{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Novar Gardens | state = sa | city = Adelaide
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| lga = City of West Torrens | county = | region = | stategov = Morphett | fedgov = Hindmarsh
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|near-n = Adelaide Airport |near-ne = North Plympton |near-e = Camden Park |near-se = Camden Park |near-s = Glenelg East |near-sw = Glenelg East |near-w = Glenelg North |near-nw = Adelaide Airport | footnotes = Adjoining suburbs<ref name="LMV"/> }} '''Novar Gardens''' is an inner south-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of West Torrens.
Originally to be called '''Morphettville''', the name was changed to honour the family estate of Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar, Governor-General of Australia from 1914 to 1920, who visited the site of the future suburb in 1919.<ref>[http://www.wtcc.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=588 West Torrens city council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321190132/http://www.wtcc.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=588 |date=21 March 2012 }}</ref> On his return to Britain, Munro Ferguson was created 1st Viscount Novar.
thumb|left|Cummins House in Novar Gardens The historic Cummins House in Sheoak Avenue is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=9132 | title=Cummins House | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref>
== Sport == Novar Gardens has a significant sporting presence, with the Camden Oval, which hosts the PHOS Camden Football Club, the Camden Sports Complex, which hosts the West Torrens Birkalla SC and the Immanuel College, Adelaide sports centre.
The Camden Oval once had a motorcycle speedway track around it from 28 December 1935 to 1941.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com/adelaide-camden-motordrome.html |title=Adelaide | website=Speedway and Road Race History |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> The venue hosted the Australian Solo Championship in 1938.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmaustralii.php|title=Individual Australian Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.australianspeedwaychampionships.com.au/results/|title=Australian Speedway Championship Results|website=Australian Speedway Championship|access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{City of West Torrens suburbs}}
Category:Suburbs of Adelaide
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