Glanville, South Australia

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Glanville /ˈɡlænvɪl/ is a suburb in Adelaide, South Australia. Historically tied to Port Adelaide, it played a significant role in the region's maritime and industrial history. The Glanville railway station was an important transport hub. Today, the suburb is

Glanville Adelaide, South Australia
Glanville Hall
location	Glanville, South Australia
country	Australia
established	1856
built	1856
style	Gothic Revival
Current use	Event venue
owner	Private
Suburbs around Glanville: Semaphore Exeter Birkenhead Port Adelaide Ethelton Ethelton

largely residential, with development efforts focused on preserving its historical significance while modernizing the area. Glanville’s proximity to the Port River and Semaphore beach adds to its appeal as both a heritage and recreational site.[1]

History

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Glanville refers to a suburb that owes its name to John Hart, a notable figure in early South Australian history. Hart was born in Devonshire, England, in 1809, and by 1835 he had established a whaling station at Encounter Bay, South Australia. After a successful career in whaling, trade, and maritime industries, he retired from the sea in 1845. In 1856, Hart built a mansion on land he owned on Lefevre Peninsula, naming it "Glanville Hall" after his mother, Mary Glanville. Glanville Hall was a large stone mansion with 14 spacious rooms, constructed with stone transported by flat-bottomed barges from Yorke Peninsula to Ethelton and then carted to the site. The mansion included a coach house, a gatekeeper’s lodge, and later, a billiard room and tower added in 1865. The first subdivision of land in the area occurred in 1859, when sections 908-9 were sold off by Alfred Watts and Philip Levi. Hart later developed Section 910 in 1865, laying out the area known as Glanville.[2]

References

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1. Place names of South Australia, By Geoffrey.H.Manning, 1990, P.129.
2. Place names of South Australia, By Geoffrey.H.Manning, 1990, P.129.