BURTON, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

'Burton' () is a small residential suburb approximately 21 kilometres north of the CBD of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located five kilometres north-west of Salisbury in the flat terrain of the Adelaide Plains. The suburb contains two wetland reserves, including Kaurna Park.

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History

Aboriginal settlement

European settlement

School

Transport

Environment

Wodliparri Trail at Kaurna Park

Residents

See also

References

External links

History

Aboriginal settlement

The Indigenous Australian Kaurna people occupied the land of Burton and surrounding Adelaide Plains area prior to European settlement. Before 1836 the population of Kaurna had been seriously depleted with the spread of smallpox from the eastern states. Settlers on the Hill, A Local History of Para Hills, City of Salisbury, , , City of Salisbury, South Australia, 1985, In 1836, with the arrival of European settlers in South Australia, the spread of disease further killed off the rest of the Kaurna population. Kudnarto, In loving memory of my mother-in-law Anaseini Didrua Barrack

European settlement

Unknown.

School

Burton Primary (R-7) is a local school which opened in 1990. It educates over 400 students each year. The students mainly come from low socio-economic backgrounds. In 2006, 30+% of the student population were School Card Holders. 40% of the student population came from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds
and 15 nationalities were represented at the school. English as a Second Language (ESL) programs were given a high priority as were Maintenance of Mother Tongue (MTM). The two MTM languages offered were
Khmer and Vietnamese.
Burton Primary was selected as an Apple Distinguished School, one of only 29 schools nationally. The Burton Bears is the school football team, which participates in weekend matches against other local schools. 2006 School Contect Statement : Burton Primary School

Transport

74.20% Burton residents drove, or were passengers in, a car to work. 3.93% of people caught public transport to work, and 1.15% walked.
Public Transport in Burton is serviced by Adelaide Metro. Three main bus services pass through the streets of Burton:

★ '401/402'

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★ Travels between Salisbury Interchange and Paralowie Shopping Centre

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★ Waterloo Corner Road

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★ Barton Crescent

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★ Kensington Way

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★ Burton Road

★ '411/412'

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★ Travels between Salisbury Interchange and Mawson Interchange

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★ Burton Road

★ '900'

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★ Travels between Salisbury Interchange and Virginia

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★ Only Operates 5 times a day, Monday - Friday

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★ Waterloo Corner Road

Environment

Wodliparri Trail at Kaurna Park

Kaurna Park is an Urban wetland, which was created from degraded farming land. The park was named after the Kaurna, a group of Indigenous Australians who traditionally owned the local land. The Wodliparri is a river that flows into the wetlands. Wodliparri is the Kaurna name for the Milky Way. City of Salisbury - Wodliparri Trail
The park site contains winding trails with a series of board walks, which leads visitors across a series of channels and through a growing array of native flora. The wetland is both a home and stopping point for a number of animals, birds and other fauna.
The City of Salisbury and the Kaurna Aboriginal Community worked together to develop an Indigenous interpretive trail at the Kaurna Park wetlands site. The Kaurna Park Project was designed to build community respect for Kaurna culture and history. It is also hoped that Kaurna Park will become a focus for reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Residents

According to the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census, the population of Burton was 3,414 people, in an area of 9.6 square kilometres. The suburb was evenly distributed between genders with 50.44% male residents. The Census showed Burton was a multicultural community with 30.39% of residents born in the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Poland, Italy, Greece, and various other countries.
In 2001 45.56% of Burton residents were of Christian faith, primarily Catholic. 22.85% of people claimed to follow no religion, and 16.90% were Buddhist. Almost all dwellings in the suburb were Separate house with 99.36% of dwellings in this form. The suburb had an unemployment rate of 13.59%, which is greater than the state average. The Median age of residents was 27. The Median weekly individual income was $300-$399 and the median weekly household income was $700-$799.

See also

★ List of Adelaide suburbs

References

External links

★ Burton Primary School

★ City of Salisbury website

★ Springbank Waters housing estate