It lies just north east of the city centre, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the Adelaide GPO.

"[2] Walkerville was named after one Captain John Walker R. N., who took up land in the district in 1838, two years after the first colonists arrived in South Australia.

[4] Early council meetings were held in a room at the local pub, the Sussex Arms, until 1893 when the foundation stone for the present Town Hall was laid on Walkerville Terrace.

In 1963, it became incorporated as a public library and in 1970 it moved next door into dedicated space within the former Walkerville Police Station.

A tower was also added, with clock donated by the widow of Henry Kent Hughes, and whose bells can still be heard among the streets of Walkerville to this day.