# Exeter, South Australia

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Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia

Suburb in South Australia, Australia

Exeter Suburb Hotel Lord Exmouth, in Exeter Exeter Location in greater metropolitan Adelaide Coordinates: 34°50′56″S 138°29′40″E / 34.8490°S 138.4945°E / -34.8490; 138.4945 Country Australia State South Australia City Adelaide LGA City of Port Adelaide Enfield Location 14 km (8.7 mi) NW of Adelaide Established 1882 Government • State electorate Port Adelaide[1] • Federal division Hindmarsh[2] Elevation 8 m (26 ft) Population • Total 1,066 (SAL 2021)[4] Postcode 5019 Suburbs around Exeter Largs Bay Largs Bay Birkenhead Semaphore Exeter New Port Semaphore South Glanville Glanville

**Exeter** ([/ɛksɪtər/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En-uk-Exeter.ogg) [*EK-sit-ər*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key)) is a suburb of [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), Australia. It is 14 km north-west of the [central business district](/source/Adelaide_city_centre), on the [Lefevre Peninsula](/source/Lefevre_Peninsula), and falls under the [City of Port Adelaide Enfield](/source/City_of_Port_Adelaide_Enfield). It is adjacent to the suburbs [Semaphore](/source/Semaphore%2C_South_Australia), [Birkenhead](/source/Birkenhead%2C_South_Australia), [Largs Bay](/source/Largs_Bay%2C_South_Australia) and [Glanville](/source/Glanville%2C_South_Australia). 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 railway line](/source/Outer_Harbor_and_Port_Dock_lines) 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](/source/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.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] John Lapthorne sailed to [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) on the *Orissa* in 1840. He was born in [Exeter](/source/Exeter), in the [English](/source/England) county of [Devon](/source/Devon), in 1807 and died at Exeter, Adelaide in 1889; the suburb is named after his home town.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] An early landmark was the Lord Exmouth Hotel, of which [William Knapman](/source/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](/source/Edward_Pellew%2C_1st_Viscount_Exmouth) died at [Teignmouth](/source/Teignmouth), 15 miles (24 km) south of Exeter, England. The association of the suburb's name deepens, as Knapman's wife Charlotte was born in [Christow](/source/Christow) near Exeter, England.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Exeter [post office](/source/Post_office) opened 1 October 1947, but closed 14 May 1986.[5]

A house in Denman Street has a blue plaque denoting its entry on the [South Australian Heritage Register](/source/South_Australian_Heritage_Register) as a former Cooperative Society store.[6]

## 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](/source/Semaphore_South%2C_South_Australia). There is little commercial activity in the area, as this is plentiful east of the river in [Port Adelaide](/source/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 railway line](/source/Outer_Harbor_and_Port_Dock_lines), the [Glanville railway station](/source/Glanville_railway_station), just beyond its eastern border, and the [Peterhead railway station](/source/Peterhead_railway_station%2C_Adelaide) on its eastern border.

The [Semaphore railway line](/source/Semaphore_railway_line) served Exeter from 1878 until 1978.[7]

## Governance

Exeter is located in the federal division of [Hindmarsh](/source/Division_of_Hindmarsh), the state electoral district of [Port Adelaide](/source/Electoral_district_of_Port_Adelaide) and the local government area of the [City of Port Adelaide Enfield](/source/City_of_Port_Adelaide_Enfield).[2][1]

## See also

- [Exeter (disambiguation)](/source/Exeter_(disambiguation))

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ECSA_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ECSA_1-1) ["Electoral district profiles – Port Adelaide (2018-2022 boundaries)"](https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-districts/electoral-district-profiles?view=article&id=850:port-adelaide). Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AEC_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AEC_2-1) ["Profile of the electoral division of Hindmarsh (SA)"](https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/hindmarsh.htm). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (28 June 2022). ["Exeter (SA) (suburb and locality)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL40427). *Australian Census 2021 QuickStats*. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (28 June 2022). ["Exeter (SA) (suburb and locality)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL40427). *Australian Census 2021 QuickStats*. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** 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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9757019-0-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9757019-0-8)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Dwelling (Former Port Adelaide and Le Fevre's Peninsula Cooperative Society Ltd Store)"](http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=20499). *South Australian Heritage Register*. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** *[Semaphore railway line from 1878 shut down with South Australian Railways and all its country services in 1978](https://adelaideaz.com/articles/semaphore-rail-line-from-1878-ends-with-the-south-australian-railways-and-its-country-services-in-1978)*

v t e Suburbs of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield Alberton Angle Park Birkenhead Blair Athol Broadview Clearview Croydon Park Dernancourt Devon Park Dry Creek Dudley Park Enfield Ethelton Exeter Ferryden Park Gepps Cross Gilles Plains Gillman Glanville Greenacres Hampstead Gardens Hillcrest Holden Hill Kilburn Klemzig Largs Bay Largs North Lightsview Manningham Mansfield Park New Port North Haven Northfield Northgate Oakden Osborne Ottoway Outer Harbor Peterhead Port Adelaide Prospect Queenstown Regency Park Rosewater Sefton Park Semaphore Semaphore South Taperoo Valley View Walkley Heights Windsor Gardens Wingfield Woodville Gardens

v t e Port Adelaide landmarks Buildings and structures Birkenhead Bridge Fishermen's Wharf Market Hart's Mill Jervois Bridge Mary MacKillop Bridge Port Adelaide Lighthouse Port Adelaide Workers Memorial Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge Cultural institutions National Railway Museum South Australian Aviation Museum South Australian Maritime Museum Torrens Island Concentration Camp Beaches and islands Garden Island Port River Semaphore Torrens Island Sport Alberton Oval / Port Adelaide Football Club Ships and vessels City of Adelaide Falie Fearless MV Nelcebee One and All Yelta Pubs and hotels Birkenhead Riverview Tavern (1877) The British Hotel (1847) Dockside Tavern (1850) First Commercial Inn (1841) Newmarket Hotel (1879) Port Admiral Hotel (1849) Port Anchor Hotel (1873) Port Dock Brewery Hotel (1855) Railway Hotel (1856) Royal Arms Hotel (1878) The Lighthouse Hotel (1857) Largs Pier Hotel (1882) Glanville Hotel (1865) Lord Exmouth Hotel (1859)

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