Gillman, South Australia
| Gillman Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||
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 Aerial view of Gillman and surrounding areas | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°50′28″S 138°31′37″E / 34.841°S 138.527°ECoordinates: 34°50′28″S 138°31′37″E / 34.841°S 138.527°E | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5013 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Port Adelaide Enfield | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Port Adelaide[1] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Port Adelaide[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[3] | ||||||||||||
Gillman is a north-western suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is located within the federal division of Port Adelaide and the state electoral district of Port Adelaide.[1][2]
Motorsport
Gillman has been the home of Motorcycle Speedway in Adelaide since 1981 when the 280 metres (310 yd) North Arm Speedway opened. The speedway, located on the Grand Trunkway, operated from 1981 until its forced closure in 1997. Since 1998 it has been the home of a larger motorcycle speedway venue, the 300 metres (330 yd) long Gillman Speedway located on Wilkins Road.
Explosives
The North Arm Powder Magazine in Gillman was from 1858 to 1906 a secure storage facility for dynamite and gelignite.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Federal electorate division of Port Adelaide, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- 1 2 "District of Port Adelaide Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Search result for "Gillman (Suburb)" (Record no SA0026133) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ↑ Explosives storage in Magazine Creek, Port Adelaide district, 1857-1906. Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, Nr. 35, 2007.
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