Ferryden Park, South Australia
Encyclopedia
Ferryden Park is a north-western suburb
of Adelaide
9km 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 Ferryden derives from a seaport village on the fringe of Montrose
in 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
.
by William Duthie, dairy man of an area of land known as Tam O'Shanter Belt.
Prior to the Second World War, Ferryden Park mainly consisted of pastures, and open land. Its development as a residential area coincided with the post-war boom in the 1950s. 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. From 2001 this involved the demolition of many properties of the South Australian Housing Trust
which were replaced by private housing, a smaller number of newer, townhouse-style housing trust homes, and new green spaces.
The initial settlement of the suburb coincided with a large wave of immigrants from Eastern Europe arriving in Australia, following the Second World War. Although most of their children have moved on, a large number of immigrant retirees still live in the area. This was reflected in the peak enrolment at Ferryden Park Primary School
in 1959: 639 students. Another wave of immigration occurred in the 1980s, when Vietnamese immigrants arrived after the Vietnam War
. As at the 2006 census 13.2% of residents were born in Vietnam
and 17.5% of residents speak Vietnamese language
at home.
Currently, more than 50% of the population is from a non-English speaking background, with only 45.4% speaking English at home.
. It is the second most pro-Australian Labor Party
area in South Australia, recording the second highest two-party-preferred vote in the state for the ALP at the Ferryden Park Primary School booth at the 1998, 2001 and 2004 federal elections, garnering more than 75% on each occasion. Ferryden Park is in the state government electorate of Enfield
and is governed locally by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield
being located in that council's Parks ward.
provides a library, health centre, gym and fitness centre, swimming complex, council office, and other community services.
closed in a merger with other nearby schools in 2010 to form Woodville Gardens B-7 School. It was established in the 1953 with around 300–400 students, with enrolment peaking in that decade at over 600. From 2011 the suburb has been served by the newly formed Woodville Gardens B-7 School for primary school aged children.
The Parks High School, located adjacent to the Parks Community Centre, was closed in 1996 due to declining enrolments. It was the local zoned high school prior to its closure. From 1996 to 2006, the local zoned high school was Croydon High School, in Croydon
. Towards the end of this period a significant number of the families in the area choose to send their children to other schools, such as Woodville High School
or schools in the city centre. As a result, Croydon High was forced to close in 2006.
along with the city-bound 230, 231 and 232 routes.
football (soccer)
club. Other parks in the suburb include Tao Dan Reserve (Sutherland Road), Inverway Street Reserve, Mikawomma Reserve
(Ridley Grove) and Shillabeer Reserve (Gainsborough Avenue).
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
9km from the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
, in the state of South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Situated in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield
City of Port Adelaide Enfield
The City of Port Adelaide Enfield was established on 1 January 1997 by the amalgamation of the City of Port Adelaide and the City of Enfield, and is one of the larger metropolitan councils within South Australia....
local government area, it is adjacent to Kilkenny
Kilkenny, South Australia
Kilkenny is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.-History:The area incorporating the current suburb of Kilkenny was subdivided in 1849 as the Township of Kilkenny..-Demographics:...
, Angle Park
Angle Park, South Australia
Angle Park is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 10 km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Wingfield, Mansfield Park, Ferryden Park, and Regency Park. The post code for Angle Park is 5010...
, Woodville Gardens
Woodville Gardens, South Australia
Woodville Gardens is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 10km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Woodville North, Mansfield Park, Ferryden Park, and Kilkenny. The post code for Woodville Gardens is 5012...
, Croydon Park
Croydon Park, South Australia
Croydon Park is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 7km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and is within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Dudley Park, Devon Park, Renown Park, Regency Park, Ferryden Park Kilkenny, and West Croydon. The post code for Croydon...
, and Regency Park
Regency Park, South Australia
Regency Park is an inner-northern suburb of Adelaide, 8km from the City Centre, in the state of South Australia, Australia. It is located in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, and is adjacent to Wingfield, Angle Park, Ferryden Park, Kilburn, Prospect, Dudley Park and Croydon 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 Ferryden derives from a seaport village on the fringe of Montrose
Montrose, Angus
Montrose is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is situated 38 miles north of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers...
in 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
Nairn
Nairn is a town and former burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness...
