Hectorville, South Australia

Hectorville is a small suburb of Adelaide in the City of Campbelltown, one of eight suburbs within the city. The public primary school, East Torrens Primary and Catholic primary school, St Joseph's School, Hectorville, is located within the suburb.

Hectorville Adelaide, South Australia
Population	4,241 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1855
Postcode(s)	5073
LGA(s)	City of Campbelltown
Suburbs around Hectorville: Glynde Campbelltown Newton Payneham Hectorville Rostrevor Firle Tranmere Magill

History

The suburb was laid out by P. B. Coglin in 1855 on land he owned, and named for John Hector (c. 1788 – 31 July 1863), accountant of the Savings Bank of South Australia.^[2]

The first house in Hectorville was built by Price Maurice in 1849 next to Fourth Creek.^[3] The land was sold and became a suburb in 1855.^[4]

Hectorville's original Catholic parish church was built in 1863.^[5]

Thomas Binns Robson purchased 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land at Hectorville, naming it "Ellythorp" and established extensive orchards and vineyards for fresh and dried fruit production.^[6]

On 29 April 2011, Hectorville was the scene of the 2011 Hectorville siege, in which a gunman shot dead three members of a family, as well as wounding two police officers, one critically.^[7]

Notable people

• Australian singer/songwriter Greg Champion grew up in Hectorville, after moving from Benalla.