Exeter, South Australia

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Exeter | city = Adelaide | state = sa | image = HotelLordExmouth.JPG | caption = Hotel Lord Exmouth, in Exeter | lga = City of Port Adelaide Enfield | postcode = 5019 | est = 1882 | pop =  | elevation = 8 | area = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Port Adelaide|Port Adelaide]]<ref name=ECSA>{{cite web|title=Electoral district profiles – Port Adelaide (2018-2022 boundaries) |url=https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-districts/electoral-district-profiles?view=article&id=850:port-adelaide |publisher=Electoral Commission SA|access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref> | fedgov = [[Division of Hindmarsh|Hindmarsh]]<ref name=AEC>{{cite web|title=Profile of the electoral division of Hindmarsh (SA)|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/hindmarsh.htm |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref> | alternative_location_map = Australia SA inner Adelaide | pushpin_map_caption = Location in greater metropolitan [[Adelaide]] | coordinates = {{coord|34.8490|S|138.4945|E|display=inline,title}} | near-nw = [[Largs Bay, South Australia|Largs Bay]] | near-n = [[Largs Bay, South Australia|Largs Bay]] | near-ne = [[Birkenhead, South Australia|Birkenhead]] | near-e = [[New Port, South Australia|New Port]] | near-se = [[Glanville, South Australia|Glanville]] | near-s = [[Glanville, South Australia|Glanville]] | near-sw = [[Semaphore South, South Australia|Semaphore South]] | near-w = [[Semaphore, South Australia|Semaphore]] | dist1 = 14 | dir1 = NW | location1 = [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]] }}

'''Exeter''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-uk-Exeter.ogg|ɛ|k|s|ɪ|t|ər}} {{respell|EK|sit|ər}}) is a suburb of [[Adelaide]], Australia. It is 14 km north-west of the [[Adelaide city centre|central business district]], on the [[Lefevre Peninsula]], and falls under the [[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]]. It is adjacent to the suburbs [[Semaphore, South Australia|Semaphore]], [[Birkenhead, South Australia|Birkenhead]], [[Largs Bay, South Australia|Largs Bay]] and [[Glanville, South Australia|Glanville]]. It is bounded to the south by Exmouth Road, to the north by Hargrave Street and in the east and west by the [[Outer Harbor and Port Dock lines|Outer Harbor railway line]] and Woolnough Road respectively.

Exeter is predominantly residential.

== History == On 18 May 1850, Phillip Levi purchased the land sections 1104–1107, [[Hundred of Port Adelaide]]. By April 1851, section 1106 was owned by John Lapthorne, who had subdivided it sometime before January 1854, however the name of Exeter does not appear on official documents until 1882 when William Wells cut part of section 1106.{{cn|date=November 2025}} John Lapthorne sailed to [[South Australia]] on the ''Orissa'' in 1840. He was born in [[Exeter]], in the [[England|English]] county of [[Devon]], in 1807 and died at Exeter, Adelaide in 1889; the suburb is named after his home town.{{cn|date=November 2025}} An early landmark was the Lord Exmouth Hotel, of which [[William Knapman]] (1830–1908) was in 1859 the first licensee and, at least in part, the builder. The eponym of the hotel, [[Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth]] died at [[Teignmouth]], {{convert|15|mi|km}} south of Exeter, England. The association of the suburb's name deepens, as Knapman's wife Charlotte was born in [[Christow]] near Exeter, England.{{cn|date=November 2025}}

Exeter [[post office]] opened 1 October 1947, but closed 14 May 1986.<ref>Walker, Martin (2004) ''The Post, Telegraph and Telephone Offices of South Australia and the Northern Territory'', p 114. Torrensville, South Australia: published by the author. {{ISBN|0-9757019-0-8}}</ref>

A house in Denman Street has a blue plaque denoting its entry on the [[South Australian Heritage Register]] as a former Cooperative Society store.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=20499 | title=Dwelling (Former Port Adelaide and Le Fevre's Peninsula Cooperative Society Ltd Store) | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref>

== Facilities == The suburb is not served by a primary school, and the closest is Le Fevre Primary School in Birkenhead, or the Catholic Dominican Primary School in Semaphore. The local high school is Le Fevre High School, in nearby [[Semaphore South, South Australia|Semaphore South]]. There is little commercial activity in the area, as this is plentiful east of the river in [[Port Adelaide]].

== Transport ==

The 352 & 353 serves Woolnough Road and Hargrave Street, while the 156 & 333 serve Causeway Road. The suburb is also served by two train stations on the [[Outer Harbor and Port Dock lines|Outer Harbor railway line]], the [[Glanville railway station]], just beyond its eastern border, and the [[Peterhead railway station, Adelaide|Peterhead railway station]] on its eastern border.

The [[Semaphore railway line]] served Exeter from 1878 until 1978.<ref>''[https://adelaideaz.com/articles/semaphore-rail-line-from-1878-ends-with-the-south-australian-railways-and-its-country-services-in-1978 Semaphore railway line from 1878 shut down with South Australian Railways and all its country services in 1978]'' </ref>

==Governance== Exeter is located in the federal division of [[Division of Hindmarsh|Hindmarsh]], the state electoral district of [[electoral district of Port Adelaide|Port Adelaide]] and the local government area of the [[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]].<ref name=AEC/><ref name=ECSA/>

==See also== *[[Exeter (disambiguation)]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Adelaide]] [[Category:Lefevre Peninsula]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1882]] [[Category:1882 establishments in Australia]]