Gilles Plains, South Australia

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Gilles Plains | city = Adelaide | state = sa | image = Grand junction rd gilles plains.jpg | caption = Looking east along Grand Junction Road. Gilles Plains is on the right. |coordinates={{Coord|-34.85025|138.659|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-SA|display=title}} | alternative_location_map = Australia SA inner Adelaide | pushpin_map_caption = Location in greater metropolitan [[Adelaide]] | lga = City of Tea Tree Gully | postcode = 5086 | pop =  | est = | area = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Port Adelaide|Port Adelaide]] | fedgov = [[Division of Sturt|Sturt]] | near-nw = [[Walkley Heights, South Australia|Walkley Heights]] | near-n = [[Valley View, South Australia|Valley View]] | near-ne = | near-w = [[Oakden, South Australia|Oakden]] | near-e = [[Holden Hill, South Australia|Holden Hill]] | near-sw = [[Hillcrest, South Australia|Hillcrest]] | near-s = [[Windsor Gardens, South Australia|Windsor Gardens]] | near-se = | dist1 = | location1= }} '''Gilles Plains''' {{IPAc-en||ˈ|ɡ|ɪ|l|ə|s}} is a suburb of the greater [[Adelaide]], South Australia area, approximately 10km north-east of the [[Adelaide central business district]].

==History== It is named after the first Colonial Treasurer [[Osmond Gilles]] who owned a sheep station adjoining the Torrens River.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au/page?pg=1772&stypen=html |author=Ian Auhl |date=August 1993 |title=Gilles Plains |access-date=25 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605075444/http://www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au/page?pg=1772&stypen=html |archive-date=5 June 2009 }}</ref> Gilles Plains was predominantly a hay growing area of Adelaide through its early years. In 1874, it had the largest hay farm in South Australia owned by J. A. W. Sudholz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/g/g4.htm#gillesP |author=Observer |date=September 1903 |title=Obituary |access-date=1 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007215021/http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/g/g4.htm |archive-date=7 October 2009 }}</ref>

==Government== Gilles Plains is in both the [[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]] and [[City of Tea Tree Gully]] [[Local government in Australia|local government areas]], and is in both the [[South Australian House of Assembly]] electoral districts of [[Electoral district of Florey|Florey]] and [[Electoral district of Torrens|Torrens]]. It is also in the [[Australian House of Representatives]] [[Division of Sturt]].

==Schools== Pinnacle College is on Wandana Avenue. St Pauls College is on Grand Junction Road. Wandana Primary School is on Cowra Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Schools Directory|url=http://www.australianschoolsdirectory.com.au/|publisher=Australian Schools Directory|access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref>

==Gallery== [[File:Gilles Plains, western part.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Aerial image of western part of Gilles Plains, looking north. Grand Junction Road is the east–west road at the top, forming the northern boundary of the suburb. Sudholz Road, the north–south road at left, is the western boundary. To the north is Valley View. To the west is Oakden. The green and concrete rectangle to the top right is St Paul's College. The brown rectangle at the upper left is the [[Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science]]. The white-roofed complex to the south is a TAFE complex and the blue and white part further down is the [[Royal Society for the Blind]]. The white complex at the bottom is a shopping centre.]] [[File:Gilles Plains.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Aerial image of northern part of Gilles Plains, looking north. Grand Junction Road is the east–west road at the top, forming the boundary of the suburb. To the north is Valley View. The green rectangle to the left is St Paul's College, and Wandana Primary School is at the oval in the middle.]] {{clear left}}

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