, McDonald
Macdonald
MacDonald, Macdonald, and McDonald are Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic name MacDhòmhnaill. It is a patronym where Mac means "son" and Dhòmhnaill means "of Dòmhnall". The personal name Dòmhnall is composed of the elements domno "world" and val "might", "rule"...
, McRostie and Lachlan
Clan MacLachlan
Clan Maclachlan, also known as Clan Lachlan, is a Highland Scottish clan that historically centred on the lands of Strathlachlan on Loch Fyne, Argyll on the west coast of Scotland...
.
History
Ferryden Park was formed in 1924 by a subdivision of part section 398 of the Hundred of YatalaDistrict Council of Yatala
The District Council of Yatala is a historic local government area of South Australia established in 1853.-Etymology:The council was named after the Hundred of Yatala which was proclaimed in 1846 in the County of Adelaide, Yatala being a word from the Weira group of the Kaurna Aboriginal people...
by William Duthie, dairy man of an area of land known as Tam O'Shanter Belt.
Prior to the Second World War, Ferryden Park mainly consisted of pastures, and open land. Its development as a residential area coincided with the post-war boom in the 1950s. In the 1990s, plans were made for the Westwood Urban Renewal Project, of which Angle Park
Angle Park, South Australia
Angle Park is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 10 km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Wingfield, Mansfield Park, Ferryden Park, and Regency Park. The post code for Angle Park is 5010...
, Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park, South Australia
Mansfield Park is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 10 km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Wingfield, Angle Park, Woodville Gardens, and Athol Park. The postcode for Mansfield Park is 5012. It is bounded...
, Woodville Gardens
Woodville Gardens, South Australia
Woodville Gardens is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 10km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Woodville North, Mansfield Park, Ferryden Park, and Kilkenny. The post code for Woodville Gardens is 5012...
, and Athol Park
Athol Park, South Australia
Athol Park is a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.-Geography:The suburb lies at the western end of Grand Junction Road, which also forms its northern boundary...
are also a part. Ferryden Park was the first suburb to be rejuvenated as part of the project. From 2001 this involved the demolition of many properties of the South Australian Housing Trust
South Australian Housing Trust
The South Australian Housing Trust was a statutory authority established by the of the Government of South Australia responsible for providing low-cost rental housing to working people and their families.-History:...
which were replaced by private housing, a smaller number of newer, townhouse-style housing trust homes, and new green spaces.
Demographics
Ferryden Park is home to a large immigrant population. As at the 2006 census, 42.6% of residents in Ferryden Park (and adjacent Angle and Regency Parks) were born outside Australia.The initial settlement of the suburb coincided with a large wave of immigrants from Eastern Europe arriving in Australia, following the Second World War. Although most of their children have moved on, a large number of immigrant retirees still live in the area. This was reflected in the peak enrolment at Ferryden Park Primary School
Ferryden Park Primary School
Ferryden Park Primary School was a primary school in the Adelaide inner north west suburb of Ferryden Park.In 1959 the student enrolment at the school peaked at 639 students, due in part to the post-war boom of the 1950s....
in 1959: 639 students. Another wave of immigration occurred in the 1980s, when Vietnamese immigrants arrived after the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
. As at the 2006 census 13.2% of residents were born in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and 17.5% of residents speak Vietnamese language
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
at home.
Currently, more than 50% of the population is from a non-English speaking background, with only 45.4% speaking English at home.
Government
Ferryden Park is located within the federal seat of Port AdelaideDivision of Port Adelaide
The Division of Port Adelaide is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of South Australia. It is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, covering the area around the Barker Inlet, part of the Gulf St Vincent. It stretches from St Kilda in the north down to Grange Road, and is roughly...
. It is the second most pro-Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
area in South Australia, recording the second highest two-party-preferred vote in the state for the ALP at the Ferryden Park Primary School booth at the 1998, 2001 and 2004 federal elections, garnering more than 75% on each occasion. Ferryden Park is in the state government electorate of Enfield
Electoral district of Enfield
Enfield is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is a 20 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's inner northern suburbs, taking in the suburbs of Angle Park, Broadview, Clearview, Enfield, Ferryden...
and is governed locally by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield
City of Port Adelaide Enfield
The City of Port Adelaide Enfield was established on 1 January 1997 by the amalgamation of the City of Port Adelaide and the City of Enfield, and is one of the larger metropolitan councils within South Australia....
being located in that council's Parks ward.
