Regency Park, South Australia

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Coordinates: 34°51′36″S 138°34′12″E / 34.860°S 138.570°E / -34.860; 138.570
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Regency Park
Federal division(s)
Adelaide
Suburbs around Regency Park:
Wingfield Wingfield Cavan
Angle Park, Ferryden Park Regency Park Kilburn
Croydon Park Croydon Park, Dudley Park Prospect

Regency Park is an inner-northern

South
Roads. The postcode for Regency Park is 5010.

Regency Park is essentially an industrial suburb, consisting of factories, but primarily industrial warehouses. Its streets are dominated by semitrailers.

History

The approximate area of Regency Park was originally called Tam O'Shanter Belt after the ship Tam O'Shanter which was grounded for several days near North Arm in December 1836.[2] The ship passengers walked to North Adelaide and saw the ship behind them over a distinct belt of trees. The southern half of today's suburb of Regency Park was acquired in October 1838 by John Wright, a wealthy English banker, and was subsequently sold to the Tam O'Shanter Land Company. The village of Tam O'Shanter was created and occupied the present area of Regency Park.

Between 1850 and 1860, a school, and The Freshwater Springs hotel was constructed. It was a semi-rural area, producing mainly vegetables and dairy products. In 1879 land that is now Regency Park was acquired by the

isit to Adelaide in 1970.[3]

Regency Park was subdivided by the Government for light industry in four phrases between 1975 and 1981. In 1981

Sunnybrae Farm, 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres) of land remaining from the subdivisions, was transferred to the City of Enfield and declared a Historic Conservation and Recreation Centre. The Enfield & Districts Historical Society was incorporated in 1982 and the old farm buildings at Sunnybrae were restored by the society in partnership with the council. The site now houses a function centre and includes a museum originally created by the historical society.[4]

Commercial, educational and administrative facilities

The largest family owned Australian brewery,

South Road and Regency Road
in Regency Park in 2001.

The Regency Campus of

TAFE SA
(formerly the Regency Institute of TAFE, and earlier title, Regency Park Community College) is located in Regency Park along with a special school for children with a mental disability.

Due to the heavy presence of commercial shipping in Regency Park, there is a Transport SA office in the suburb catering largely for the semi trailers associated with the local industry.

Tourism, sport and recreation facilities

Islington Sewage Farm Straining Shed, facing east in the late 19th century

The historic

Sunnybrae Farm Complex on Naweena Road and are both listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[5][6]
From 1995 until 2012 the Enfield & District Historical Society operated a history museum at the Sunnybrae complex after which time the property passed into private hands.

A large part of Regency Park west of South Road is occupied by the Regency Park Golf Course and adjoining recreation park facilities.[citation needed]

Transport

The 361 bus serves

North-South Motorway
runs through Regency Park. It was recently extended; during this extension, the Regency Road intersection was removed.

Notes

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Regency Park (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "1836 Tam O'Shanter". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Suburbs and subdivisions within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield" (PDF). City of Port Adelaide Enfield. p. 26. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. ^ "History of Sunnybrae Farm". Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Former Straining Shed of Islington Sewage Farm". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Sunnybrae Farm Complex (Part of former Islington Sewage Farm), including Manager's Residence and Dairymen's Quarters, Cheese Room and Cellars, Stables, Cow Shed and Smoke House". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

Sources

Lewis, H.J, Enfield and the northern villages, Corporation of the City of Enfield, 1985

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