Semaphore South, South Australia

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Semaphore South | state = sa | image = | caption = | local_map = yes | zoom = 13 | local_map_id=Q7449113 | alternative_location_map = Australia SA inner Adelaide | pushpin_map_caption = Location in greater metropolitan [[Adelaide]] | coordinates = {{coord|34.84715312445578|S|138.48079726604882|E|display=inline,title}} | lga = City of Port Adelaide Enfield | postcode = 5019 | pop =  | elevation = 11 | est = 1945<ref name =PLB/> | stategov = [[Electoral district of Lee|Lee]]<ref name=ECSA>{{cite web|title=Electoral district profiles – Lee (2018-2022 boundaries) |url=https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-districts/electoral-district-profiles?view=article&id=839:lee |publisher=Electoral Commission SA|accessdate=15 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|accessdate=15 July 2019}}</ref> | dist1 = 15 | dir1 = NW | location1 = [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide CBD]] | near-nw = ''Gulf St Vincent'' | near-n = [[Semaphore, South Australia|Semaphore]] | near-ne = [[Glanville, South Australia|Glanville]] | near-e = [[Ethelton, South Australia|Ethelton]] | near-se = [[Semaphore Park, South Australia|Semaphore Park]] | near-s = [[Semaphore Park, South Australia|Semaphore Park]] | near-sw = ''Gulf St Vincent'' | near-w = ''[[Gulf St Vincent]]'' |footnotes=Coordinates<ref name=PLB/><br/>Adjoining localities<ref name=PLB>{{cite web |title=Search result for "Semaphore South (Suburb)" (Record no. SA0062093) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=30 June 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}

'''Semaphore South''' is a beachside suburb of [[Adelaide]], in the [[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]].

The Semaphore South Post Office opened on 3 November 1947 and closed in 1978.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=SA&country= | accessdate = 26 May 2011}}</ref>

Semaphore South is located in the state [[electoral district of Lee]] and the federal [[division of Hindmarsh]].<ref name=AEC/><ref name=ECSA/>

Le Fevre High School, originally spelt LeFevre, is located in the suburb, and is the oldest secondary school in the area. Although the site has earlier origins as a school, it was officially gazetted in 1910.<ref>{{cite web | title=Our History | website=LeFevre High School | date=14 November 2022 | url=https://www.lefevrehs.sa.edu.au/our-history/ | access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Location | website=LeFevre High School | date=12 January 2023 | url=https://www.lefevrehs.sa.edu.au/location/ | access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref>

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[[Category:Suburbs of Adelaide]] [[Category:Lefevre Peninsula]]