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Edinburgh, South Australia

October 21, 2023

Edinburgh is an outer northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Salisbury. The suburb was created in 1997, on land straddling Penfield and Salisbury, that was compulsorily acquired by the Commonwealth Government in 1940 in order to manufacture munitions for the war effort during World War II, and later used for a number of defence-related establishments.

Edinburgh
Adelaide, South Australia
Edinburgh
Coordinates34°42′S 138°37′E / 34.700°S 138.617°E / -34.700; 138.617
Population376 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5111
LGA(s)City of Salisbury
Federal division(s)Spence

The suburb is dominated by the RAAF Base Edinburgh, but also includes the industrial precinct of Edinburgh Parks.

History Edit

The area, as with all of the Adelaide Plains, lies within the traditional lands of the Kaurna people.[2]

Salisbury Explosives Factory Edit

Once a rural area, this changed in 1940, after a large amount of land in the area between Penfield and Salisbury was compulsorily acquired by the Australian Government's Department of Munitions in 1940 to establish a munitions factory.[3][4] Construction of the Salisbury Explosives Factory (also known as[5]) began in November 1940. The architect Herbert Jory was engaged by the Department of Munitions to oversee the building of the factory, which at its height employed 3000 labourers and tradesmen seven days a week. The factory was completed within a year.[6]

The factory was one of many facilities created to ensure supplies for six Small Arms Ammunition Factories, which were munitions factories established and run across the country by the Australian Government during World War II. The site was chosen because of "its strategic position and its proximity to rail transport, and to a water supply and labour".[6] The factory complex included 1,405 buildings, and during wartime employed between 3,000 and 6,000 people.[5] The Penfield railway line serviced the facilities.[7]

Other defence establishments Edit

  • The Long Range Weapons Establishment (LRWE) was established in 1947.[citation needed]
  • The High Speed Aerodynamics Laboratory, Propulsion Research Laboratory and the Electronics Research Laboratory, (collectively known as the Chemistry & Physics Research Laboratory) in 1949.
  • The establishment of the RAAF base was established in 1955.[citation needed]

The LWRE and laboratories became the Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) in 1955, the Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO) in 1974,[citation needed] and the Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) in 2015.[8] It is now an industrial suburb, but is still dominated by RAAF Base Edinburgh, the DST Edinburgh site, with a few remaining sheep-grazing paddocks.

Suburb (1997) Edit

The suburb was created in 1997 when it was split from the suburb of Salisbury, when the Australian Government decided that the Australian Department of Defence would rationalise the then "DSTO Salisbury" site and sell off about 70% of the site, and surrounding "Defence-owned" crown land, to form the "Edinburgh Parks" industrial estate.[citation needed]

Description Edit

In addition to the RAAF base and the DST Group site, the suburb is home to several of defence contractors, a number of automotive component and parts manufacturers (which supported the Elizabeth Holden manufacturing plant until it closed in 2017), and other industries (for example, a major Coles Supermarkets distribution centre), as well as the Penfield Golf Club golf course, a model railway track, a model boat facility, a pistol range, gemology clubrooms, and a few remaining flocks of sheep.[citation needed]

Edinburgh Parks Edit

The City of Salisbury's website stated in 2013: "Edinburgh Parks is one of Australia's largest advanced industrial precincts and has more than 300 hectares of fully developed land available... It is a "$1.9 billion investment and comprises four precincts designated for aerospace and manufacturing, defence technology, logistics support and automotive industries... Edinburgh Parks industrial blocks are among the best value industrial land in Australia. The site is ideally located in a major industrial growth corridor connected by Adelaide's new northern super highway system."[9]

Organisations established in the area include: BAE Systems Australia; DHL; Inghams; MTU Detroit Diesel; Coles Supermarkets Distribution Centre; and Lockheed Martin Australia. The City of Salisbury estimates that over 3,000 jobs have been created in the area through the creation of Edinburgh Parks.[9]

The "Invest Northern Adelaide" website, a collaboration of the cities of Playford, Salisbury, and Tea Tree Gully, makes similar glowing claims.[10]

References Edit

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Edinburgh (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  
  2. ^ O'Brien, Lewis Yerloburka; Paul, Mandy (8 December 2013). "Kaurna People". Adelaidia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ Daina Pocius (28 January 2016). . Playford's Past History Blog. City of Playford. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. ^ Bell, Peter (25 June 2014). "Defence Science and Industry". SA History Hub. History Trust of South Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2021. This entry was first published in The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History, edited by Wilfrid Prest, Kerrie Round and Carol Fort (Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2001). Edited lightly and references updated. Uploaded 25 June 2014
  5. ^ a b "Explosives and filling factory No.2, Penfield; [or] Munitions Supply laboratories Penfield SA. 1941-1946" (Photo and text). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Architect Details: Jory, Harrold Herbert (Herbert)". Architects of South Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  7. ^ Walsh, Dave (6 August 2017). "Forgotten World War 2 Relics in South Australia". WeekendNotes. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Stop Press! Name Change" (Press release). 31 July 2015. from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015. As part of the First Principles Review implementation, from 1 July 2015 the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has been renamed as the Defence Science and Technology Group.
  9. ^ a b Commercial & industrial land availability 2 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine, City of Salisbury
  10. ^ Invest Northern Adelaide, Northern Connections

