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Ferryden Park

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City of Port Adelaide Enfield SA, PO Box 110, Ferryden Park, SA 5010
08 8405 6600

Description

Ferryden Park is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 6.3 km from the central business district, in the state of South Australia, Australia.

Ferryden Park is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 6.3 km from the central business district, in the state of South Australia, Australia. Situated in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield local government area, it is adjacent to Kilkenny, Angle Park, Woodville Gardens, Croydon Park, and Regency Park. It is bounded to the north by Murray Street, west by Liberty Grove and Hassell Street, south by Regency Road and to the east by Days Road.

The name derives from the seaport village of Ferryden on the southern fringe of Montrose, Scotland. This was the port from which the family of the suburb's founder, William Duthie, emigrated in the 1850s. The suburb contains many street names deriving from traditional Scottish place and family names, such as Montrose, Orkney, Nairn, McDonald, McRostie and Lachlan.

History

Ferryden Park was formed in 1924 by a subdivision of the west part of section 398 of the Hundred of Yatala by William Duthie. Duthie was a dairy man of an area of land known as Tam O'Shanter Belt. Duthie resided on Islington Road (now Regency Road) and was later a councillor and chairman of Yatala South council representing the West Ward, also known as Tam O'Shanter Ward. Prior to the Second World War, the area was known as Croydon Park, being part of the present-day suburb of that name, to the south. It mainly consisted of pastures and open land and was named Ferryden Park in 1943. In 1947, plans were approved for 80 pairs of SA Housing Trust cottages to be constructed in the vicinity of McRostie and Coker Streets.In the 1990s, plans were made for the Westwood Urban Renewal Project, of which Angle Park, Mansfield Park, Woodville Gardens, and Athol Park are also a part. Ferryden Park was the first suburb to be rejuvenated as part of the project.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +10:30

Area: 1.217 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 14 m

Population number: 4,155

Local Government Area: City of Port Adelaide Enfield

Location

City of Port Adelaide Enfield SA, PO Box 110, Ferryden Park, SA 5010

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Ferryden Park, South Australia

Ferryden Park - Localista

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