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4.0 ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPONENTS

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4.0 ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPONENTS 4.1.18 Kurrangga/Park 20 Assessment


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Kurrangga/Park 20 Existing Planning / Development Plan Context Kurrangga/Park 20 exists within the South-East Parks Precinct PL11 of the City of Adelaide Development Plan (pp. 433-434). Its ‘Environment’ is described as:

ENVIRONMENT Planting Character and Landscape Design The Eucalypt avenues and boundaries should be maintained along Glen Osmond Road, and reinforced by additional large tree plantings The banks of Park Lands Creek should be regraded to improve safety and amenity and the variation in landform and parkland feature it provides should be acknowledged in its planting character of Eucalyptus species dominant woodland, enclosing playing fields and open grassed areas. Unley Road plantings should be reinforced to reduce the formality of the existing planting, and additional landscaping of the tennis courts in the area between Greenhill, Glen Osmond and Hutt Roads is appropriate. … The perimeter of the Precinct should be heavily planted to strengthen the desired woodland character. Permanent Structures Existing buildings in the Precinct should be rationalised or relocated further from Greenhill Road

No component in Kurrangga/Park 20 is identified in the State Heritage Register. No component in Kurrangga/Park 20 has been identified on the National Trust of South Australia’s Register of Significant Trees. Significant Components and Places The following section summaries any cultural landscape features that possess cultural heritage value in Kurrangga/Park 20: Overall Spatial Patterns The overall Kurrangga/Park 20 retains its original shape and form as devised by Light, and has evidence of substantial tree planting that accord with the spatial and species intent of Brown’s Report (1880) including pathway alignments. Pathways, axial and some sweeping paths have been constructed and planted, however the carriageway drive was not implemented. Perimeter planting appears to have been spatially laid out faithfully including a large mass planting in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 commencing at the ‘South Park Lands Creek’. Introduced sporting facilities appear to have minimally altered the spatial configuration proposed by Brown. Kurrangga/Park 20’s significance is in its contribution to the overall plan by Light and Brown’s Report, and accordingly is contributory. Land Use The land use has shifted from a despoiled grazing wasteland to a park land with the commencement of the tree planting program in 1900 onwards. The introduction of intensive sporting or recreational venues, including the Glover Playground, changed the image of the open expansive woodland by establishing more intensive planting approaches and enabling a change

of land use function to ceremonial and intensive recreational roles. There is significance evident in the historical and recreation roles the Playground serves. Natural Features Responsiveness The relatively flat topography, now heavily visually enclosed by vegetation, provides little significance. The presence of a watercourse through Kurrangga/Park 20 has been largely obscured with the advent of dense closed woodland plantings, with no understorey or middle-storey plantings. The watercourse is a major topographical feature and its banks have been historically regraded to soften its appearance and also address regular flooding and peak flows. Little design attention has been historically applied to the watercourse so it is somewhat obscured within the mass of plantings, yet it was intended to possess a picturesque presence in Kurrangga/Park 20 within Brown’s vision of the locality. Views of the eastern escarpment of the Adelaide Hills can still be obtained from within Kurrangga/Park 20. There are no natural significant features evident except the watercourse.

‘South Park Lands Creek’: the main watercourse, in the south-eastern flank of Kurrangga/Park 20, is an important drainage feature and has been extensively formalised into an open drainage line within the overall Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some design, aesthetic and engineering merit.

Kurrangga/Park 20 Open Drain: a north-south aligned open drainage channel often flanked by Italian Poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) trees. Of some engineering merit.

‘South East Park Lands Creek’: a secondary watercourse, in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20, is an important drainage feature still retaining an un-designed watercourse character. Of some design, aesthetic and engineering merit.

Circulation Networks Prior to Brown’s Report (1880) there is little evidence of any circulation system on Kurrangga/Park 20. Brown noted several desire lines or movement routes across the block but remembering that it was entirely fenced for grazing purposes there was little public access into


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this block. The Report (1880) proposed a system of diagonal pathways and curvilinear pathways and a carriage driveway as design features in this block. The diagonal path matches with Sellar Avenue today. The irregular curving pathways in the south-eastern closed woodland accord somewhat with the plan in Brown’s Report (1880) for Kurrangga/Park 20.

