Elizabeth - The Originals (1950's - 1960's)
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Elizabeth is an outer northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Playford.
It was the seat of the former local government body, the City of Elizabeth, which included Elizabeth as well as the immediately adjacent suburbs on all sides except the west. Although the City of Elizabeth no longer exists, having been amalgamated into the much larger City of Playford in 1997, the term 'Elizabeth', in the context of Adelaide, typically refers to the historic municipality and the distinct community therein.
Before the 1950s, most of the area surrounding today's suburb of Elizabeth was farming land. After the end of the Second World War with its shortage of materials, the state government decided that South Australia needed to grow and become industrialised. A satellite city was planned for northern metropolitan fringe of Adelaide between the existing townships of Salisbury and Smithfield. The South Australian Housing Trust initiated a housing development program in the area, with a purchase of 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) at the site of the present suburb.
The township (now suburb) of Elizabeth was established on 16 November 1955, being named after Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. In 1964, a new local government body, the municipality of Elizabeth, later called City of Elizabeth, was created by severance from the District Council of Salisbury. This allowed the local government to focused explicitly on the newly-developed land and distinct local growing community centred at Elizabeth.
In the 2016 Census, there were 1,024 people in Elizabeth. 65.2% of people were born in Australia and 76.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common response for religion was No Religion at 37.8%.
As at the 2006 census, the population encompassing postcodes 5112, 5113 and 5114, was about 60,000. The majority of residents (66.2%) were Australian born, with 13.2% born in England. The age distribution of Elizabeth residents was similar to that of the greater Australian population. 67.5% of residents were aged 25 or over in 2006, compared to the Australian average of 66.5%; and 32.5% were younger than 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 33.5%.
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Thank you for this. spent 10 years at Elizabeth West, from 1967 till 1977, lived on Heytesbury road opposite the water works depot. then Mum and Dad moved to Gawler in late 1977 after Dad ( who worked for the Housing Trust for the last 15 years of his working life ) was offered a newer home in Gawler West. Mum still lives in the same house to this day. then when I got settled down in 1985 my partner and I bought a house on Nimitz road at Elizabeth East and I was there till we divorced in 2005. both were great places to live and I can say we never really had any troubles to speak of. it does have a bit of an undeserved rap, though lately it does seem to have gone downhill more sadly. please share as many more of these videos as you can, loved watching it. have subbed as well.
Thank you Catey. It's my intention to make many more videos covering the History of Elizabeth and its surrounding regions. Before Elizabeth was established in 1955 the entire region between Salisbury and Gawler was known as the Gawler Plains. The channel will eventually contain history videos covering this entire region. Anything to do with Elizabeth and areas or events that have had an impact on its character over time. I am keen to source as much obscure photos and film footage as I can. If you know of any, or have anything you might like to see included in a future video feel free to email me at willkelly2020@gmail.com Thanks again for watching and for the Sub. I, myself grew up in Smithfield Plains - my Father also worked for the Housing Trust. Our Dad's may have even known each other
Great story my cousin lived in Elizabeth
We've never had any trouble in Elizabeth either.🙂
WOW, I came across this vid from another about Elizabeth and was blown away at the end as that's my Sister and ME at Smithfield Hostel back in 1964.
That's very cool - so you would be Barry? Hello my friend. I love it when people spot themselves in the videos and let us know - this whole channel is dedicated to you and that early pioneering spirit so evident in the early days of Elizabeth. I'm glad you stumbled across it. Warm regards, Will
Glen Shorrock was in The Twilights and Axiom before Little River Band
Indeed he was Noel. Did you catch this tribute to Glenn I posted some time back: th-cam.com/video/DHi0ntb8cOo/w-d-xo.html
I think Elizabeth is coming full circle. It started off as a place where people took pride in their homes, housing trust homes were for life. There is no doubt that it degenerated during the 70s 80s 90s and the 00s. But a huge amount of the old trust houses have been demolished and people are building new homes here. Unfortunately a lot of the trust duplexes were bought by investors to rent out, so they are generally rented by boguns. ( Not all of them) But it is being cleaned up and is definitely a good way to get on the property ladder, it no longer deserves the bad name it has.
