Salisbury, South Australia : a history of town and district (DEV No. 30)

This book is part of the Barbara Deverson Collection and is shelved in that Collection's bookshelves.

Salisbury was founded when John Harvey (arrived 'Superb' 1839) began selling town allotments in 1848, from land he had purchased along the Little Para River in the previous year. The town was named after Salisbury in the United Kingdom which was close to his wife's hometown. There is a Wiltshire Street near Park Terrace in the city centre, parallel to John Street. Salisbury started its life as a service centre for the surrounding wheat and hay farms. Salisbury Post Office opened around March 1850