Where did the Lithuanian's live?
Pimpe residence, Fifth Ave, Woodville Gardens. New house in the background. I have often wondered where all the Lithuanian lived when they first arrived in Adelaide. I wondered if they tended to live in close proximity to each other, if they socialised together? In an attempt to better understand the community I plotted 472 Lithuanian residences in 1963 using Google maps. Why 1963? I had access to a Sands and McDougall directory. It confirmed what I presumed but raised more questions. I had presumed that there would be clusters of Lithuanian's, and assumed that they would know of each others presence if they lived close by. I knew that there was a cluster in the Woodville Gardens area and Edwardstown. I assumed that many built their own house and lived in the same house pretty much until they died. Woodville’s population almost doubled between 1947 and 1961, from 38 to 71 000. There had been a change from a predominately Au...
