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...

Blackwood Hill Reserve is on Trevor Terrace adjacent to the Blackwood Oval. Magpie Creek runs through the reserve which adjoins the Sturt...

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...

The Belair National Park was a popular escape from the plains in the summer heat. In 1910 The Register commented that the Park was...

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...

Sturt Gorge Recreation Park lies in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, 13 kilometres south of Adelaide and has entry points at...

Looking north up Waite Street from the water tower, 1958. Alex Moncrieff recalls the area having lots of hedges, gates and fences with...

The Kaurna people knew the area around Hannaford Reserve as piraldi (pira meaning moon, shaven or bald) and ldi (meaning beyond). The...

The development of Wittunga began in 1902 when Edwin Ashby, a real estate agent, settled on 21 acres of property in the Blackwood area....