Ferryden Park, South Australia

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Ferryden Park | city = Adelaide | state = sa | image = RichardDayReserve.jpg | caption = Richard Day Reserve, facing south-east from York Terrace | alternative_location_map = Australia SA inner Adelaide | pushpin_map_caption = Location in greater metropolitan [[Adelaide]] |coordinates={{Coord|34.864|S|138.557|E|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-SA|display=title}} | lga = City of Port Adelaide Enfield | postcode = 5010 | est = 1924 | pop =  | area = 1.2 | stategov = [[Electoral district of Croydon (South Australia)|Croydon]] | fedgov = [[Division of Adelaide|Adelaide]] | near-n = [[Angle Park, South Australia|Angle Park]] | near-ne = [[Regency Park, South Australia|Regency Park]] | near-e = [[Regency Park, South Australia|Regency Park]] | near-se = [[Devon Park, South Australia|Devon Park]] | near-s = [[Croydon Park, South Australia|Croydon Park]] | near-sw = [[Kilkenny, South Australia|Kilkenny]] | near-w = [[Woodville Gardens, South Australia|Woodville Gardens]] | near-nw = [[Mansfield Park, South Australia|Mansfield Park]] | dist1 = 7.5 | location1= Adelaide }}

'''Ferryden Park''' (postcode 5010) is a north-western [[suburb]] of [[Adelaide]] 6.3 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, South Australia|Kilkenny]], [[Angle Park, South Australia|Angle Park]], [[Woodville Gardens, South Australia|Woodville Gardens]], [[Croydon Park, South Australia|Croydon Park]], and [[Regency Park, South Australia|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 derives from the seaport village of [[Ferryden]] on the southern fringe of [[Montrose, Angus|Montrose]], Scotland.<ref name="ManningIndex">{{Cite web |url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/f/f2.htm |title=Place Names of South Australia - F |work=The Manning Index of South Australian History |publisher=Government of South Australia}}</ref> This was the port from which the family of the suburb's founder, William Duthie, emigrated in the 1850s.<ref name="ManningIndex"/> The suburb contains many street names deriving from traditional Scottish place and family names, such as ''Montrose'', ''[[Orkney]]'', ''[[Nairn]]'', ''[[Macdonald (name)|McDonald]]'', ''McRostie'' and ''[[Clan Maclachlan|Lachlan]]''.

== History == [[File:Ferryden park.jpg|thumb|Ferryden Park streetscape in 2008, seven years after the commencement of the urban rejuvenation project]] 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, South Australia|Tam O'Shanter Belt]].<ref name="ManningIndex"/> Duthie resided on Islington Road (now Regency Road) and was later a councillor and chairman of [[District Council of Yatala South|Yatala South council]] representing the West Ward, also known as Tam O'Shanter Ward.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133064105 |title=BEFORE THE PUBLIC |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=XX |issue=2,994 |location=South Australia |date=21 February 1933 |accessdate=28 March 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://images.portenf.sa.gov.au/book/LocalHistory/Histories/Enfield/DistrictCouncilofEnfieldHistoricalRecords/1853-1935/22/ |title=District Council of Enfield Historical Record 1853–1935 |publisher=City of Port Adelaide Enfield |accessdate=28 March 2019 |page=24}}</ref> Prior to the Second World War, the area was known as [[Croydon Park, South Australia|Croydon Park]], being part of the present-day suburb of that name, to the south. It mainly consisted of pastures and open land and was named Ferryden Park in 1943.<ref name="PlbCroydonPark">{{Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |title=Placename Details: Croydon Park |id=SA0017013 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=11 March 2009 |accessdate=8 December 2017 |quote=In 1943 portion was renamed to Ferryden Park. |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1947, plans were approved for 80 pairs of SA Housing Trust cottages to be constructed in the vicinity of McRostie and Coker Streets.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30528049?searchTerm=ferryden |accessdate=2 October 2015 |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=13 May 1947 |title=Approval of Building Plans |location=Adelaide}}</ref>

