There is also Flagstaff Hill (as a geographical feature), one near Burra

Burra, South Australia

Burra is a pastoral centre and historic tourist town in the mid-north of South Australia. It lies east of the Clare Valley in the Bald Hills range, part of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges, and on Burra Creek. The town began as a single company mining township that, by 1851, was a set of townships ...

 (33°38′S 138°53′E and Renmark

Renmark, South Australia

Renmark is a town in South Australia's rural Riverland area, and is located 254 km northeast of Adelaide, on the banks of the River Murray. The Sturt Highway between Adelaide and Sydney runs through the town; Renmark is the last major town encountered in South Australia when driving this route. It...

 (34°26′S 140°29′E in South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

Flagstaff Hill is a suburb in the City of Onkaparinga

City of Onkaparinga

The City of Onkaparinga is a local government area located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the Onkaparinga River, whose name comes from Ngangkiparinga, a Kaurna word meaning "The Women's River"...

 local government area. It is named after the hill by that name in the area, where Colonel William Light

William Light

Colonel William Light was a British military officer and the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia...

 erected a flagstaff during his survey, which was then used as a trig point

Trig point

A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity...

. Flagstaff Hill is a leafy suburb established around the Sturt Gorge Recreation Park

Sturt Gorge Recreation Park

The Sturt Gorge Recreation Park is located in Bellevue Heights, South Australia. It channels the Sturt River down to the Adelaide Plains....

, maintaining many parks and reserves throughout the suburb.

History

Colonel William Light's survey teams worked south from Adelaide throughout 1838 and 1839, leaving various marks across the landscape. One such mark was a trig point or flagstaff that was left at a grid reference of 783 192. By 1842, the area near this trig point was called the Flagstaff.

During the late nineteenth century, the Flagstaff was located in a farming and grazing region. In the 1960s, some of the land near the Flagstaff had been earmarked for suburban development.

In 1960, Hooker Rex Estates began purchasing land in the region for subdivision and over the next decade had accumulated nearly two hundred hectares. Blocks were first subdivided in the vicinity of a golf course, planners also provided an oval and recreation facilities. The first 130 blocks were released in April 1967 and sold rapidly. By 1984, all developed land had been sold.

From 1985 the suburb was extended when a portion of Minda Home’s Craigburn Farm was subdivided by Essington Ltd. This division was spoken of as ‘landmark residential development’, due to the retention of large trees and waterways and subdivisions that fitted with the shape and orientation of the land.

Amenities

Facilities in Flagstaff Hill include:

• Flagstaff Hill Primary School (www.flagstaff.sa.edu.au)
• Craigburn primary School
• Kindergartens
• Flagstaff Hill Golf Course
• Flagstaff Hill Sports and Community Centre
• Flagstaff Hill Scout and Guide Complex
• Sturt Gorge Recreation Park
• Shopping Centre

The shopping centre facilities consists of a gift store/florist, fish and chippery

Fish and chips

Fish and chips is a popular take-away food in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada...

, real estate agent, bakery, post office/newsagent, chemist, butcher, hairdressers salon, Foodland

IGA (Australian supermarket group)

Independent Grocers of Australia, or IGA, is a chain of independent supermarkets in Australia. It is the local variant of the international Independent Grocers Association...

 supermarket, IMVS pathology clinic and a Cellarbrations bottle-shop.

Federal

Flagstaff Hill is covered by one Federal Electoral Division, the federal

Australian House of Representatives

The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....

 Division of Boothby

Division of Boothby

The Division of Boothby is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named after William Boothby , the Returning Officer for the first election of Members of the House of Representatives in 1901....

, whose representative is Dr Andrew Southcott

Andrew Southcott

Andrew John Southcott MP is an Australian politician and medical practitioner. He has been the Liberal Party member for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Boothby, South Australia, since the 1996 election.-Early life:...

.(Liberal Party)

State

Flagstaff Hill is covered by two State Electoral Divisions the state electoral district of Fisher

Electoral district of Fisher

Fisher is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after James Fisher, a colonial politician and the first mayor of Adelaide...

, whose current member is Dr. Bob Such

Bob Such

Robert Bruce "Bob" Such , Australian politician, is the member for the seat of Fisher in the South Australian House of Assembly, as an independent since 2000, and as member of the Liberal Party member from the 1989 election to 2000....

 (Independent) and the state electoral district of Davenport

Electoral district of Davenport

Davenport is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after nineteenth-century pioneer and politician Sir Samuel Davenport. Davenport is a 37.4 km² electorate covering part of outer suburban Adelaide and the southern foothills of...

, whose current member is Iain Evans

Iain Evans

Iain Frederick Evans is a South Australian Liberal Party politician. He studied at Heathfield High School and gained a Bachelor Degree for Building Technology from the SA Institute of Technology . Prior to entering politics he managed a family-owned building and retailing business...

 (Liberal Party).

Local

Flagstaff Hill is part of the Thalassa Ward of the City of Onkaparinga

City of Onkaparinga

The City of Onkaparinga is a local government area located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the Onkaparinga River, whose name comes from Ngangkiparinga, a Kaurna word meaning "The Women's River"...

, represented by Councillors Trevor Fletcher, Bill Coomans, Robert de Jonge and Dale Mazzachi.