Keswick

Keswickis an inner south-western suburb of Adelaide, adjacent to the park lands, and located in the City of West Torrens.

Keswickis an inner south-western suburb of Adelaide, adjacent to the park lands, and located in the City of West Torrens. The suburb is home to the Keswick Barracks, the headquarters of the Royal District Nursing Service, the Keswick Cricket Club and Richmond Primary School.

The Adelaide Parklands Terminal (formerly known as the Keswick Terminal) was originally within the suburb boundaries until 1987, when it was officially classified as a suburb in its own right.

The area was inhabited by the Kaurna people before settlement by Europeans.Keswick railway station was opened on Sunday 6 April 1913. It serviced the local Adelaide train network before being eventually closed and demolished in March 2013.The District Headquarters of the 4th Military District, known as Keswick Barracks or "The Home of the Brass Hats", was completed in 1913, and was the first substantial Commonwealth building to be constructed in South Australia. It has had several modifications, including the addition of an extra storey in 1940, and is still standing, located on Anzac Highway, in the northern corner of Keswick Military Barracks.In 1915, the Keswick Hospital (No. 7 Australian General Hospital), also known as the "Diggers Hospital", Repatriation Hospital, or Repatriation General Hospital, was built to accommodate wounded soldiers returning from World War I as part of the Keswick Barracks complex. In November 1915 funds were being raised to build a recreation hall for the soldiers, designed by Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne Smith, which opened on 11 February 1916. After the opening of the Daw Park Repatriation General Hospital, patients were transferred from Keswick Hospital in December 1946, but an outpatients facility continued to operate at Keswick until 1968, when it finally closed.On 18 September 1918,tram line opened betweenthe existing Sturt Street line, viaWest Terrace, down Anzac Highway (then Bay Road), to Keswick. It was used to transport returned soldiers to the hospital. Known as the West City Line, it terminated at the entry to the Keswick Army Barracks. After redevelopment of the Bay Road in the 1930s, the tram line was eventually truncated at the new Keswick Road Bridge in March 1939.The Keswick Terminal opened on 18 May 1984 (near, but not connected to, the Keswick railway station), developed by Australian National as a dedicated long-haul passenger rail station. It was officially classified as a suburb in the City of West Torrens on 30 April 1987.