Facilities
There is a small shopping complex along Ridley Grove, including the Ferryden Park post office. The Parks Community Centre in adjoining Angle ParkAngle Park, South Australia
Angle Park is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 10 km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Wingfield, Mansfield Park, Ferryden Park, and Regency Park. The post code for Angle Park is 5010...
provides a library, health centre, gym and fitness centre, swimming complex, council office, and other community services.
Schools
The Ferryden Park Primary SchoolFerryden Park Primary School
Ferryden Park Primary School was a primary school in the Adelaide inner north west suburb of Ferryden Park.In 1959 the student enrolment at the school peaked at 639 students, due in part to the post-war boom of the 1950s....
closed in a merger with other nearby schools in 2010 to form Woodville Gardens B-7 School. It was established in the 1953 with around 300–400 students, with enrolment peaking in that decade at over 600. From 2011 the suburb has been served by the newly formed Woodville Gardens B-7 School for primary school aged children.
The Parks High School, located adjacent to the Parks Community Centre, was closed in 1996 due to declining enrolments. It was the local zoned high school prior to its closure. From 1996 to 2006, the local zoned high school was Croydon High School, in Croydon
Croydon, South Australia
Croydon is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.-History:The land on which the suburb now stands was purchased in 1853 by Alfred Watts and Philip Levi. They laid out the Village of Croydon in 1855, comprising Croydon Farm of and lots of...
. Towards the end of this period a significant number of the families in the area choose to send their children to other schools, such as Woodville High School
Woodville High School
Woodville High School may refer to:*Woodville High School — Adelaide, South Australia*Woodville High School — Woodville, Texas*Baldwin-Woodville High School — Baldwin, Wisconsin...
or schools in the city centre. As a result, Croydon High was forced to close in 2006.
Transport
Liberty Grove is served by the 250, 251 and 252 services, while the 239 service travels along Coker Street and Days Road. The 100 Circle Line services Regency RoadRegency Road, Adelaide
Regency Road is a main east-west road connecting the inner northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Located approximately north of the city centre, it spans from Arndale Shopping Centre, Kilkenny in the west to Broadview in the east....
along with the city-bound 230, 231 and 232 routes.
Parks and reserves
Ferryden Park contains several parks and reserves. The largest is Ferryden Park Reserve, bordered north, east and south by Wiloughby Street, Sutherland Road and Montrose Street, followed by Richard Day Reserve, bordered east, south and west by Durham Terrace, Lachlan Street and York Terrace respectively. Ferryden Park Reserve contains an all-purpose sports oval and is the home of the Adelaide OlympicAdelaide Olympic
Adelaide Olympic F.C. is a football club from Adelaide, South Australia.- Adelaide Olympic Facts :Name Changes:*In 1989 the club changed its name to Olympians....
football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club. Other parks in the suburb include Tao Dan Reserve (Sutherland Road), Inverway Street Reserve, Mikawomma Reserve
Mikawomma Reserve
The Mikawomma Reserve is found in the suburb of Woodville Gardens on the corner of Liberty Grove & Ridley Grove in South Australia, Australia. Mikawomma is the Kaurna name for the plain that lies between Adelaide and Port Adelaide. Mikawommangga ngarraitya tikketti burkanna On Mika plain, lived...
(Ridley Grove) and Shillabeer Reserve (Gainsborough Avenue).
Residents
- Charlie WalshCharlie WalshDavid Barry Vivian Walsh, better known just as Charlie Walsh, was the national coach for the Australian Cycling Federation at the Australian Institute of Sport from 1980 to 2001. He oversaw Australia's rise from between 20th and 30th in world track cycling to number one in 1993 and 1994...
, previous long-serving coach of the Australian Olympic track cycling team, grew up in Ferryden Park - Bruce McAvaneyBruce McAvaneyBruce William McAvaney OAM is an Australian sports broadcaster with the Seven Network, well-known for his commentary of Australian rules football matches as well as covering every Summer Olympic Games from Moscow 1980 until Beijing 2008.- Early years :The son of an Adelaide accountant, McAvaney...
, Olympics and horseracing commentator on the Seven NetworkSeven NetworkThe Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
, grew up in Ferryden Park