Mawson Lakes, South Australia
| Mawson Lakes Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Entrance to The Cascades residential village from Salisbury Highway, Mawson Lakes | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 13,794 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5095 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6.37 km2 (2.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 12 km (7 mi) from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Salisbury | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Playford | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Makin | ||||||||||||||
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Mawson Lakes is a residential suburb in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, Australia. Named in honour of Sir Douglas Mawson, it is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, approx. 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the Adelaide CBD.
Much of the suburb was previously known as The Levels, a sheep breeding establishment founded by artist and pastoralist Edward John Pitts around 1876, and also a campus of the University of South Australia.
In 1998, Delfin (later acquired by, and subsumed into, Lendlease) entered into a partnership with the Government of South Australia and the City of Salisbury to redevelop most of the area into a mixed-use, largely self-contained suburb featuring housing, retail, commercial and education precincts.
Similar to the large tidal lake at West Lakes, Mawson Lakes features the 7-hectare (17-acre) Sir Douglas Mawson Lake, a recreation lake which is the centrepiece of the residential portion of the development — and forms part of the suburb's namesake.