Bedford Park, South Australia

Bedford Park, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Bedford Park
city = Adelaide
state = South Australia


caption = Southern Expressway entrance at Bedford Park
lga = City of Mitcham
lga2 = City of Marion
postcode = 5042
est =
pop = 1,880 (2006 Census) [Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC41101 | name = Bedford Park (State Suburb) | quick = on | accessdate=2007-06-30]
area =
propval = [http://www.domain.com.au/public/SuburbProfile.aspx?mode=buy&suburb=Bedford%20Park&postcode=5042 $290,000] (2007)
stategov = Davenport
stategov2= Mitchell
fedgov = Boothby
near-nw = Mitchell Park
near-n = Clovelly Park
near-ne = St. Marys
near-w = Sturt
near-e = Eden Hills
near-sw = Darlington
near-s = Flagstaff Hill
near-se = Bellevue Heights
dist1 = 10
location1= City-centre

Bedford Park is a southern suburb of Adelaide in South Australia.

The Hancock family established a homestead and farm at the foot of the Adelaide Hills in the mid 19th century. A family name from an earlier generation lent its name to the property of "Bedford" which was later changed to "Bedford Park". In 1917, convert|400|acre|km2 of the property was purchased by the South Australian Government and a tuberculosis sanatorium was built. Initially housing World War I soldiers the sanatorium was expanded until, by 1924, it had 74 beds and was a self-supporting farm with pigs, chickens , orchards and grain production. [cite book |last=Gunton|first= Eric|title= Tracing Our Towns, Stories of Same Named Places in South Australia and the United Kingdom|year= 1986|month= November|publisher= Self Published|location= South Australia|pages=p.9|isbn= 0-959-20942-5] The sanatorium was demolished and Flinders University built in its place in the 1960s.

Bedford Park is the home of Flinders University and Flinders Medical Centre. It is part of the City of Mitcham, with the north west corner located in the City of Marion and is split across the state electorates of Mitchell and Davenport. It is in the federal Division of Boothby.

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