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Henley Beach

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City of Charles Sturt SA, PO Box 1, Henley Beach, SA 5022
08 8408 1111

Description

Henley Beach is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Charles Sturt.

Henley Beach is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Charles Sturt.

History

Henley Beach was named for the English town of Henley-on-Thames, the home town of Sir Charles Cooper, South Australia's first judge. Cooper had a residence in the area adjacent Charles Sturt's property "The Grange", for which Grange Beach was named.

It has been asserted that Sturt's suggestion of "Cooper's Beach" was rejected by Cooper, who gave it the current name.The Town of Henley Beach was promoted in the South Australian Register in 1860 as being "free from all the noxious smells which have been cause of complaint elsewhere". The Register again advertised the township in 1874:

While admitted to be one of the finest in the colony, [it] has been somewhat neglected owing to the road not being made. The District Council and private enterprise, however, have overcome this...

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +10:30

Area: 2.499 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 13 m

Population number: 5,988

Local Government Area: City of Charles Sturt

Location

City of Charles Sturt SA, PO Box 1, Henley Beach, SA 5022

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Henley Beach, South Australia

Henley Beach - Localista

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