1838年11月，蒲庶庇邨部分土地被宣傳為「通往海港的新道路」（英語：fronting the new road to the harbour）並公開發售。[9]早期當地人曾在蒲庶庇一帶種植，但因土壤自然乾燥而失敗，而最近的水源位於多倫士河（英语：River Torrens）。長期以來，蒲庶庇大部份的土地都沒有圍欄，並未有阻止附近地區的牲畜在春天期間於蒲庶庇山丘上進食茂密草。[7]
^Historical Timeline. City of Prospect. [3 June 2016]. （原始内容存档于2019-05-17）. The Kaurna people lived in small bands across the Adelaide Plains, including the Prospect area, prior to the European settlement.
^Location. City of Prospect. [3 June 2016]. （原始内容存档于2019-05-17）.
^ 12.012.1Marsden, Susan. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNCILS to 1936(PDF). 2012 [2020-03-25]. （原始内容(PDF)存档于2016-03-17）. [In 1868,] Prospect ratepayers [...] believed they were not getting their fair share of roadworks, and that the council office was too far away at Gepps Cross. Led by council member James Harrington, Prospect Village residents petitioned for separation, and 1 August 1872 part was severed to form the new DC of Prospect.
^Past eventful, present is progressive. Prospect supplement—eight pages in News63 (9,689) (Adelaide, South Australia). 31 August 1954: 18 [2 June 2016] –通过National Library of Australia. In the 1880s there was a land boom in Prospect, and many new subdivisions were made. New houses were built and the settlement seemed headed for prosperity. The nineties saw a collapse of land values and vacant houses, were available for letting at a few shillings a week.
关于南澳州蒲庶庇市中心，请见「蒲庶庇」。
