Gillman, South Australia

Coordinates: 34°50′28″S 138°31′37″E / 34.84111°S 138.52694°E / -34.84111; 138.52694
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Gillman
Federal division(s)
Hindmarsh
Suburbs around Gillman:
Port Adelaide
Garden Island		 Garden Island Garden Island
Port Adelaide
 Gillman Dry Creek
Wingfield
Port Adelaide
Rosewater		 Rosewater Ottoway
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[2]

Gillman is a predominantly industrial north-western suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is located within the federal Division of Hindmarsh and the state electoral district of Port Adelaide.[3]

Railway yards

Gillman had been the site of railway marshalling yards on the

Outer Harbor railway line through a new Port Adelaide railway station
and bridge over the Port River.

The tracks in the area were converted from broad gauge to dual broad and standard gauge in 1982 as part of the works to convert the Adelaide to Crystal Brook railway to standard gauge.[4]

The Gillman marshalling yards were closed and removed in the early 1990s, leaving the Rosewater Loop as the main line, and a northern branch to sidings on the Port Flats.

In 2008, the Rosewater Loop was closed and the main line branched from the Port Flats branch over the new Mary MacKillop Bridge.

Multi-Function Polis

Gillman was intended to be the site of the

Technology Park and Mawson Lakes nearby.[7]

Motorsport

Gillman has been the home of

Motorcycle Speedway in Adelaide since 1981 when the 280 metres (920 ft) North Arm Speedway opened. The speedway, located on the Grand Trunkway, operated from 1981 until its forced closure in 1997.[why?] Since 1998 it has been the home of a larger motorcycle speedway venue, the 300 metres (980 ft) long Gillman Speedway
located on Wilkins Road.

Explosives

The North Arm Powder Magazine in Gillman was from 1858 to 1906 a secure storage facility for dynamite and gelignite.[8]

Gillman Controversy

In June 2013, the

Adelaide City Council $20 million for land it purchased as part of the original deal.[13] The government has since sold part of the property to Veolia for use as a waste-to-energy plant, although the vast majority remains in government hands.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Gillman (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Search result for "Gillman (Suburb)" (Record no SA0026133) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ^ "District of Port Adelaide Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. ^ RAILWAY AGREEMENT (ADELAIDE TO CRYSTAL BROOK RAILWAY) ACT 1980 ( cth )
  5. ^ "Rundle: leaking the 'Multi-function Polis', or how I won the 1990 election for Andrew Peacock". Crikey. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Multi Function Polis 'had wrong name'". 31 December 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  7. ^ "SA's big bang theory: lessons from inside the MFP - InDaily". InDaily. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  8. ^ Explosives storage in Magazine Creek, Port Adelaide district, 1857-1906. Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, Nr. 35, 2007.
  9. ^ a b "A timeline of events in the Gillman land deal". ABC News. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Gillman land deal has short-changed taxpayers". Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  11. ^ "$2.2m legal bill to clean up Gillman mess". Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  12. ^ "November deadline or Gillman deal drops dead - InDaily". InDaily. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Financial deadline for Gillman land deal missed". ABC News. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Spurned Gillman bidder wins new deal". Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Veolia purchases land at Gillman after failed controversial deal". ABC News. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.


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