‘Sellar Avenue’: a diagonal pedestrian circulation route across Kurrangga/Park 20, was implemented in accordance with Brown’s Report (1880) albeit a different planting strategy was employed. Of some design and aesthetic merit.

Kurrangga/Park 20 South-West Path: a gravel-covered diagonal pathway joining the intersection of Unley and Greenhill Road with the north-south bitumen path through Kurrangga/Park 20 that is well used by pedestrians and cyclists. Of some social merit.

Kurrajong (Brachychiton populneus) Avenue: a bitumen-covered linear semi-north-south pedestrian avenue through Kurrangga/Park 20 lined with mature Kurrajong (Brachychiton populneus) trees. Of some aesthetic and social merit.

‘Sellar Avenue’ South-East Path: the south-eastern segment of the overall diagonal pedestrian circulation route across Kurrangga/Park 20 which is today not used as a pedestrian route but still possessing the tree avenue plantings, which was implemented in accordance with Brown’s Report (1880) albeit a different planting strategy was employed. Of some design and aesthetic merit.

West Unley Road Cycle Path: the second cycle path established in c.1900 by the Corporation under the promotion of Councillor William Ponder in that today has a bitumen surface. Of some historical and social merit.

Boundary Demarcations No evidence is present of past demarcation devices and fencing apart from the fundamental road boundaries. Vegetation There are several main vegetation elements in Kurrangga/Park 20 that possess cultural heritage merit:

South Terrace street tree plantation (J&E: P.B20): part of the overall street tree plantation along South Terrace stretching from Hutt Street to West Terrace that comprises generally English Elms (Ulmus procera) on the south side and Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) on the north side of South Terrace. Possessing uniformity, the unusual mixture of the two species results in a strong visual corridor and canopy. Of some aesthetic merit.

‘Sellar Avenue’ White Cedar (Melia azedarach var australasica) Pedestrian Avenue (J&E: P.B6): the major diagonal pedestrian route that runs from the corner of Unley and Greenhill Roads north-west to the corner of South Terrace and Peacock Road. Significant visual and circulation feature that dissects Kurrangga/Park 20 containing many fine elderly specimens of White Cedar (Melia azedarach var australasica) dating to 1910-12. Experiencing early senescent, especially in the south-east corner, but still providing a wide spreading canopy. Some Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) specimens have been planted at the south-eastern end to replace dead specimens. Of the latter, taller, better specimens are located closer to creek in moister soils. Of some aesthetic, design and historical merit.

Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) Pedestrian Avenue: a Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) lined now-removed pedestrian avenue aligned a north-west to south-east drainage line in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20. Interesting visual feature, contrasting with nearby Eucalyptus ssp plantings, offering colour and


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different structural composition. Comprising some 50 specimens 50-60 feet in height. Of some aesthetic merit.

White Poplar (Populus alba) Drainage Avenue (J&E: P.B5): an avenue of White Poplar (Populus alba) specimens planted alongside a north-east to south-west aligned portion of the ‘South Park Lands Creek’ that also originally formed the northern boundary to the not removed Kurrangga/Park 20 Sweepings Depot, being an interesting visual feature, contrasting with nearby Eucalyptus ssp plantings, offering colour and different structural composition, and comprising some 50 specimens 30-40 feet in height. Of some aesthetic merit.

Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimen: located on the edge of Greenhill Road adjacent to the Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) pedestrian avenue, a good specimen with a somewhat obscured presence on Greenhill Road. Of some aesthetic, botanical and design merit.

Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimens: three specimens of Moreton Bay Figs (Ficus macrophylla) located in the south-western corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 between Peacock Road and the Kurrajong (Brachychiton populneus) pedestrian Avenue, and forming part of the Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) Grove B. Of some botanical merit.

River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (1): located on the corner of South Terrace and Unley Road, a valuable specimen that has lost its visual presence with recent plantings within its vicinity. Of some aesthetic merit.