Absolutely. I now spend my time between Brisbane and SA - spent half of 2020 in Elizabeth and saw many great things happening - one thing that did sadden me a few years ago was visiting my old street in Smithfield Plains and finding almost every house of my childhood friends' had been demolished - like they had never been there. While I get the need for progress, I am a great believer that architecture connects community symbolically with a sense of history and roots. Without a connection to that it is very hard for a community to feel they belong to anything with substance, or that they are cared for by the local leaders - one of the reasons I began this channel is wanting people I grew up with and people who were here in the beginning before me to feel acknowledged - their experiences were real, important and meaningful. This channel is meant as a "tip of the hat" to their having passed this way - with all of growing up in Elizabeth's challenges. I really believe just demolishing on masse or allowing buildings to go derelict, which is an all too common occurrence in Elizabeth today, is a mistake and sends a very disheartening message to the local community. I hope at some point there is some balance brought back. Thank you for watching, much appreciated 🙏
Decommissioned homes are generally a good way you'd like to say to get on the housing letter there a lot cheaper you get the space just can do a bit of a renovation and got a home nice garden you know it make it nice it's really nice to hear commentary
@@elizabeththatwas my condolences for the reality of progress horrible yes I agree with you to our communities of my mother's garden shed her like a three-bedroom weatherboard with a like a rumpus room in Dandenong Victoria and had such a lovely English sort of English naty and also native garden and I would be horrified if it was demolished has been bought and rent it out by people it's been sort of modified a bit but I just been horrified it was demolished and the garden is gone absolutely horrified
I lived in the trust homes.There is only one wall dividing between the maisonette homes.If you watched TV you could hear it through the walls Lol.Then when people take carpet off the floors the noise comes through.My brother sold his SA trust home in Nichols Tce in Woodville West he was in the Advertiser or Sunday paper .Anyway he sold it and guess what ? He bought another SA trust home in Woodville gardens lol 😂
@@carmelcream7662 you're right, you can hear everything. But I'm still kicking myself over the fact that when my husband got out of the army in 1999 and we returned to Adelaide, those trust homes were being sold off for ,$18,000 each. Unimproved they now sell in Elizabeth for around $280,000. Improved, they sell for the upper 3s. Who would have thought!!!. But we have a lovely home on a block where the 2 semi's were. When you close the front door, that house could be in any upper class suburb of Adelaide. Also when they started knocking the semi's down, you could buy the entire block for under $25,000.
Great, thanks, I knew Doug and Paula Carter, friends of my parents. They were in the Elizabeth Repertory Company , my parents were in the Northern Light Opera Company. Watched many shows in the Shelley Theatre. Was in a couple of Gilbert and Sullivan’s with the girls and boys Tech. High schools combined. Saw the Easybeats at the Octagon theatre too.
Shelley theatre
Damn autocorrect, Shedley
Ah, sweet. I'm loving the little connections people are starting to make through the videos - like you recognising Doug and Paula. Much of the period covered on this channel is before I even came along - it's like studying someone else's town at times. It's as much for my own sense of history and roots as anybody else's - so I love it when people message about the little dots they're connecting. Thank you for watching and touching base, it's lovely 🙏🍷
@@katearmiger8535 haha - yes indeed; autocorrect is a very mixed blessing. Kate you may want to look out for our June 12th mini documentary on Geoff Shedley, the Elizabeth Civic Theatres and the South Australian Housing Trust - both the Elizabeth Repertory Company and the Northern Light Opera Company feature.
great memories
And many more to come my friend. If you have any gems in the way of photos of film footage you would like included in future videos, feel free to email me at willkelly2020@gmail.com - anything relateable to Elizabeth, its surrounds or things that affected our way of life will be considered mate. Thank you for watching and subscribing Ian. It's great to have you here 🙏
Awesome work 👍🍷
Thank you! Cheers! And thanks for the visit. And for the wine. DEFANITELY the wine...haha 🙏
Great video
Thank you Joe - much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed it 🙏
No mention of Doc Neeson of the Angels.
The Neeson family migrated to Elizabeth North in 1960
Hey Andrew. Doc is showcased in this video: th-cam.com/video/xNkaqTqpk0A/w-d-xo.html
I think all the electric wires are.under ground.
You are correct William. They started that way. I think it proved too expensive and was abandoned pretty soo after the first few suburbs were established. There is even footage and photos of the underground tunnels being dug for the wires.
Hello it’s Lachlan again would you be able to try and find info about Norwood parade shopping mall from the 60s my nanna used to work ina supermarket called loves boomerang anywhere I can get info if it
Hey Lachlan. Sorry for the slow response mate. I shall take a look and see what I can find. 🙏🍷
Thanks I went down there today to ask the council and library both have no info at all sadly
Loves Boomerang was a Supermarket in "The Parkade". A shopping strip that ran from The Parade to the Webbe street car park behind at 161 The Parade Norwood. It has since been redeveloped into a new shopping centre called Norwood Place. Boomerang supermarket is now Foodland Norwood.
Yes. My Nanna used to work there a long time ago. Do you have any pics of what it used to be
@@lachlanslightsandfans I found this pic.
www.reddit.com/r/Adelaide/comments/iuduf8/old_norwood_shopping_centre_before_redevelopment/
but It looks like it was taken just before the renovations circa 1990's. It looks rather sad in this pic ready for a demolish. You can see next to the Butcher is a Foodland sign. This used to be Boomerang. This photo is after it changed its name or was taken over? to become Foodland.
What happened to it?
Hey Dave. Sorry mate, this comment went to spam so only just saw it was there. Thanks for watching buddy. That's a big question - many factors, though I still don't believe all is lost...😀 I do attempt to address this question in the "Lost City of Tomorrow" series - based on the writings of Mark peel, which you can find in the playlists section on this channel. Cheers again mate 🙏🍷
It became just another suburb.
It’s Central District not Districts. Great memories - thanks.
My bad, I stand corrected - cheers 🙏
@@elizabeththatwas it’s a very, very, common error...lol
@@trevorjenkins1098 ha. Yes, I have noticed that in my own research of Elizabeth history. Even some professional publications seem to make that mistake. I don't feel so bad now - lol