{{For|the similar-sounding suburb of Bristol, England|Lockleaze}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Lockleys | state = sa | image = House in Lockleys, South Australia.jpg | caption = Residential home in Lockleys | city = Adelaide | lga = [[City of West Torrens]] | alternative_location_map = Australia SA inner Adelaide | pushpin_map_caption = Location in greater metropolitan [[Adelaide]] | coordinates = {{Coord|-34.925|138.531|type:city_region:AU-SA|display=inline,title}} | local_map = yes | postcode = 5032 | pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> | stategov = [[Electoral district of West Torrens|West Torrens]], <br>[[Electoral district of Colton|Colton]] | fedgov = [[Division of Hindmarsh|Hindmarsh]] |near-n =[[Kidman Park, South Australia|Kidman Park]] |near-ne=[[Flinders Park, South Australia|Flinders Park]] |near-e =[[Underdale, South Australia|Underdale]] |near-se=[[Brooklyn Park, South Australia|Brooklyn Park]] |near-s =[[Adelaide Airport, South Australia|Adelaide Airport]] |near-sw=[[West Beach, South Australia|West Beach]] |near-w =[[Fulham, South Australia|Fulham]] |near-nw=[[Fulham Gardens, South Australia|Fulham Gardens]] }}
'''Lockleys''' is an inner western suburb of [[Adelaide]], in the [[City of West Torrens]].
[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] data from May 2021 revealed that Adelaide's western suburbs had the lowest unemployment rate in South Australia.<ref>{{Cite news|date=28 June 2021|title=Adelaide's West Leads Employment Surge|work=IN Daily|url=https://Indaily.co/335989|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> [[File:Weatherboard house in Lockleys, South Australia.jpg|thumb|[[Weatherboard]] house in Lockleys]]
==History== The area was subject to flooding by the [[River Torrens]], which originally ran into an area named "[[The Reedbeds (Adelaide)|The Reedbeds]]" in the upper reaches of the [[Port River]]. In the 1930s the Torrens Channel, also named Breakout Creek, was cut through the coastal dunes to [[Gulf St Vincent]], to drain the wetlands and eliminate the flooding. A large part of Lockleys is within a bend of the River Torrens.
Hence, prior to subdivision, the area was renowned for its rich soil, market gardens and greenhouses. The name comes from a property (section 145) owned by [[Charles Brown Fisher]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/l/l4.htm#lockleys|title=Manning index of SA Placenames: Lockleys|publisher=State Library of South Australia|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref> then [[Edward Meade Bagot]] and [[Gabriel Bennett]], who built a course there for amateur horse racing. The property was rented by trainers [[J. Eden Savill]] and [[C. Leslie Macdonald]] for their Lockleys Stables where many good racehorses were prepared.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58555869 |title=Reflections from the Racecourse |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)]] |volume=17 |issue=844 |location=South Australia |date=28 July 1928 |accessdate=16 September 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
===Hank family=== The area was divided for housing. However, the Hank family lived on Torrens Avenue, Lockleys<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kay|first=Brian|title=The Master: the Bob Hank Story|publisher=Peacock Publications|year=2003|location=Norwood SA|pages=11}}</ref> and had established 11 acres<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Best of Both Worlds: The Story of West Torrens, Woodville and the Eagles Football Clubs|publisher=Hyde Park Press|year=2010|location=South Australia|pages=126}}</ref> of [[market garden]] there after world war I.<ref name=":0" /> The Hank brothers (Ray, Bill and Bob) all attended the Lockleys Primary (now called the Brooklyn Park Primary) School<ref name=":0" /> in [[Brooklyn Park, South Australia|Brooklyn Park]] and would all become footballers for the [[West Torrens Football Club]] in the [[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]]. [[Bob Hank]] would go on to become an [[Australian Football League|AFL]] [[Australian Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] inductee, winning the [[Magarey Medal]] in both 1946 and 1947 and winning a record 9 league best and fairest awards for his club. A pavilion in the eastern grandstand at [[Adelaide Oval]] is named the Bob Hank Pavilion<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 September 2013|title=Greats Honoured|url=https://www.adelaideoval.com.au/news/sa-greats-honoured/|access-date=22 July 2021|website=Adelaide Oval}}</ref> and the grandstand at [[Thebarton Oval]] is named the Hank Brothers Stand after these [[Australian rules football|Australian Football]] legends. Bob Hank also famously clean bowled [[Don Bradman|Sir Donald Bradman]] in a [[South Australian Cricket Association|District Cricket]] final in March 1947 whilst playing for the [[West Torrens Cricket Club]] against Bradman's [[Kensington Cricket Club]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 June 2012|title=The Last Goodbye with Bob Hank|work=The Advertiser|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/the-last-goodbye/news-story/5e879bb278a90d6e88b065c3aded465a?amp|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