October 21, 2023
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Edinburgh is an outer northern suburb of Adelaide South Australia in the City of Salisbury The suburb was created in 1997 on land straddling Penfield and Salisbury that was compulsorily acquired by the Commonwealth Government in 1940 in order to manufacture munitions for the war effort during World War II and later used for a number of defence related establishments Edinburgh Adelaide South AustraliaEdinburghCoordinates34 42 S 138 37 E 34 700 S 138 617 E 34 700 138 617Population376 SAL 2021 1 Postcode s 5111LGA s City of SalisburyFederal division s SpenceSuburbs around Edinburgh Penfield Penfield Edinburgh NorthPenfield Edinburgh Elizabeth Elizabeth SouthPenfield Direk Salisbury North Salisbury Elizabeth ValeThe suburb is dominated by the RAAF Base Edinburgh but also includes the industrial precinct of Edinburgh Parks Contents 1 History 1 1 Salisbury Explosives Factory 1 2 Other defence establishments 1 3 Suburb 1997 2 Description 3 Edinburgh Parks 4 ReferencesHistory EditThe area as with all of the Adelaide Plains lies within the traditional lands of the Kaurna people 2 Salisbury Explosives Factory Edit Once a rural area this changed in 1940 after a large amount of land in the area between Penfield and Salisbury was compulsorily acquired by the Australian Government s Department of Munitions in 1940 to establish a munitions factory 3 4 Construction of the Salisbury Explosives Factory also known as 5 began in November 1940 The architect Herbert Jory was engaged by the Department of Munitions to oversee the building of the factory which at its height employed 3000 labourers and tradesmen seven days a week The factory was completed within a year 6 The factory was one of many facilities created to ensure supplies for six Small Arms Ammunition Factories which were munitions factories established and run across the country by the Australian Government during World War II The site was chosen because of its strategic position and its proximity to rail transport and to a water supply and labour 6 The factory complex included 1 405 buildings and during wartime employed between 3 000 and 6 000 people 5 The Penfield railway line serviced the facilities 7 Other defence establishments Edit The Long Range Weapons Establishment LRWE was established in 1947 citation needed The High Speed Aerodynamics Laboratory Propulsion Research Laboratory and the Electronics Research Laboratory collectively known as the Chemistry amp Physics Research Laboratory in 1949 The establishment of the RAAF base was established in 1955 citation needed The LWRE and laboratories became the Weapons Research Establishment WRE in 1955 the Defence Science amp Technology Organisation DSTO in 1974 citation needed and the Defence Science and Technology Group DST in 2015 8 It is now an industrial suburb but is still dominated by RAAF Base Edinburgh the DST Edinburgh site with a few remaining sheep grazing paddocks Suburb 1997 Edit The suburb was created in 1997 when it was split from the suburb of Salisbury when the Australian Government decided that the Australian Department of Defence would rationalise the then DSTO Salisbury site and sell off about 70 of the site and surrounding Defence owned crown land to form the Edinburgh Parks industrial estate citation needed Description EditIn addition to the RAAF base and the DST Group site the suburb is home to several of defence contractors a number of automotive component and parts manufacturers which supported the Elizabeth Holden manufacturing plant until it closed in 2017 and other industries for example a major Coles Supermarkets distribution centre as well as the Penfield Golf Club golf course a model railway track a model boat facility a pistol range gemology clubrooms and a few remaining flocks of sheep citation needed Edinburgh Parks EditThe City of Salisbury s website stated in 2013 Edinburgh Parks is one of Australia s largest advanced industrial precincts and has more than 300 hectares of fully developed land available It is a 1 9 billion investment and comprises four precincts designated for aerospace and manufacturing defence technology logistics support and automotive industries Edinburgh Parks industrial blocks are among the best value industrial land in Australia The site is ideally located in a major industrial growth corridor connected by Adelaide s new northern super highway system 9 Organisations established in the area include BAE Systems Australia DHL Inghams MTU Detroit Diesel Coles Supermarkets Distribution Centre and Lockheed Martin Australia The City of Salisbury estimates that over 3 000 jobs have been created in the area through the creation of Edinburgh Parks 9 The Invest Northern Adelaide website a collaboration of the cities of Playford Salisbury and Tea Tree Gully makes similar glowing claims 10 References Edit Australian Bureau of Statistics 28 June 2022 Edinburgh Suburb and Locality Australian Census 2021 QuickStats Retrieved 28 June 2022 nbsp O Brien Lewis Yerloburka Paul Mandy 8 December 2013 Kaurna People Adelaidia Retrieved 18 January 2021 Daina Pocius 28 January 2016 Penfield township Playford s Past History Blog City of Playford Archived from the original on 1 April 2019 Retrieved 30 July 2016 Bell Peter 25 June 2014 Defence Science and Industry SA History Hub History Trust of South Australia Retrieved 19 January 2021 This entry was first published in The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History edited by Wilfrid Prest Kerrie Round and Carol Fort Adelaide Wakefield Press 2001 Edited lightly and references updated Uploaded 25 June 2014 a b Explosives and filling factory No 2 Penfield or Munitions Supply laboratories Penfield SA 1941 1946 Photo and text State Library of South Australia Retrieved 19 January 2021 a b Architect Details Jory Harrold Herbert Herbert Architects of South Australia Retrieved 18 January 2021 Walsh Dave 6 August 2017 Forgotten World War 2 Relics in South Australia WeekendNotes Retrieved 19 January 2021 Stop Press Name Change Press release 31 July 2015 Archived from the original on 19 September 2015 Retrieved 9 December 2015 As part of the First Principles Review implementation from 1 July 2015 the Defence Science and Technology Organisation DSTO has been renamed as the Defence Science and Technology Group a b Commercial amp industrial land availability Archived 2 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine City of Salisbury Invest Northern Adelaide Northern Connections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edinburgh South Australia amp oldid 1139032413, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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