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Hackham, South Australia

Field	Value
name	Hackham
city	Adelaide
state	sa
alternative_location_map	Australia SA inner Adelaide
pushpin_map_caption	Location in greater metropolitan Adelaide
coordinates
lga	City of Onkaparinga
postcode	5163
pop
region	Southern Adelaide
county	Adelaide
stategov	Kaurna
fedgov	Kingston
near-nw	Hackham West
near-n	Morphett Vale
near-ne	Onkaparinga Hills
near-w	Huntfield Heights
near-e	Onkaparinga Hills
near-sw	Huntfield Heights
near-s	McLaren Vale
near-se	McLaren Vale
dist1	25
location1	Adelaide

Hackham is an outer metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It lies within the City of Onkaparinga.

The Coast to Vines rail trail passes through the suburb. The post code within the Hackham suburb is "5163".

History

The township of Hackham was surveyed for Edward Castle on Section 25 Hundred of Noarlunga in 1856. Castle had arrived in South Australia in 1839 and it is thought named the new settlement after his former home in Gloucestershire. Another version of the naming of the place states that J.B. Hack, an early colonist, lent his name to it and yet another has it that James Kingdon, the first owner of the section prior to Castle, named it.

One contemporary account stated that town of Hackham was 'peculiarly adapted for its purpose, being in the centre of a large agricultural district. The land is sloping and dry in winter'.

By 1866, Hackham was linked by a daily coach to Adelaide and it contained a post office, licensed school, and a hotel, the Golden Pheasant. The town did not flourish however and during the 1880s dwindled to virtually nothing more than gardens, farms and wattle plantations. One of those gardens, a plant nursery maintained by F.W. Hutchinson, became well known for its seed production.

The Craig, Collins, Hutchinson, Holly, Humphris, Forsyth and Sparrow families were just some of those that pioneered the place. It was predominantly a farming region, specialising in cereal production until the 1960s and 1970s when the encroachment of suburban subdivisions changed land use.

The suburb was also served by the Willunga railway line from 1915 until it was closed in 1969 and dismantled in 1972.

Walking and cycling trails

The Coast to Vines rail trail passes through the suburb. Heading north the trail finishes at Marino and heading south the trail finishes at Willunga.

Amenities

Huntfield Heights Primary School C.P.C - 7 Primary School
Hackham West R-7 School
Hackham East Junior & Primary School
Holly reserve
Forsyth reserve

References

Notes

Hackham - European History and Heritage http://www.onkaparingacity.com/history/viewsuburb.asp?content=hackham

References

"Southern Adelaide SA Government region". The Government of South Australia.
"Search result for "County of Adelaide, CNTY" with the following data sets selected - "Counties" and "Local Government Areas"". Government of South Australia.
Court, South Australia Supreme. (2000). "The South Australian State Reports". Law Book Company.

Wikipedia Source

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