===John Martin's warehouse=== The former [[John Martin's]] department store had a bulk warehouse on Pierson Street, which was also a storage location for the floats used in [[Adelaide Christmas Pageant|the company's annual Christmas Pageant]].<ref name= Maras>[https://www.marasgroup.com.au/our-properties/data-centres/mortgage-processing-centre/ Westpac Home Ownership Service Centre] Maras Group. Retrieved 19 February 2021.</ref>{{when|date=December 2022}} The warehouse was converted by [[Electronic Data Systems|EDS]] for a data and call centre, which opened in 1996,<ref>[https://cpa.org.au/z-archive/g2001/1058west.html Westpac sells off call centre workers] ''The Guardian'', 15 August 2001 – via Communist Party of Australia. Retrieved 19 February 2021.</ref> and later owned by the Maras Group and operated by [[Westpac]] as a mortgage processing centre.<ref name= Maras /> In September 2021 a development application was announced for rezoning the [[call centre]] and adjacent child care centre, to allow a medium density residential development to be built on the site.<ref>[https://plan.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/898921/Lockleys_Code_Amendment_-_for_consultation.pdf Lockleys Code Amendment - for consultation.pdf] [https://plan.sa.gov.au/have_your_say/general_consultations PlanSA Portal]. Retrieved 27 September 2021.</ref>
===Windsor Theatre=== <!---redirects target this section---> The Windsor Theatre, located at 362 [[Henley Beach Road]], was originally built as a [[Returned and Services League of Australia|RSL]] hall in March 1925,<ref>{{cite web | title=Windsor Theatre in Adelaide, AU | website=Cinema Treasures | url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/35457| first=Ken |last=Roe | access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref> with the construction cost of £3,800 covered by community fund-raising,<ref name=aa>{{cite web | title=Urban Exploring: Remembering the Windsor Theatre | website=Awesome Adelaide | date=28 October 2020 | url=https://www.awesomeadelaide.com/urban-exploring-urbex/urban-exploring-windsor-theatre/ | access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref> with much of it donated by John Mellor.<ref name="rsl">{{cite web |title=Lockleys Sub-Branch Memorial Hall, Lockleys, South Australia, Australia |url=https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2133 |access-date=18 December 2022 |website=Virtual War Memorial}}</ref> It was called the Lockleys Memorial Hall. On 10 October in the same year, the hall was used by Lyric Theatres Ltd to screen a film, and soon became a successful [[movie theatre]].<ref name=aa/> At some point it was named the Odeon Star (indicating ownership by [[D. Clifford Theatres]]).<ref name=hennessy2016>{{cite thesis | title=Entertaining the Classes: An archaeological investigation of historic cinemas in Metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia, and their development in relation to social class, 1896-1949| first= Antoinette |last=Hennessy|date=2016|type=[[Master of Arts|MA]] |publisher=[[Flinders University]] | url=https://theses.flinders.edu.au/view/a38845ec-db63-4aa2-9e02-416a8164a0ec/1 | access-date=18 December 2022| page=97}}[https://flex.flinders.edu.au/file/a38845ec-db63-4aa2-9e02-416a8164a0ec/1/ThesisHennessy2013.pdf PDF]</ref>
The Windsor Group acquired the cinema in October 1948, renaming it as the Windsor Theatre,<ref name=aa/> and by 1949 the lease had been acquired by [[Ozone Theatres Ltd]].<ref name=az>{{cite web | title=Hugh Waterman and sons extend the Ozone cinema chain from Adelaide's Semaphore in 1911 to eastern states| website=AdelaideAZ | url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/hugh-water-and-his-sons-extend-the-ozone-cinema-chain-from-adelaide-s-semaphore-in-1911-to-the-eastern-states | access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref> During the 1950s the cinema was substantially upgraded. The "Nostalgia Walk" was created, with hundreds of original movie posters lining the walls.<ref name=aa/> It seated 500 people, and was the first cinema in Adelaide to sell [[popcorn]].<ref>{{cite web | title=The Windsor Theatre | website=Jims Urbex Adelaide | date=5 July 2022 | url=https://jimsurbex.com/2022/07/the-windsor-theatre/ | access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref>
The Windsor ceased operating in August 2012, and remained mostly vacant for a couple of years after that. In 2018, the theatre was purchased by the [[City of West Torrens]].,<ref name=aa/> who demolished it in early 2021<ref name="rsl" /> despite public debate and much resistance from organisations which saw its heritage and cultural value to the area.<ref name="demolition">{{Cite news |last=Conlin |first=Thomas |date=26 March 2014 |title=Windsor Cinema at Lockleys faces demolition when its future is considered by the West Torrens Council |work=[[Herald Sun]] |place=Melbourne |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/windsor-cinema-at-lockleys-faces-demolition-when-its-future-is-consered-by-west-torrens-council/news-story/a5e84339803d1cd0cb6c54972b564af7 |access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref> During demolition, a hidden basement was rediscovered, containing a kitchen and supper room.<ref name=aa/>
