Keswick, South Australia

Keswick(/ˈkɛzɪk/) is an inner south-western suburb of Adelaide, adjacent to the park lands, and located in the City of West Torrens. The suburb is home to the Keswick Barracks, the headquarters of the Royal District Nursing Service, and the Keswick Cricket Club.

For other uses, see Keswick (disambiguation).

Keswick
Adelaide, South Australia
Keswick
Coordinates34°56′S 138°34′E
Population742 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)5035[2]
LGA(s)City of West Torrens
State electorate(s)Badcoe
Federal Division(s)Adelaide
Suburbs around Keswick:
Richmond Mile End South, Keswick Terminal Adelaide, Adelaide Park Lands
Marleston Keswick Wayville
Kurralta Park Ashford, Forestville Wayville

The Adelaide Parklands Terminal (formerly known as the Keswick Terminal) was originally within the suburb boundaries until 1987, when it was officially classified as a suburb in its own right.

History

The area was inhabited by the Kaurna people before settlement by Europeans.[3]

Keswick railway station was opened on Sunday 6 April 1913.[4] It serviced the local Adelaide train network before being eventually closed and demolished in March 2013.[5]

In 1915, the Keswick Hospital (No. 7 Australian General Hospital[6]), also known as the Repatriation Hospital[7] or Repatriation General Hospital, was built to accommodate wounded soldiers returning from World War I as part of the Keswick Barracks complex.[8] In November 1915 funds were being raised to build a recreation hall for the soldiers, designed by Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne Smith,[9][10] which opened on 11 February 1916.[11] After the opening of the Daw Park Repatriation General Hospital, patients were transferred from Keswick Hospital in December 1946, but an outpatients facility continued to operate at Keswick until 1968, when it finally closed.[12]

The Keswick Terminal opened on 18 May 1984 (near, but not connected to, the Keswick railway station), developed by Australian National as a dedicated long-haul passenger rail station. It was officially classified as a suburb in the City of West Torrens on 30 April 1987.[13]

Population

In the 2016 Australian Census, there were 742 people in Keswick. 51.9% of people were born in Australia and 54.1% of people spoke only English at home. The most common response for religion was "No Religion", 38.6%.[1]

Keswick Barracks

Keswick is home to Keswick Barracks, which is an Australian Army Barracks. It is home to the 9th Brigade (Reserve), 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment (Reserve), the 48th Field Battery (Reserve), and the headquarters of the 3rd Health Support Battalion (3 HSB). Keswick Barracks also houses several DCO (Defence Community Organisation) departments, the SA Branch of RUSI and the local RUSI library. There is an Air Force unit here too.

Royal District Nursing Service

Keswick is also home to the headquarters of the Royal District Nursing Service, now part of the Silver Chain Group.[14]

Keswick Cricket Club

Keswick Cricket Club was founded in November 1942, with the principle of, “giving anyone who wants to play a game of cricket, an opportunity to play”. At this time, the Keswick Branch of the Catholic Young Men's Society combined with the Glenelg Branch of the Catholic Young Men's Society to form a cricket team to participate in the Catholic Young Men's Society Cricket Association Competition.[15]

KCC now fields 4 teams in the Adelaide & Suburban Cricket Association. Matches are played on hard-wicket and turf surfaces around the Adelaide metropolitan area. Keswick Juniors fields U10, U12 and U14 sides in the South Central Junior Cricket Association, and a team in the Adelaide Strikers Girls League.

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Keswick (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. "Keswick, South Australia (Adelaide)". Postcodes-Australia. Postcodes-Australia.com. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. O'Brien, Lewis Yerloburka; Paul, Mandy (8 December 2013). "Kaurna People". Adelaidia. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. "Keswick Railway Station". The Register. 7 April 1913. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  5. "New station to replace Keswick on suburban network" Railway Digest May 2013 page 20
  6. "Keswick Hospital: From the Parade Ground" (Photo + text). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  7. "Military Resources: Hospitals and nurses". LibGuides at State Library of South Australia. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  8. "Repatriation Hospital Museum". WeekendNotes. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  9. "Recreation hall at Keswick Hospital". Quorn Mercury. South Australia. 18 November 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Correspondence". Kapunda Herald. LI (3, 831). South Australia. 12 November 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "For the wounded at Keswick". Chronicle. LVIII (3, 000). South Australia. 19 February 1916. p. 41. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. King, Sara (2013). Commonwealth Government Records about South Australia (PDF). Research guide (National Archives of Australia) ; no. 24. Commonwealth of Australia (National Archives of Australia). ISBN 9781920807993. Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under a Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU) licence.
  13. "Search results for 'Keswick Terminal, SUB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Local Government Areas' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  14. "Contact us". Silver Chain. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  15. Heptinstall, Joe (2002). "History of the Club". Keswick Cricket Club. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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