Glenunga (34°57′ S 138°38′ E) is a small suburb located in the City of Burnside in Adelaide around 2 km south-east from the Adelaide city centre. The name Glenunga is taken from an Aboriginal language and was given to the area by the natives before European settlement. It is unknown what the word means. Burnside is one of the more cultural cities in South Australia with a popluation of more than 3 million. ... Adelaide skyline as seen from Victoria Square The Adelaide CBD as seen from the Mount Lofty Ranges Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ...

Bounded on the north by Windsor Road, the east by Portrush Road, the south-west by Glen Osmond Road and the west by Conyngham Street, it forms a rough triangular layout.

Reserves and Parks

Due to the small size of the suburb itself, there is only one main park - Glenunga Reserve which also contains Webb Oval, which is used by the adjacent Glenunga International High School. Glenunga International High School (Glenunga) is one of the leading publically funded schools in South Australia. ...

The suburb is very leafy with many trees which make up for the lack of parks and reserves. There are parks in nearby Glen Osmond, such as the popular Ridge Park.

Schools and Churches

The suburb is home to the internationally accredited Glenunga International High School located between Conyngham Street and L'Estrange Street. There is a small Lutheran church also located on the corner of L'Estrange St and Bevington Road. The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ...

Residents

The suburb is home to a number of families and retirees of predominately Anglo-Celtic background. Much of the suburb is fairly upper-middle class. Anglo-Celtic is a racial or cultural category, used to describe the majority of the Caucasian population of Australia. ...

Government

Glenunga is in the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Unley and the federal Division of Sturt. The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of South Australia. ... Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... The Division of Sturt is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. ...

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