Ferryden Park, South Australia
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Ferryden Park Adelaide, South Australia |
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Richard Day Reserve, facing south-east from York Terrace
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| Postcode(s) | 5010 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 9 km (6 mi) from Adelaide | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Port Adelaide Enfield | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Enfield | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Port Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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Ferryden Park (postcode 5010) is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 9 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 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.
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. 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 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. 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.
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