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Ashford, South Australia 
Summary
Ashford is an inner southwestern suburb of Adelaide, in the City of West Torrens. It is triangular in shape and bordered by South Road (west), Anzac Highway (southeast) and Everard Avenue (north). Two of the main features of the suburb are Ashford Hospital and Ashford Special School.[2]
| Ashford Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Ashford House, now part of the Ashford Special School | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,157 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5035 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of West Torrens | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Badcoe | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
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Brownhill Creek flows through Ashford in a cement channel behind the school.
The name commemorates the property and residence (now part of Ashford Special School) of Dr. Charles George Everard, who settled in the area in 1838, and named it for Ashford, Kent.
Notable people edit
Notable people from Ashford:
- Victoria Balomenos (born 1988), soccer player
- Nick Benton (born 1991), cricketer
- Simon Birmingham (born 1974), politician
- Craig Bradley (born 1963), Australian rules footballer and cricketer
- Emma Checker (born 1996), soccer player
- Leanne Choo (born 1991), badminton
- Louis D'Arrigo (born 2001), soccer player
- Harry Matthias (born 1998), cricketer
- Harry Nielsen (born 1995), cricketer
- Morgan Yaeger (born 1998), basketballer
References edit
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ashford (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Ashford Special School, ashfordsp.sa.edu.au
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The SA Ambulance Service station, located at the intersection of Everard Avenue and Alexander Avenue -
Anzac Highway, looking north-east towards the Adelaide central business district, with Ashford on the left and Everard Park on the right
34°56′56″S 138°34′26″E / 34.949°S 138.574°E