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Kent Town, South Australia

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By the 2021 Census, there were 1,443 persons recorded. They are predominantly male (56.7%), with a median age of 36. There were 303 families, with an average of 1.5 children per family. Around 43% of people aged 15 and above were tertiary-educated. People born in Australia accounted for 58.3%, with
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regards it as a good model of social housing, "designed with consideration of community, environmental performance, privacy and access to landscaped space". In early November 2023, after receiving 38 written submissions during the consultation period, the Heritage Council provisionally listed Dr
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and farm which failed financially and he was obliged to return to his profession to support his family. He sold his property at a handsome profit, repaid all his creditors and returned to England.
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According to a report by the SA Heritage Council released in 2022, the complex "is widely acknowledged as one of the best medium-density, cluster-housing
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developments built in South Australia during the late twentieth century". It is still owned by the state government housing authority, now renamed
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the next largest group (5.6%) born in England. More people (42.6%) had both parents born overseas than both in Australia (41.5%).
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There is a large section of land known as "Dr Kent's Paddock", much of which is now part of
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The Wesley Uniting Church was founded as the Jubilee Wesleyan Methodist church in 1864 by
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were sons. Another son, Tom, was a kangaroo hunter, who went to live at the township of
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known as "Dr Kent's Paddock Housing Complex", facing 3-57 Capper Street and 28-48
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and comprising 114 homes, was designed by Newell Platten, Chief Architect at the
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Rundle Street, cutting horizontally across the middle of Kent Town.
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Kent Town was the location of two successive sites of the
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serviced Kent Town, with one branch running eastwards to
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measured the population of Kent Town at 1,210 persons.
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The suburb is serviced by the following main roads:
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View of Prince Alfred College from Dequeteville Tce
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Hydraulic engineer 31: 713: 711: 292:, the second of which in 1888 became the 1000:City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters 931:City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters 266:was born in 1830. Smith later built his 206:City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters 521: 367:Kent's Paddock Housing Complex in the 768:Prosser, Candice (30 November 2017). 562: 560: 270:on the site of the doctor's cottage. 165: 150: 133: 123: 7: 837:"Dr Kent's Paddock Heritage Listing" 803:Willis, Belinda (20 November 2023). 262:He was the attendant physician when 300:, now redeveloped into apartments. 29:Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia 871:Australian Institute of Architects 866:"Dr Kents Paddock heritage update" 721:. 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They transitioned from 183: 124: 120: 954:34.920278°S 138.619167°E 510:List of Adelaide suburbs 373:Heritage Places Act 1993 224:Kent Town was named for 841:Rundle Street Kent Town 746:The Register (Adelaide) 630:"Mr Charles Bayer Dead" 403:The 2016 Census by the 387:Other heritage listings 318: 238:Frederick Charles Bayer 208:local government area. 204:. It is located in the 959:-34.920278; 138.619167 902:2016 Census QuickStats 576:2021 Census QuickStats 424: 221: 196:is an inner suburb of 686:"Fowlers Bay History" 469:Dequetteville Terrace 433:Prince Alfred College 422: 325:Prince Alfred College 219: 602:"Death of Dr. Bayer" 345:warehouse conversion 226:Benjamin Archer Kent 18:Benjamin Archer Kent 1132:Suburbs of Adelaide 950: /  635:The News (Adelaide) 343:complex includes a 255:Kent established a 110:Federal division(s) 98:State electorate(s) 843:. 18 February 2022 757:– via Trove. 696:on 1 December 2021 425: 309:Kensington Gardens 264:Edwin Thomas Smith 222: 1119: 1118: 874:. 9 November 2023 319:Dr Kent's Paddock 313:horse-drawn trams 290:Kent Town Brewery 268:Kent Town Brewery 191: 190: 187: 186: 129:around Kent Town: 16:(Redirected from 1139: 992: 985: 978: 969: 965: 964: 962: 961: 960: 955: 951: 948: 947: 946: 943: 918: 917: 912: 910: 908: 896:(27 June 2017). 890: 884: 883: 881: 879: 862: 853: 852: 850: 848: 833: 822: 821: 819: 817: 800: 785: 784: 782: 780: 765: 759: 758: 756: 754: 737: 731: 730: 728: 726: 715: 706: 705: 703: 701: 682: 676: 675: 673: 671: 654: 648: 647: 645: 643: 626: 620: 619: 617: 615: 598: 592: 591: 586: 584: 582: 570:(28 June 2022). 564: 555: 554: 548: 546: 544: 532:(28 June 2022). 526: 492:Public transport 337:SA Housing Trust 275:George P. 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Index

Benjamin Archer Kent
Adelaide
South Australia
2021
Postcode(s)
LGA(s)
City of Norwood Payneham St Peters
State electorate(s)
Dunstan
Federal division(s)
Sturt
Suburbs
Hackney
College Park
Stepney
Adelaide
Norwood
Adelaide
Adelaide
Rose Park
Adelaide
South Australia
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters

Walsall
Frederick Charles Bayer
C. A. Bayer
E. H. Bayer
Yalata
flour mill

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