Lockleys now features many large modern homes including one shown on the Grand Designs Television show.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2019 |title=Grand Designs Australia Season 8 episode 4 |url=https://simkl.com/tv/22322/grand-designs-australia/season-8/episode-4/ |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref> [[File:Lockleys Street.jpg|center|thumb|A street in Lockleys]]
==Sport== [[File:Lockleys Demons - Football Clubhouse.jpg|thumb|Lockleys Oval]] Lockleys is home to the Lockleys Football Club, known as the Demons, their home clubrooms on Rutland Ave are a modern two-story facility that has won a state award for its architecture.<ref name=":1" /> The club play in the [[South Australian Amateur Football League]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=10 June 2021|title=South Australian Architecture Awards 2021 Winners Announced|work=InDaily|url=https://citymag.indaily.com.au/commerce/south-australian-architecture-awards-2021-winners-announced/|access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref> [[AFLW]] player [[Ebony Marinoff]] played for the club,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lordonic |first=Marissa |date=22 March 2022 |title=Its been a wild ride: Inaugural Crow Marinoff reflects on 50 AFLW games |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/33417185/aflw-round-9-ebony-marinoff-reflects-50-games-adelaide-crows |access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref> as well as former [[Australian Football League|AFL]] player [[Jimmy Toumpas]] and [[Brooklyn Park, South Australia|Brooklyn Park]] local and [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Power]] draftee Thomas Scully<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2023 |title=AFL Players Thomas Scully |url=https://www.zerohanger.com/afl/players/thomas-scully/ |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=Zero Hanger}}</ref>
The Lockleys Football Club facilities are shared with the West Torrens Baseball Club.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 July 2021 |title=West Torrens Baseball Club |url=https://www.westtorrensbaseball.club/ |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=West Torrens Baseball Club}}</ref> The South Australian Badminton Association is also located in Lockleys, neighbouring the football club and baseball club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Australian Badminton Association |url=https://www.badmintonsouthaustralia.com.au/ |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> The [[Kooyonga Golf Club]] is also located in Lockleys. Kooyonga [[List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names|was the name of the suburb]] before it became Lockleys.
==Government== Lockleys is in the [[City of West Torrens]] [[Local government in Australia|local government area]], split between the [[South Australian House of Assembly]] [[electoral district of Colton]] and [[electoral district of West Torrens]], and in the [[Australian House of Representatives]] [[Division of Hindmarsh]].
== Education == {{Infobox school | name = Lockleys North Primary School | image = Lockleys North 01.jpg | image_size = 250px | motto = ''Aim high'' | established = 1960<ref name=Xtra/> | type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]] | principal = Tyson Grinham | coordinates = {{coord|-34.920| 138.538|name=Lockleys North Primary School|display=inline}} | address = 55 Malurus Avenue | city = [[Lockleys]] | state = [[South Australia]] | country = Australia | campus = | enrolment = 462<ref>{{cite web |title=Site information - Lockleys North Primary School |url=http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/ybsproviders/a8_publish/modules/locations/school_detail.asp?id=0911&type=AZ |accessdate=2012-01-23 |publisher=[[Department of Education and Children's Services]], [[South Australian Government]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927035309/http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/ybsproviders/a8_publish/modules/locations/school_detail.asp?id=0911&type=AZ |archive-date=27 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | enrolment_as_of = 2012 | colours = {{color box|blue}} Blue<br>{{color box|white}} White | website = [http://www.lnps.sa.edu.au www.lnps.sa.edu.au] }}
{{Infobox school | name = St Francis School | motto = ''Faith, Peace, Wisdom'' | established = 1967 | type = [[Catholic school]] | principal = Phil Schultz | coordinates = {{coord|-34.9243|138.5261|name= St Francis School |display=inline}} | address = 458 Henley Beach Road | city = [[Lockleys]] | state = [[South Australia]] | country = Australia | enrolment = 438<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-10 |title= |url=https://www.sflockleys.catholic.edu.au/__files/f/11462/AGM_Book_2021.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010040105/https://www.sflockleys.catholic.edu.au/__files/f/11462/AGM_Book_2021.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-10 |access-date=2022-10-10 }}</ref> | enrolment_as_of = 2020 | campus = | colours = {{color box|blue}} Blue<br>{{color box|green}} Green<br>{{color box|gold}} Gold | website = [http://www.sflockleys.catholic.edu.au/ www.sflockleys.catholic.edu.au] }} Two schools are located in Lockleys – Lockleys North Primary School and St Francis School. Despite its name, Lockleys Primary School is located in neighbouring suburb [[Brooklyn Park, South Australia|Brooklyn Park]].