Olive (Olea europaea) grove: olive (Olea europaea) planting remnants along the middle flank of the Unley Road side of Kurrangga/Park 20. Dating around the 1870s, the grove preceded Brown’s (1880) review of the Park Lands, and the extant trees have been somewhat incorporated within a mountain bike recreational venue. In 1884 there were some 134 Olive (Olea europaea) trees here (Sumerling 2003, p.48). Of lesser importance in comparison to other olive (Olea europea) grove in terms of scope, health, known history,

around the Park Lands, but still of considerable merit. Of some aesthetic, historical and botanical merit.

Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) Grove A: a grove of several mature specimens of Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla), planted adjacent to the watercourse in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20, and dating from the 1880s-1920s in-dispersed with mature specimens of Carob (Ceratonia siliqua), Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis), Bunya Bunya (Araucaria bidwillii), Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamiana), Himalayan Cypress (Cupressus torulosa), River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), South Australian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), and Olive (Olea europaea) trees. Of some aesthetic and botanical merit.

South Kurrangga/Park 20 Closed Woodland (J&E: L.A9): comprising an amalgam of vegetation in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 principally dominated by River Red Gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) with some South Australian Blue Gums (Eucalyptus leucoxylon) specimens, that is concentrated in the south-eastern corner but also extending along the flank of Unley Road through the Olive (Olea europea) grove. Of some botanical merit.


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Stone Pine (Pinus picea) specimens: a pair of mature Stone Pines (Pinus picea) located adjacent to the south-western corner of Glover Playground, possessing some visual presence in the landscape. Of some botanical and aesthetic merit.

English Elm (Ulmus procera) specimens: a pair of mature English Elms (Ulmus procera) located in the south-western corner of the Glover Playground, dating from c.1927, one specimen of which has been extensively lopped. Of some aesthetic, design and historical merit.

Golden Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) specimens: a group planting of 8 Golden Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) specimens in the Glover Playground, and dating c.1927-35. Of good condition. Of some design, historical and aesthetic merit.

Sugar Gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx) specimen: a specimen of a mature Sugar Gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx) in good condition, located on the Peacock Road flank of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some aesthetic merit.

South Australian Multiple Birth Association Tree: a poorly tree of an unknown species located in the eastern portion of the Glover Playground planted on 17 September 1998 associated with an associated plaque. Of some social merit.

River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (2): located on the South Terrace flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 adjacent to Pulteney Grammar School, a valuable specimen that has lost its visual presence with recent plantings within its vicinity. Of some aesthetic merit.

Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) specimen: located on the South Terrace flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 adjacent to Pulteney Grammar School, a valuable specimen that has lost its visual presence with recent plantings within its vicinity. Of some aesthetic merit.

River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (3): located near to the corner of South Terrace and Peacock Road, an attractive specimen of a River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis). Of some aesthetic merit.


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Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimen: a stressed mature specimen of a Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) growing near to the corner of South Terrace and Peacock Road, and dating from the 1880s-1920s, and forming part of the Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) Grove B. Of some aesthetic merit.

River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (4): located on the corner of South Terrace and Peacock Road, a valuable specimen that has lost its visual presence with recent plantings within its vicinity. Of some aesthetic merit.

River She Oak (Allocasuarina cunninghamiana) specimen: a large specimen of a River She Oak (Allocasuarina cunninghamiana) located in the north-west corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 planted in the 1960s. Of some aesthetic merit.

Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimen: a mature and relatively healthy specimen of a Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) growing near to the corner of South Terrace and Peacock Road at the rear of two maintenance sheds, and dating from the 1880s-1920s, and forming part of the Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) Grove B. Of some aesthetic merit.

Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) Grove B: a grove of several mature specimens of Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla), planted adjacent to Peacock Road on the western flank of Kurrangga/Park 20, and dating from the 1880s-1920s. The plantings may have been commenced by O’Brien in c.1865 and re-commenced by Brown in c.1880 as several of the specimens and their general spatial positions conceptually accord with the proposed Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) carriage way drive and western perimeter planting line for Kurrangga/Park 20 as proposed by Brown in his A Report on a System of Planting the Adelaide Park Lands (1880) as diagrammatically set out in Figure 19 to this Report (1880). Thus, these might have been initial plantings that Brown sought to incorporate in his recommendations or plantings that Brown initiated under his appointment as ‘Conservator of Park Lands’. Other mature-elderly tree specimens, including Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) and Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) in this western flank also suggest this latter scenario. Of some aesthetic and botanical merit.

Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) specimens: two mature specimens of Aleppo Pines (Pinus halepensis) probably planted by Pengilly or Pelzer in the north-western corner of


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Kurrangga/Park 20 in the 1880s-90s period, in good health and form. Of some aesthetic merit.

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) specimen: an elderly specimen of a Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) probably planted by O’Brien or Pengilly on the western flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 in the 1860s-70s in good health and form. Of some botanical and aesthetic merit.

Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) specimen: an elderly specimen of a Canary Island Pine (Pinus canarinensis) probably planted by O’Brien or Pengilly on the western flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 adjacent to the semi-derelict tennis courts, in the 1860s-70s in good health and form. Of some botanical and aesthetic merit.

Sugar Gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx) specimen: located near to the corner of Greenhill Road and Unley Road, an attractive specimen of a Sugar Gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx). Of some aesthetic merit.

Lemon-scented Gum (Corymbia citriodora) specimen: located near to the corner of Greenhill Road and Unley Road in an open woodland and somewhat visually obscured by this setting, an attractive specimen of a Lemon-scented Gum (Corymbia citriodora). Of some aesthetic merit.

Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) Avenue: a Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) drainage channel avenue aligned a north-south in the southern portion of Kurrangga/Park 20. Interesting visual feature, contrasting with nearby Eucalyptus ssp plantings, offering colour and different structural composition. Comprising some 50 specimens 50-60 feet in height. Of some aesthetic merit.

River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) Grove: a River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) grove of mature-elderly trees located around a drainage watercourse on the southern flank of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some aesthetic merit.

Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) specimen: a mature specimen of a Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) located in the southern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some aesthetic merit.

‘Sellar Avenue’ South-East Desert Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia var oxycarpa) Pedestrian Avenue: the south-eastern segment of the overall diagonal pedestrian circulation route across Kurrangga/Park 20 which is today not used as a pedestrian route but still possessing (Fraxinus angustifolia var oxycarpa) tree avenue plantings, which was implemented in accordance with Brown’s Report (1880) albeit in a different planting strategy was employed. Of some design and aesthetic merit.

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) specimen: an elderly specimen of a Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) probably planted by O’Brien or Pengilly in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 in the 1860s-70s in good health and form. Of some botanical and aesthetic merit.


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River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (5): a River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen located on the Unley Road flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 near to the corner of Unley Road and Greenhill Road possessing some visual presence in the roadscape. Of some aesthetic merit.

Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) specimens: two mature specimens of Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) located in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 probably planted in the 1900s-20s period under Pelzer. Of some botanical and aesthetic merit.

Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) specimen: a mature specimen of a Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) located in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 probably planted in the 1900s-20s period under Pelzer. Of some botanical and aesthetic merit.

Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) specimen: a mature specimen of a Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) located in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some aesthetic merit.

Himalayan Cypress (Cupressus torulosa) specimen: one elderly specimen of a Himalayan Cypress (Cupressus torulosa) located in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 probably planted in the 1870s-80s period under O’Brien. Of some botanical and aesthetic merit.

Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimen: a mature and relatively healthy specimen of a Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) growing in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20, and dating from the 1880s-90s, and forming part of the Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) Grove A. Of some aesthetic merit.

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) specimens: some elderly seven specimens of Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) trees probably planted by O’Brien or Pengilly on the south-eastern portion of Kurrangga/Park 20 in the 1860s-70s possibly as part of edge plantings to disguise the former Sweepings Depot that was to the immediate north-west of the arc but also possibly aligned to a fenceline that demarked the plantings in the south-eastern corner to the larger agistment paddock; in good health and form. Of some historical, botanical and aesthetic merit.

Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) specimen: a mature specimen of a Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) tree probably planted by O’Brien or Pengilly in the south-eastern portion of Kurrangga/Park 20 in the 1860s-70s, in good health and form. Of some historical, botanical and aesthetic merit.


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Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica) specimen: a mature-elderly specimen of a Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica) tree probably planted by Pelzer in the south-eastern portion of Kurrangga/Park 20 in the 1890s-1900s, in good health and form. Of some historical, botanical and aesthetic merit.

Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) specimen: a young specimen of a Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) located in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 aligned to the Unley Road flank probably planted in the 1950-60s period under Bone. Of some botanical and aesthetic merit.

Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimens: two mature and relatively healthy specimens of Moreton Bay Figs (Ficus macrophylla) growing in the south-eastern to eastern flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 adjacent to Unley Road, and dating from the 1880s-90s, and forming part of the Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) Grove A. Of some aesthetic merit.

River She Oak (Allocasuarina cunninghamiana) specimen: a large specimen of a River She Oak (Allocasuarina cunninghamiana) located on the eastern flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 adjacent to Unley Road planted in the 1960s in poor health and condition. Of some aesthetic merit.

Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) specimen: a young specimen of a Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) located on the eastern flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 probably planted in the 1950s-60s period under Bone. Of some botanical and aesthetic merit.

River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (6): a River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen located on the mid-north flank of Unley Road of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some aesthetic merit.

Red Ironbark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon ‘Rosea’) specimen: a mature red-flowering variety of an Ironbark (Eucalyptus sidleroxylon ‘Rosea’) specimen located on the mid-north flank of Unley Road of Kurrangga/Park 20 possessing some visual presence in the roadscape. Of some aesthetic merit.

Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) specimens: three Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) specimens planted adjacent to the watercourse in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20, and dating from the 1920s-30s. Of some aesthetic merit.


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Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) specimen: a good mature specimen of a Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) planted on the southern flank of Unley Road adjacent to the ‘South Park Lands Creek’; an unusual specimen in an unusual location. Of some botanical merit.

Indian Coral Tree (Erythrina indica) specimen: a specimen of an Indian Coral Tree (Erythrina indica) located on the roadside of Unley Road. Of some aesthetic merit.

Kurrajong (Brachychiton populneus) Pedestrian Avenue: positioned on a north-south axis line, on the southern area of Kurrangga/Park 20. Consisting of original and re-planted specimens. Of some design and botanical merit.

Spatial Arrangements Several components are evident:

Glover Playground (J&E: L.A18): this site remains as a precedent playground development in the history of Adelaide and South Australia. It was the first formal playground established by the Corporation, comprising a ‘first generation’ playground whereby the ‘Bush Magic’ playground in Padipadinyilla/Park 2 is the first ‘second generation’ playground in Adelaide and the state. The Playground largely excised a rectangle from the northern flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 and retains this footprint today. In the course of years, fencing and playground equipment has been replaced, pathways and garden beds and gardening trial plots removed, and the shade trees proposed have matured. Of some design and historical merit.

Mountain bike exploration course: a mountain bike exploration course located in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some design and social merit.

South Terrace Velodrome: a formal constructed cycle loop track located on the South Terrace frontage of Kurrangga/Park 20 dating from the 1920s. Of some social merit.

South Park Bowling Club Car Park: a semi-rectangular blue-metalled expanse used for car parking purposes adjacent to the South Park Bowling Club clubhouse. Of some social merit.

Structures There are several recreation service structures in Kurrangga/Park 20, including:

Glover Playground shelter: a structure possessing Edwardian architectural traits, the shelter still retains its form, brick treatment, new colourbond metal gabled roof, and


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basic spatial configuration. Designed and erected in conjunction with the development of the Playground. Of some design and historical merit.

Peacock Road Minor Sporting Pavilion: located on the west side of Kurranga/Park 20 adjacent to Peacock Road. A minor brick and galvanised flat roofed structure servicing several tennis courts. Of some social merit.

Club de Pétanque d’Adelaide Inc Clubhouse: named the Pavilion Vincent Michielin, and located in south-east corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 adjacent to Greenhill Road. A medium scale rendered concrete block and galvanised flat roofed structure servicing the boule club. Of some social merit.

South Park Bowling Club pavilion: located adjacent to Greenhill Road on the southern flank of Kurrangga/Park 20. A medium scale brick and galvanised flat roofed structure servicing the bowling club. Of some historical and social merit.

South Park Bowling Club Storage Pavilion: located adjacent to Greenhill Road on the southern flank of Kurrangga/Park next to the bowling greens. A medium sized elderly galvanised roofed structure servicing the bowling club. Of some social merit.

Tennis Pavilion: located to the north of the South Park Bowling Club complex. Of brick and galvanised iron roof to a modern design. Of social merit.

