Parafield Gardens, South Australia

Parafield Gardens
Suburb
Street in Parafield Gardens
Coordinates:
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
City	Adelaide
LGA	City of Salisbury
Location	16 km (9.9 mi) from Adelaide
Government
• State electorate	Playford
• Federal division	Makin
Area
• Total	7.1 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Population
• Totals	14,586 (2006 census)
Postcode	5107
Suburbs around Parafield Gardens Paralowie Salisbury Downs Salisbury South Green Fields Parafield Gardens Parafield Green Fields Mawson Lakes Parafield

Parafield Gardens is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is largely residential, with a pocket of industrial land in the southwest corner. There are two small shopping centres in the area, one on Salisbury Highway, and another on Shepherdson Road.

History

Parafield Gardens was originally a subdivision of section 2258 of the Hundred of Yatala enclosing land south of the Little Para River and Kings Road and northeast of today's Salisbury Highway. In 1881 the government proposed the creation of a general cemetery on the subdivision but the plan was abandoned by 1906. Land in the subdivision began to be used as an experimental agricultural farm, followed by a poultry farm in 1911, known as Parafield Farm. In 1958, Matters & Co. offered residential land in the area bounded by Salisbury Highway, Shepherdson Road, Sunderland Avenue, and Catalina Avenue. In the 1970s the South Australian Housing Trust began building properties in the area. At some time between then and 2000 the suburb name of Parafield Gardens was formally adopted. The Pine Lakes Estate was established in the early 2000s southwest of the intersection of Salisbury Highway and Kings Road.

Parafield Gardens Post Office opened on 25 September 1961.

Schools

Salisbury Highway, looking south

Parafield Gardens has six schools in its area and four of which are public. Karrendi Primary School, founded in 1969, is a public primary school on Bradman Road. Parafield Gardens High School, opened in 1976, is a public secondary school located next to Parafield Gardens Primary, a larger public primary school.

Garden College is an Islamic school, catering for year levels Reception to Year 12.

Parafield Gardens Primary, Parafield Gardens High and two private schools; Holy Family Catholic School and Garden College are all on Shepherdson Road. A fourth primary school, The Pines School, is located on Andrew Smith Drive.