Kensington is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Norwood, Payneham & St Peters council area.

Second Creek runs through and under part of the suburb, which contains many heritage buildings as well as Norwood Swimming Centre and several schools.

17 Wellington Street was built as a pub, the Freemason's Arms, in the 1840s, but closed after the first Robin Hood Hotel opened in 1845,[4] and sold to Mortimer Burman.

Scotland-born builder and artist James Shaw (1815–1881) lodged with Burman in 1859, and the two travelled down the coast to see the wreck of the Admella.

[3] Early settler George Brunskill, who arrived in the colony of South Australia with his family in 1839, leased 67 acres (27 ha) from the South Australia Company, built a home which he called "Sandford" (after his birthplace in Westmorland), and cultivated crops in Kensington, later building more homes.

[2] A Catholic nun, now a saint, Mary MacKillop lived and worked in Kensington from 1872 until 1883, establishing the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart Congregation.

The Mary MacKillop Precinct is located site, and includes a museum, a conference centre, and St Joseph's Chapel.

In 1858 the inn was described as "a public house of brick, 7 rooms, bar, kitchen, stables, sheds and garden"; by 1864 it included a cellar.

Edwin T. Smith, proprietor of Kent Town Brewery, bought the inn, and Benjamin Morey, who served as local councillor in 1863–64, held the licence until October 1878.

Smith improved the building, adding an enclosed area at the front and fitting the interior with cedar woodwork.

[14] Newlyn moved the inn to a new two-storey building on the corner of High Street[14] in 1882, which remained as the Rising Sun Hotel until 1909, although he left proprietorship in 1885.

[21] The internationally renowned visual effects company, Rising Sun Pictures, took its name from the pub[22] after its founders had their first meeting there[23] in 1995.

[14] Kensington lies approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) due east of Adelaide city centre.

[32] It contains a number of large river red gum trees, and has been greatly improved since the 2000s by a revegetation project, undertaken by the Kensington Residents Association (KRA) in association with the council and the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Board.