Pulteney Grammar School Footbridge: a reinforced concrete footbridge over South Terrace erected in the 1970s that has become a focal feature of the South Terrace roadscape, and offering views southwards over Kurrangga/Park 20 to the Adelaide Hills escarpment. Of some design, aesthetic and social merit.

South Terrace Minor Sporting Pavilion: a green painted brick structure associated with adjacent sporting facilities visually subsumed by an over-hanging Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimen. Of some social merit.

South Terrace Maintenance Pavilion: a green painted brick structure associated with adjacent sporting facilities and Kurrangga/Park 20 generally visually subsumed by an over-hanging Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimen. Of some social merit.

Peacock Road Tennis Pavilion A: a semi-derelict green painted small brick structure associated with adjacent derelict tennis courts on the mid-western flank of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some social merit.


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Peacock Road Sports Pavilion B: a semi-derelict green painted medium-sized brick structure associated with adjacent derelict sports courts on the mid-western flank of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some social merit.

John Morgan Sporting Pavilion: located on the north side of Kurrangga/Park 20 adjacent to Glover Playground. A brick and galvanised flat roofed structure servicing the football fields and associated with Pulteney Grammar School. Of some social merit.

Small Scale Elements There are several components present or remaining that have merit:

Glover Playground Furniture: contemporary coloured plastic furniture located within the Glover Playground enclosure. Of some design merit.

Unley Road ExceLoo structure: located on the Unley Road side of Kurrangga/Park 20 adjacent to the mountain bike exploration course, a ExeLoo facility. Of some design merit.

Glover Playground Opening Plaque: a brass plaque mounted on the wall of the Shelter, recording the opening of the Playground on 19 December 1918 by Governor Sir HL Galway. Of some historical and social merit.

South Park Bowling Club First World War Memorial: located to the north-west of the present clubhouse, a white painted concrete memorial obelisk sitting within a dark brown polychrome brick edged pond, and topped by an urn carrying four lion faces with water spouts. The obelisk carries four bronze plaques. Unveiled in 1919. Of some design and social merit.

Tommy Williams Memorial: located immediately adjacent west of the present clubrooms, a small red marble memorial stone unveiled in 1934. Since removed. Of some social merit.

Glover Playground Sign: a galvanised iron brown planted two-pole frame supporting the original ‘South Terrace Glover Playground’ entrance sign to the Playground. Of some historical and design merit.

South Australian Multiple Birth Association Plaque: a bronze plaque on concrete plinth recording the twenty-five years of service performed by the South Australian Multiple Birth Association Inc that was founded on 17 September 1973; located in the eastern portion of the Glover Playground. Of some social merit.

John Morgan Memorial Plaque: a metal plaque affixed to the ‘John Morgan’ Sporting Pavilion located in the northern portion of Kurrangga/Park 20 and associated with Pulteney Grammar School use. Of some social merit.


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Glover Playground Fencepost: an original fence post or corner post associated with the fencing Pelzer erected around the Glover Playground that would have been hidden within the vestiges of hedging. Of some historical merit.

South Terrace Tennis Courts A: a suite of grassed tennis courts representative of the tennis courts erected by Pelzer in the 1920s in Kurrangga/Park 20 to accommodate community demand and located adjacent to the Glover Playground. Of some social merit.

Pump Shed: a small green-painted brick structure housing water pumping equipment located in the north-western corner of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some social merit.

Peacock Road Sports Courts: a suite of semi-derelict sports courts on the mid-western flank of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some social merit.

South Park Tennis Courts B: a suite of modern and night-lit tennis courts on the southern flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 adjacent to the South Park Bowling Club clubhouse. Of some social merit.

Footbridge A: a cantilevered timber and galvanised steel footbridge located over a drainage line in the mid-south of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some design merit.

Footbridge B: a timber and galvanised steel footbridge mounted on a concrete installation located over a drainage line in the mid-south of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some design merit.

Footbridge C: a timber and galvanised steel footbridge mounted on a concrete installation located over a drainage line in the mid-south of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some design merit.

Footbridge D: a timber and galvanised steel footbridge mounted on a concrete installation located over a drainage line in the mid-south of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some design merit.

