Regency Park, South Australia
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Regency Park Adelaide, South Australia |
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| Postcode(s) | 5010 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 8 km (5 mi) from Adelaide GPO | ||||||||||||
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Regency Park is an inner-northern suburb of Adelaide, 8 km from the City Centre, in the state of South Australia, Australia. It is located in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, and is adjacent to Wingfield, Angle Park, Ferryden Park, Kilburn, Prospect, Dudley Park and Croydon Park. It is bounded to the north by Grand Junction Road, east by the Gawler train line, south by Regency Road and to the west by Days and 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.
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. 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, due to the inexpensive and high quantity of (undeveloped) land in the area, it was acquired by the City of Adelaide for the purpose of constructing the Islington Sewage Farm. The sewage farm commenced operation in 1881. In 1948, a concrete watercourse was extended to North Arm Creek (Port River) and the post-war population boom saw the sewage farm overloaded and raw sewerage diverted to the North Arm Creek. Plans for a new sewerage works for Adelaide commenced in 1960 and the treatment of sewerage was relocated to Bolivar Sewage Treatment Works in 1966. The old Islington Sewage Farm was subsequently closed and the land fell into disuse. The new suburb of Regency Park was created on the site, named in honour of Queen Elizabeth II (the regent) on her first ever visit to Adelaide in 1970.
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