In the 1990s, plans were made for the ''Westwood Urban Renewal Project'', of which [[Angle Park, South Australia|Angle Park]], [[Mansfield Park, South Australia|Mansfield Park]], [[Woodville Gardens, South Australia|Woodville Gardens]], and [[Athol Park, South Australia|Athol Park]] are also a part.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/government/entity/1348 |publisher=Government of South Australia |title=Westwood Urban Renewal Project Committee |accessdate=5 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319154551/http://www.sa.gov.au/government/entity/1348 |archivedate=19 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westwoodsa.com.au |title=Westwood |publisher=Urban Pacific |accessdate=5 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218005243/http://www.westwoodsa.com.au/ |archivedate=18 February 2011}}</ref> Ferryden Park was the first suburb to be rejuvenated as part of the project.

== Demographics == Ferryden Park is home to a large immigrant population. {{As of|2016}} 47% of the population was born outside Australia.<ref name="Census2016">{{Cite web |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2016/SSC40429 |work=2016 Census |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |title=2016 Census Community Profiles: Ferryden Park - Code SSC40429 (SSC) |accessdate=17 June 2022}}</ref>

The initial settlement of the suburb coincided with a large wave of immigrants from Eastern Europe arriving in Australia, following the Second World War.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} Although most of their children have moved on, a large number of immigrant retirees still live in the area.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} This was reflected in the peak enrolment at [[Ferryden Park Primary School]] in 1959: 639 students.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} Another wave of immigration occurred in the 1980s, when Vietnamese immigrants arrived after the [[Vietnam War]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} {{As of|2016}} 15% of residents were born in [[Vietnam]] and 22% of residents preferred to speak [[Vietnamese language]] at home.<ref name="Census2016"/>

{{As of|2016}} more than half of the population is from a non-Anglophone background, with 59% preferring to speak a language other than English at home.<ref name="Census2016"/>

== Government == Ferryden Park is located within the federal seat of [[Division of Adelaide|Adelaide]]. It is a distinctly pro-[[Australian Labor Party]] suburb, with the Ferryden Park Primary School booth recording the second highest two-party-preferred (TPP) vote in the state for the ALP at the 1998, 2001 and 2004 federal elections, garnering more than 75% on each occasion.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} At the 2011 and 2014 elections, after the Ferryden Park polling place had closed, the polling booth in the neighbouring suburb of Woodville Gardens on its west recorded the second highest TPP votes for the ALP.<ref>Woodville Gardens (adjacent suburb to the west) polling place recorded a two-party-preferred vote of 77.2% for the ALP (56% primary vote), second only to the [[Pennington, South Australia|Pennington]] polling place's 78.1% TPP vote for ALP. Sources: [http://results.aec.gov.au/17496/Website/Downloads/HouseStateFirstPrefsByPollingPlaceDownload-17496-SA.csv AEC: First Preferences By Candidate By Polling Place - SA (CSV 479 KB)]; [http://results.aec.gov.au/17496/Website/External/HouseTcpFlowByPPDownload-17496-SA.zip AEC: Two Candidate Preferred Flow of Preferences By Polling Place - SA (ZIP 88 KB)]</ref>

Ferryden Park has been in the state government electorate of [[Electoral district of Croydon (South Australia)|Croydon]], in part since 2015 and in its entirety since 2018. Previously it was in the [[Electoral district of Enfield]]. Ferryden Park is governed locally by the [[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]] being located in that council's Parks ward.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/PAE_spot_WardMap2006_CTP.pdf |publisher=City of Port Adelaide Enfield |accessdate=28 March 2011 |title=City of Port Adelaide Enfield: Ward Boundary Map |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329224816/http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/PAE_spot_WardMap2006_CTP.pdf |archivedate=29 March 2011}}</ref> Before 1996, Ferryden Park was in the south west of the [[City of Enfield]] council area.