=== Lockleys North Primary School === Lockleys North Primary School is a [[coeducational]] grades R-6 school located on Malurus Avenue.<ref name=lnpsWelcome>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Lockleys North Primary School |url=http://www.lnps.sa.edu.au |publisher=[[South Australian Government]] |date=2011-06-17}}</ref> Students come from a wide variety of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds due to the demographics of [[City of West Torrens|West Torrens]] area.<ref name=lnpsWelcome/>
==== History ==== With the expansion of the western suburbs of Adelaide the school was built in 1960.<ref name=Xtra>{{cite periodical |title=Celebrating 50 years of Education 1960-2010 |periodical=Xtra – Information for DECS Staff |url=http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/mediacentre/files/links/Xtra_4_no_15.pdf |volume=4 |number=15 |page=3 |date=2 September 2010 |publisher=[[Department of Education and Children's Services]] |accessdate=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927061948/http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/mediacentre/files/links/Xtra_4_no_15.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The school celebrated its 50th anniversary with an open day for old scholars and old staff on 14 November 2010.<ref name=Xtra/>
==== Facilities ==== In July 2010, two new school buildings opened – "Tirkandi" (Library) and "Torrens" (classrooms for year 6-7's).<ref name="lnpsWelcome" /> The library was opened by [[Steve Georganas]], the Member of Parliament for the seat of [[Division of Hindmarsh|Hindmarsh]].<ref name="Georganas">{{cite web |date=2010-07-23 |title=Lockleys North Primary School opens new $3.2 million BER library and classrooms |url=http://stevegeorganas.alp.org.au/news/2010/12/07/lockleys-north-primary-school-opens-new-32-million-ber-library-and-classrooms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328193949/http://stevegeorganas.alp.org.au/news/2010/12/07/lockleys-north-primary-school-opens-new-32-million-ber-library-and-classrooms |archive-date=28 March 2013 |access-date=30 January 2012 |work=[[Steve Georganas]] press release |publisher=[[Australian Labor Party]]}}</ref> The school grounds also have a [[soccer pitch]] which have not only used by the school, but also local sporting clubs.<ref>{{cite web|title=LATEST TITANS NEWS |url=http://www.adelaidetitans.com.au/ |work=Adelaide Titans Football Club |date=2011-12-15 |quote=Training sessions will be held ... at the Lockleys North Primary School |archivedate=10 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410074224/http://adelaidetitans.com.au/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The gymnasium has also been used for [[badminton]] by local sporting clubs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Important Dates (for Glenelg Breakers) |url=http://www.glenelgbreakers.com/news.htm |work=Glenelg Breakers Badminton Club |accessdate=2012-01-24 |quote=Glenelg Badminton Club Venues ... Lockleys North Primary School Gymnasium |archivedate=13 August 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813221529/http://www.glenelgbreakers.com/news.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==== Special programs==== Specialist programs are offered in science, physical education, music, German and Greek.<ref name=lnpsWelcome/><ref>{{cite web|title=Greek Language Schools |url=http://www.gocsa.org.au/index.php?id=61 |work=Greek Orthodox Community of S.A. |accessdate=2012-01-24 |quote=The weekday Schools are ... Lockleys North PS |archivedate=27 February 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227174337/http://www.gocsa.org.au/index.php?id=61 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<gallery perrow="4"> File:Lockleys North 02.jpg|Auditorium File:Lockleys North 03.jpg|Sports fields File:Lockleys North 05.jpg|Quadrangle </gallery>
=== St Francis School === St Francis School is a coeducational grades R-6 school located on Henley Beach Road. It is a private Catholic school.<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Francis School|url=http://www.sflockleys.catholic.edu.au/home |accessdate=27 March 2014 |date=2014}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001011636/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=Lockleys&placetype=0&state=SA+ Geoscience Australia] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930211643/http://www.placenames.sa.gov.au/pno/pnores.phtml?placeName=Lockleys&feature= South Australian State Gazetteer: Placenames Online] * [http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/l/t3.htm#lockleys The Manning Index of South Australian History]
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