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Richard Day who developed the suburb over 100 years ago. Richard Day developed his own villa-style cottage on the site of 14 St Lawrence Ave in Croydon which could be reached via a long driveway from South Road. It was demolished circa 1970 at which point a retirement village was built in its place. At this time, Croydon was mainly farmland.
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Croydon's first farm barns, later converted into a home in the 1920s still exists far into a lot on Bedford Street, Croydon. This good example of a Brick and Stone building provide's a direct link to Croydon's history. This Original Barn, now renovated into a family home, is believed to have
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A free street music festival has previously been held on
Elizabeth Street, supported by the Charles Sturt Council. This was last held on Friday 6 April 2019, hosted the local bands Dead Roo, Last Days of Kali, Rex Wonderful & the Silk Sheets, Blush response and David Blumberg & the Maraby
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The age distribution of
Croydon residents is broadly similar to that of the greater Australian population. 72.7% of residents were over 25 years in 2021, compared to the Australian average of 69.9%; and 27.3% were younger than 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 30.1%.
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Terrace in Croydon, which runs parallel to the Outer Harbor/Grange Train Line is part of the Outer Harbor Greenway, a bicycle route, which provides a family-friendly bicycle path from the City of Adelaide to Outer Harbor via Port Adelaide.
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on the corner of Queen Street and
Princes Street in 1945. However production was soon moved to Woodville North in 1951. The Croydon factory became a warehouse for Godfreys Ltd., a
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founded a jams and conserves business on Queen Street, producing "Croydon" branded products. The business prospered, leading to the construction of the
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Brooker Residence, Queen St Croydon, approximately 1910
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Croydon is well serviced by public transport run by
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655:"Place Names of South Australia"
323:Croydon Sign in Elizabeth Street
938:Adelaide Metro official website
615:Australian Bureau of Statistics
483:. These two parks are known as
470:Train Park at Croydon, Adelaide
342:Australian Bureau of Statistics
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934:"Public Transport in Adelaide"
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512:Croydon Train Station in 1915
336:St Barnabas Church in Croydon
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968:"City of Charles Sturt"
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230:. It is located in the
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98:Adelaide city centre
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688:Postcodes-Australia
294:Croydon Jam Factory
132:Federal division(s)
117:State electorate(s)
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1005:34.898°S 138.564°E
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363:(1.9%) and
168:Renown Park
163:Renown Park
84:Postcode(s)
75:Established
1272:Categories
1227:West Lakes
1212:West Beach
1182:Royal Park
1162:Pennington
1102:Devon Park
1092:Cheltenham
1072:Athol Park
993:34°53′53″S
601:References
523:South Road
300:retailer.
298:whitegoods
60:Population
1237:Woodville
1177:Rosewater
1172:Ridleyton
1142:Hindmarsh
889:5 October
719:5 October
527:Port Road
444:federally
308:Geography
200:Hindmarsh
183:Ridleyton
1202:Tennyson
1197:St Clair
1157:Ovingham
1152:Kilkenny
1087:Brompton
1077:Beverley
883:Facebook
589:See also
432:Adelaide
394:Politics
388:Anglican
380:Catholic
359:(3.0%),
355:(3.9%),
351:(4.3%),
224:Adelaide
137:Adelaide
93:Location
37:Adelaide
1207:Welland
1097:Croydon
628:28 June
571:Croydon
424:Croydon
361:Vietnam
357:England
278:England
274:Croydon
252:History
247:England
239:Croydon
216:Croydon
179:Croydon
149:Suburbs
122:Croydon
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18:Croydon
1187:Seaton
1127:Hendon
1122:Grange
1107:Findon
1082:Bowden
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833:1 June
805:31 May
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557:Trains
500:Band.
353:Greece
314:Grange
286:London
282:Surrey
243:London
220:suburb
125:(2011)
105:LGA(s)
577:Buses
517:Roads
475:Parks
365:India
349:Italy
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950:2011
909:ISBN
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