== Facilities == [[File:Ferryden Park aerial view.png|thumb|left|Aerial view of Ferryden Park showing suburb boundaries]] There is a small shopping complex along Ridley Grove, including the Ferryden Park post office.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} The Parks Community Centre in adjoining [[Angle Park, South Australia|Angle Park]] provides a library, health centre, gym and fitness centre, swimming complex, council office, and other community services.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}

===Schools=== The [[Ferryden Park Primary School]] closed in a merger with other nearby schools in 2010 to form [[Woodville Gardens School]]. It was established in the 1953<ref name="ManningIndex"/> with around 300–400 students, with enrolment peaking in that decade at over 600.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} From 2011 the suburb has been served by the newly formed Woodville Gardens B-7 School for primary school aged children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.educationworks.sa.edu.au/files/links/Newsletter_5_3.pdf |title=Woodville Gardens School Birth to Year 7 Newsletter November 23, 2010 |date=23 November 2010 |publisher=Department of Education and Children's Services, Government of South Australia |accessdate=28 March 2011 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.educationworks.sa.edu.au/files/links/Newsletter_December_and_De.pdf |title=Woodville Gardens School Birth to Year 7 Newsletter December 2010 |date=December 2010 |publisher=Department of Education and Children's Services, Government of South Australia |accessdate=28 March 2011 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} From 1996 to 2006, the local zoned high school was [[Croydon High School (South Australia)|Croydon High School]], in [[Croydon, South Australia|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 (South Australia)|Woodville High School]] or schools in the city centre. As a result, Croydon High was forced to close in 2006.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

===Transport=== Liberty Grove is served by the 251 and 252 bus services,<ref name="Route_251_252">{{Cite web |url=http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes/251 |title=251, 252 Port Adelaide Interchange & Mansfield Park to Arndale Centre Interchange & city |work=AdelaideMetro.com.au |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=23 July 2017 |accessdate=13 September 2017}}</ref> while the 239 bus service travels along Coker Street and Days Road. The 300 Suburban Connector bus services Regency Road<ref name="Route_300">{{Cite web |url=http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes/300 |title=Arndale Centre Interchange clockwise & anti-clockwise Suburban Connector |work=AdelaideMetro.com.au |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=23 July 2017 |accessdate=13 September 2017}}</ref> along with the city-bound 230 and 232 bus routes.<ref name="MetroMap2017">{{Cite web |url=http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/content/download/706450/3718946/version/1/file/17031_AM_NetworkMap_Jan2017_WEB.pdf |title=Adelaide network map |work=AdelaideMetro.com.au |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=29 January 2017 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |archive-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013094123/http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/content/download/706450/3718946/version/1/file/17031_AM_NetworkMap_Jan2017_WEB.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:FerrydenParkReserve.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Ferryden Park Reserve, facing north west from the intersection of Montrose and Sutherland streets]]

===Parks and reserves=== Ferryden Park contains several parks and reserves. The largest is Ferryden Park Reserve,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?c=39636 |publisher=[[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]] |title=Ferryden Park Reserve |accessdate=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135223/http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?c=39636 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> bordered north, east and south by Wiloughby Street, Sutherland Road and Montrose Street, followed by Richard Day Reserve,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?c=39746 |publisher=[[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]] |title=Richard Day Reserve |accessdate=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135059/http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?c=39746 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 Olympic]] [[football (soccer)]] club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sacommunity.org/org/207356-Adelaide_Olympic_Football_Club |title=Adelaide Olympic Football Club |work=SACommunity.org |publisher=Connecting Up Australia |accessdate=28 January 2011}}</ref> Other parks in the suburb include Tao Dan Reserve (Sutherland Road),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?c=39771 |publisher=[[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]] |title=Tao Dan Reserve |accessdate=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135155/http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?c=39771 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Mikawomma Reserve]] (Ridley Grove)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?c=39714 |publisher=[[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]] |title=Mikawomma Reserve |accessdate=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135130/http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?c=39714 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Shillabeer Reserve (Mcrostie Street).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?c=39755 |publisher=[[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]] |title=Shillabeer Reserve |accessdate=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135250/http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?c=39755 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Residents== * [[Charlie Walsh]], previous long-serving coach of the Australian Olympic track cycling team, grew up in Ferryden Park * [[Bruce McAvaney]], AFL, Olympics and horseracing commentator on the [[Seven Network]], grew up in Ferryden Park

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==Further reading== # {{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=H. John |title=Enfield and the northern villages |publisher=The Corporation of the City of Enfield |year=1985 |isbn=978-0-85864-090-0}} {{Commons category}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Adelaide]]