Women's Memorial Playing Fields
In the early 1950s it was identified that areas for women and girls to participate in sport were lacking and by the fact that only 10% of...
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Blackwood Hill Reserve
Blackwood Hill Reserve is on Trevor Terrace adjacent to the Blackwood Oval. Magpie Creek runs through the reserve which adjoins the Sturt...
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Watiparinga Reserve
Watiparinga is one of the few Kaurna names used in the local area. It means plenty of water or middle creek. Along the creek there are...
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Belair National Park
The Belair National Park was a popular escape from the plains in the summer heat. In 1910 The Register commented that the Park was...
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Hewett Sports Grounds
For the early settlers in the Blackwood district, the church provided not only a place for worship, but also a social hub. By the end of...
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Sturt Gorge
Sturt Gorge Recreation Park lies in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, 13 kilometres south of Adelaide and has entry points at...
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Waite Street Reserve
Looking north up Waite Street from the water tower, 1958. Alex Moncrieff recalls the area having lots of hedges, gates and fences with...
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Hannaford Reserve
The Kaurna people knew the area around Hannaford Reserve as piraldi (pira meaning moon, shaven or bald) and ldi (meaning beyond). The...
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Wittunga
The development of Wittunga began in 1902 when Edwin Ashby, a real estate agent, settled on 21 acres of property in the Blackwood area....
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