Welcome to another issue of the Shit Towns of Australia newsletter. This week, by unpopular demand, we’re adding Adelaide to the series of slang maps we’ve been sharing recently (see Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and New Zealand). The series is coming together piece-by-piece and all your suggestions are being noted. What nicknames for suburbs need to be added to future updates, or included on the upcoming maps for Gold Coast, Canberra and Perth? Let us know in the comments and we’ll pass your suggestions on to the mapmaker.
Great research on SA slang names. Very accurate. FYI you had Mclaren vale as ‘the Vale’. Correct, but there’s another nearby place, Mclaren flat. Known as, ‘the Flat’. So we can differentiate - ‘the Vale’ and ‘the Flat’.
"Chadstonia" For the suburb of Chadstone as its a kingdom all of its own where the dominate feature is an ever expanding retail mecca / monolith. Sorta like Vatican city is for Catholics. The Sistine Chapel for those high disposable income devotees.
STOA Newsletter #103
Great research on SA slang names. Very accurate. FYI you had Mclaren vale as ‘the Vale’. Correct, but there’s another nearby place, Mclaren flat. Known as, ‘the Flat’. So we can differentiate - ‘the Vale’ and ‘the Flat’.
I live for your stuff. Not gonna try to drink coffee next time I read it.
"Chadstonia" For the suburb of Chadstone as its a kingdom all of its own where the dominate feature is an ever expanding retail mecca / monolith. Sorta like Vatican city is for Catholics. The Sistine Chapel for those high disposable income devotees.