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Golden Grove, South Australia
Golden Grove is an outer north-eastern suburb of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Tea Tree Gully. It is adjacent to Wynn Vale , Surrey Downs , Greenwith , Yatla Vale , Gould Creek , Upper Hermitage , Fairview Park , and Salisbury East . The post code for Golden Grove is 5125.
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History
Golden Grove was founded by Captain Adam Robertson who named it after the last ship he commanded. Captain Robertson and his wife arrived in South Australia in September 1839 . He donated an acre (4,000 m²) of land to people of the area in order for them to build a school they were planning and allowed it to be named Golden Grove.
In 1930, the Golden Grove house and farm were sold. Most of the estate was later purchase by a sand mining company, Boral, in 1972. In 1973 the South Australian Land Commission started to acquire land in the area for housing and later in 1983 the South Australian Urban Land Trust contracted Delfin to develop the land. Construction started in 1985 and the area boomed with over 200 allotments sold in one week, the last being finally sold in 2002.
Facilities
There are three major high schools in the area including Pedare Christian College, Gleeson High School and Golden Grove High School. They are linked together in a complex that also includes the Golden Grove Recreation Centre.
The Golden Grove Village Shopping Centre is an adequate place to shop and includes major outlets such as Woolworths, Baby Target
Transport
There is a rather busy bus stop situated on the site of the Village Shopping Centre, which has been proposed to extend the Adelaide O-Bahn from the Tea Tree Plaza Interchange. Main roads that pass through or border Golden Grove include The Golden Way, The Grove Way and Golden Grove Road, which can lead to major confusion!
Quality of lifestyle
Lifestyle in Golden Grove is modern yet pleasant and active. There are many grassy areas, good views and places to walk. You quite often see people out for walks with their dogs while driving along Grenfell Road in neighbouring Wynn Vale. The streets are windy and well-maintained and gardened. Golden Grove is quite a posh suburb with good housing, especially so for the north-eastern suburbs.
Crime
Crime rates are generally low. Due to a lengthy lobby by residents, there are plans for a new police station to be built due to slow response times from Holden Hill Police Station when a patrol car has not been in the vicinity.
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