Somerton Park, South Australia

Somerton Park
Adelaide, South Australia
Somerton Park; Adelaide, South Australia
	Somerton Park
Coordinates	34°59′43″S 138°31′17″E / 34.99541°S 138.521461°ECoordinates: 34°59′43″S 138°31′17″E / 34.99541°S 138.521461°E
Population	5,537 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	5044
Location	12 km (7 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)	City of Holdfast Bay
State electorate(s)	Gibson; Morphett;
Federal division(s)	Boothby
	Suburbs around Somerton Park:

Somerton Park is a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. The mainly residential seaside suburb is home to the Somerton Park Beach, Sacred Heart College and North Brighton Cemetery.

Somerton Park Post Office opened on 1 July 1947 and closed in 1988.^[2]

Notable residents[]

Phil Walsh (1960–2015), coach of Adelaide Football Club and murder victim^[3]
Beaumont children (b. 1956, 1958, 1961), disappeared at the nearby Glenelg beach in 1966^[4]
Somerton Man, dead man found in Somerton

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Somerton Park (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
^ Thring, Harry (3 July 2015). "Phil Walsh dead after domestic dispute". Australian Football League. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
^ Marshall, Leith (30 October 2014). "Victoria's longest serving prisoner responsible for another child's death". Nine News. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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