18-493: Renown Park is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide , South Australia . It is located in the City of Charles Sturt . The suburb lies between Torrens Road and the Gawler railway line , which form its southwestern and eastern boundaries, respectively, with South Road intersecting the suburb in the east. The suburb was established in 1920. It emerged from the sale of land belonging to
36-557: A John McQuillan upon his death. The land was described in an advertisement as "that fine level area just beyond the Ovingham railway-station". The suburb was named in 1920 shortly after HMS Renown brought the Prince of Wales to Australia. Renown Park west of South Road was serviced by the City–Cheltenham tram line along Torrens Road, but this line was removed in 1958. The 2016 Census by
54-710: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
72-652: A standing committee of ANZLIC in 2002. ICSM was established by the Prime Minister, State Premiers, and the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory in 1988. Since that time the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand have joined ICSM. The Australian Defence forces are also represented on ICSM. Members are senior representatives of surveying and mapping agencies. Prior to 1988 a similar body,
90-459: Is located between Bolingbroke Avenue and Cavan Avenue, as well as Angus Reserve just off of Angus Court. Renown Park is serviced by South Road , linking the suburb to the far north and south of Adelaide, and Torrens Road , which connects Renown Park with Adelaide city centre . Renown Park is serviced by public transport run by the Adelaide Metro . The Gawler railway line passes beside
108-435: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping ANZLIC , or The Spatial Information Council , is the peak intergovernmental organisation providing leadership in
126-400: Is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to
144-534: The Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 1,697 persons in Renown Park on census night. Of these, 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. The majority of residents (54.2%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being Vietnam (7.6%), India (4.5%), China (3.8%), England (2.3%), and Greece (1.8). Additionally, people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent made up 1.4% of
162-808: The American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been
180-549: The National Mapping Council (NMC), had coordinated cooperative Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory mapping programs since 1945. Although the NMC had been an effective forum, the changing operational environment of the late 1980s led to the cessation of the NMC and the formation of ICSM to cover both surveying and mapping issues, as they related to Government activities, to ensure continued cooperation in these activities on
198-799: The New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and sacked from government. ANZLIC, under Watkins, was the driver of the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda. Elizabeth O'Keeffe , Victoria ANZLIC delegate (Land Victoria), represented ANZLIC on the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda Steering Group. Warren Entsch , then Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, officially welcomed
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#1733093191842216-552: The Opposition claimed O’Keeffe had been sacked. Her Minister, Sherryl Garbutt denied that O'Keeffe had been sacked. The same day, O’Keeffe issued an internal memo, copied to all DNRE staff, dismissing the Opposition claims and advising she had instructed her lawyers to seek an unconditional retraction and apology from the Opposition and media. Also, she advised she would take legal action on any further claims. The Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping ( ICSM ), became
234-545: The Spatial Information Council. Warwick Watkins was the longest serving Chairman of ANZLIC, 2000–2011, until he was dismissed from the NSW Public Service. ANZLIC chair appointments are typically only for two years, but Watkins held the chair for more than eleven. Drew Clarke immediately replaced Watkins as Chair of ANZLIC and remained as Chair until mid 2015. Watkins was found guilty of corruption by
252-605: The collection, management and use of spatial information in Australia and New Zealand. It supports the establishment of a Spatial Data Infrastructure in the region and has published geospatial metadata standards. ANZLIC started in 1986 as the Australian Land Information Council ( ALIC ) and it became the Australia and New Zealand Land Information Council ( ANZLIC ) in 1991. ANZLIC, now refers to itself as
270-600: The establishment of a steering group to drive the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda in November 2000. The Action Agenda was released in September 2001. O’Keeffe, herself, was reportedly removed from her Land Victoria role, and consequentially as Victorian representative to ANZLIC, arising from an investigation into attempt fraud of a government trust fund. On 12 July 2002, the prominent Melbourne newspaper, The Age , reported that O’Keeffe had resigned and further reported that
288-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
306-678: The suburb. In terms of religious affiliation, 30.8% of residents attributed themselves to being irreligious, 19.7% attributed themselves to being Catholic , 8.0% attributed themselves to be Eastern Orthodox , and 6.6% attributed themselves to being Buddhist . Within Renown Park, 87.4% of the residents were employed, with the remaining 12.6% being unemployed. The local newspaper is the Weekly Times Messenger . Other regional and national newspapers such as The Advertiser and The Australian are also available. Brompton Primary School is located on Napier Street. Sam Johnson Sportsground
324-447: The suburb. The closest station is Ovingham , on Renown Park's southeastern boundary. The suburb is serviced by bus routes run by the Adelaide Metro . 34°53′35″S 138°34′41″E / 34.893°S 138.578°E / -34.893; 138.578 Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality
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