Glengowrie, South Australia
Glengowrie | |||||||||||||
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Hazelmere Reserve on the south-eastern boundary of Glengowrie | |||||||||||||
Glengowrie Location in greater metropolitan Adelaide | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.9 km2 (0.73 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 5,767 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5044 | ||||||||||||
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Glengowrie (/ɡlɛnˈɡaʊri/) is a suburb of the Australian city of Adelaide, approximately 12 kilometres south west of the city centre. The name Glengowrie means "Glen of Gowrie", so called in honour of Lord Gowrie (formerly, Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven), Governor-General of Australia from 1936 to 1944.