West Lakes is a suburb of Adelaide

Adelaide

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 in the City of Charles Sturt

City of Charles Sturt

The City of Charles Sturt is a Local Government Area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, stretching to the coast.It came into being on 1 January 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the City of Hindmarsh Woodville and the City of Henley and Grange...

. It contains the Westfield West Lakes Shopping Centre, AAMI Stadium

AAMI Stadium

Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...

 and the Riverside Golf Course. It also contains Delfin Island, a residential island within Boating Lake.

West Lakes has an irregular shape and shares borders with Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide

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, Queenstown

Queenstown, South Australia

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, Royal Park

Royal Park, South Australia

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, Seaton

Seaton, South Australia

Seaton is a suburb in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located as one of western suburbs near West Lakes and Royal Park.-History:The first Seaton Post Office opened on 1 September 1965, renamed from Seaton Park; in 1991 it closed and was replaced by the second office renamed from Seaton...

, Grange

Grange, South Australia

Grange is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.-History:Originally called The Grange, the suburb is named after Captain Charles Sturt's cottage, which stood on of farmland...

, Tennyson

Tennyson, South Australia

Tennyson is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.Tennyson is in the City of Charles Sturt local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Lee and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Hindmarsh....

 and West Lakes Shore

West Lakes Shore, South Australia

West Lakes Shore is a suburb of Adelaide, located in the City of Charles Sturt local government area. It is around 10km west northwest of the city centre, near a set of artificial lakes, and only a kilometre from Gulf St Vincent....

.

The counted population on the night of the 2001 census

Census

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 was 5,940.

History

West Lakes was built by property developer Delfin (now Delfin-LendLease

Lend Lease Corporation

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) from reclaimed land during the 1970s. Development earthworks commenced in September 1970 and West Lakes was officially opened on 18 March 1977 by the Hon Des Corcoran

Des Corcoran

James Desmond "Des" Corcoran AO was an Australian politician. He was the 37th Premier of South Australia, serving between 15 February 1979 and 18 September 1979....

, MP, Deputy Premier and Minister of Marine. West Lakes Post Office had opened on 27 August 1975.

External links

• West Lakes - Summary of historical information relevant to the dispersal of sludge from the South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA).