road and David Witton Drive are the main thoroughfares inside the boundaries of the suburb.[citation needed]

The name Noarlunga is an English adaptation of the native Kaurna word Nurlongga, meaning 'at the curvature', referring to the horseshoe bend near the mouth of the Onkaparinga River.[8]

Sharing the name Noarlunga are the two adjacent seaside suburbs Port Noarlunga and Port Noarlunga South and the historic township of Old Noarlunga that is located on the Onkaparinga River.

Port Noarlunga was the original town centre prior to Noarlunga Centre being constructed.

Noarlunga English adaptation of the kaurna name has also been spelt as Nglungga.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Noarlunga Centre (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Noarlunga Centre (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Search result for "Noarlunga Centre (SUB)" (Record no. SA0004689) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Southern Adelaide SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Search result for "County of Adelaide, CNTY" with the following data sets selected - "Counties" and "Local Government Areas"". Property Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Map of the Federal division of Kingston" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  7. ^ "City of Onkaparinga suburb boundaries map". City of Onkaparinga. 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Kaurna Place Names : Welcome".