Footbridge E: a timber and galvanised steel footbridge mounted on a concrete installation located over a drainage line in the mid-south of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some design merit.


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Footbridge F: a cantilevered timber and galvanised steel footbridge located over a drainage line in the mid-south of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some design merit.

Former South-East Kurrangga/Park 20 Tennis Pavilion: a now derelict small green-painted tennis pavilion located adjacent to a suite of tennis courts in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some social merit.

South-East Kurrangga/Park 20 Tennis Courts: a suite of tennis courts located in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some social merit.

Footbridge G: a timber and galvanised steel footbridge mounted on a brick-rendered concrete installation located over a drainage line in the south-east of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some design merit.

Club de Pétanque d’Adelaide Inc Grounds: a sand boules rectangular green located in front of the Pavilion Vincent Michielin, and located in south-east corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 adjacent to Greenhill Road. Of some social merit.

South Park Bowling Club Former Bowling Greens: located adjacent to Greenhill Road on the southern flank of Kurrangga/Park 20, a re-grassed rectangular space that formerly hosted two bowling greens associated with the South Park Bowling Club. Of some historical and social merit.

Footbridge H: a concrete and bitumen-covereed footbridge located over the ‘South Park Lands Cree’ in the south-eastern to eastern portion of Kurrangga/Park 20. Of some design merit.

Historical Views and Aesthetic Qualities While Kurrangga/Park 20 is relatively flat if possesses some aesthetic merit, as follows:

Unley Road South Vista: a vista line southwards down Unley Road that presents a dense suburban landscape with the south-eastern portion of the Adelaide Hills escarpment beyond. Of some aesthetic merit.

Unley Road North Vista: a vista line northwards up Unley Road and into Adelaide proper that presents a dense suburban landscape with no horizon line. Of some aesthetic merit.

South Terrace West Vista: a vista line westwards along South Terrace dominated by the presence of the Optus Building landmark. Of some aesthetic merit.


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South Terrace East Vista: a vista line eastwards along South Terrace with a largely obscured Adelaide Hills escarpment in the distance. Of some aesthetic merit.

Peacock Road South Vista: a vista line southwards down Peacock Road that presents a dense suburban landscape with the south-eastern portion of the Adelaide Hills escarpment beyond. Of some aesthetic merit.

Peacock Road North Vista: a vista line northwards up Peacock Road and into Adelaide proper that presents a dense suburban landscape with no horizon line. Of some aesthetic merit.

Pulteney Footbridge Lookout: a vista from the Pulteney Grammar South Terrace footbridge southwards over Kurrangga/Park 20 affording excellent views of the south-eastern Adelaide Hills escarpment. Of some aesthetic merit.

Kurrangga/Park 20 visual outlook: a sweeping vista towards the generally obscured eastern escarpment of the Adelaide Hills. Of some aesthetic merit.

Cultural Landscape Heritage Significance Evaluation The following table summarises the cultural landscape heritage components present in Kurrangga/Park 20. A separate assessment, in the Main Report, positions Kurrangga/Park 20’s cultural landscape in the context of the wider Adelaide Park Lands and Squares.

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Kurrangga/Park 20 Open Drain - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - South-East Park Lands Creek - - - - - M - V - - - - - - - - - Y - - ‘Sellar Avenue’ - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Kurrangga/Park 20 South-West Path - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kurrajong (Brachychiton populneus) Avenue - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - ‘Sellar Avenue’ South-East Path - - - - - M - V - - - - - - - - - Y - - West Unley Road Cycle Path - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - South Terrace street tree plantations - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - ‘Sellar Avenue’ White Cedar (Melia azedarach var australasica) Pedestrian Avenue

- - - - - M - V - - - - - - - - - Y Y- -

Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) Pedestrian Avenue - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - White Poplar (Populus alba) Drainage Avenue - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimens - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (1) - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Olive (Olea europaea) Grove - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) Grove A - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y Y - South Kurrangga/Park 20 Closed Woodland - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Stone Pine (Pinus pinea) specimens - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y Y - English Elm (Ulmus procera) specimens - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Golden Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) specimens - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y Y - Sugar Gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - South Australian Multiple Births Association Tree - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (2) - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (3) - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (4) - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - River She Oak (Allocasuarina cunninghamiana) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) Grove B - - - - - M - V - - - - - - - - - Y Y - Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) specimens - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sugar Gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Lemon-scented Gum (Corymbia citriodora) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) Avenue - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - Y - - River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) Grove - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - ‘Sellar Avenue’ South-East Desert Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia var oxycarpa) Pedestrian Avenue

- - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y Y -

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (5) - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamiana) specimens - - - - - M - V - - - - - - - - - Y - - Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) specimen - - - - - M - V - - - - - - - - - Y Y - Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Himalayan Cypress (Cupressus torulosa) specimen - - - - - M - V - - - - - - - - - Y - - Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) specimens - - - - - M - V - - - - - - - - - Y - - Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Bunya Bunya (Araucaria bidwillii) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimen (6) - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Red Ironbark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon ‘Rosea’) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - -


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Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Indian Coral Tree (Erythrina indica) specimen - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Kurrajong (Brachychiton populneus) Pedestrian Avenue - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Glover Playground - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Mountain bike exploration course - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - South Terrace Velodrome - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - South Park Bowling Club Car Park - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Glover Playground Shelter - Y Y - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Peacock Road Minor Sports Pavilion - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Club de Pétanque d’Adelaide Inc Clubhouse - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - South Park Bowling Club Pavilion - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - South Park Bowling Club Storage Pavilion - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tennis Pavilion - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - Pulteney Grammar School Footbridge - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - South Terrace Minor Sporting Pavilion - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - South Terrace Maintenance Pavilion - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Peacock Road Tennis Pavilion A - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - Peacock Road Tennis Pavilion B - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - John Morgan Sport Pavilion - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Glover Playground Furniture - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unley Road ExceLoo - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Glover Playground Opening Plaque - Y Y - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - South Park Bowling Club First World War Memorial - - - - - M - V - Y - - - - Y - - Y - - Tommy Williams Memorial - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - Glover Playground Sign - - - - - M - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - South Australian Multiple Birth Association Plaque - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Morgan Memorial Plaque - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Glover Playground Fence Post - - - - - M - V - - - - - - - - - Y - - South Terrace Tennis Courts A - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pump Shed - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Peacock Road Sports Courts - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - South Terrace Tennis Courts B - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Footbridge A - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Footbridge B - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Footbridge C - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Footbridge D - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Footbridge E - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Footbridge F - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Former South-East Kurrangga/Park 20 Tennis Pavilion - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - South-East Kurrangga/Park 20 Tennis Courts - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - Footbridge G - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Club de Pétanque d’Adelaide Inc Grounds - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - South Park Bowling Club Former Bowling Greens - - - - - - L V - - - - - - - - - - - - Footbridge H - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unley Road South Vista - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unley Road North Vista - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - South Terrace West Vista - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - South Terrace East Vista - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Peacock Road South Vista - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Peacock Road North Vista - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - -


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Pulteney Footbridge Lookout - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kurrangga/Park 20 Visual Outlook - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - Statement of Cultural Significance Kurrangga/Park 20 represents an integral segment of the overall Adelaide Park Lands that possesses associative cultural significance in reflecting the spatial and planting design intent and philosophies of John Ednie Brown and August Pelzer, and hosts several contemporary facilities that have partially compromised the original intent but provide additional cultural and social significance to the place. Kurrangga/Park 20 hosts important pathway and woodland elements proposed in the Report (1880), and also the first ‘first generation’ playground in Adelaide and South Australia being named after its instigation, Lord Mayor Charles Glover. Recommendations:

Reinforce and conserve the planted perimeters of Kurrangga/Park 20 and continue a planting program using a mixture of predominately Australian species and the species listed in Brown’s Report (1880);

Reinforce native plantings in the south-eastern corner of Kurrangga/Park 20 including along the watercourses;

Consider the future removal of White Poplars (Populus alba) along all watercourses in the south-eastern corner and their replacement with more appropriate native species of species as proposed by Brown in his Report (1880);

Revise City of Adelaide Development Plan citations pertaining to PL12 to reflect the above conclusions and recommendations;

Prepare a Landscape Master Plan for Glover Playground that addresses the historical patterns of extant tree plantings and species, and gives effect to the PL12 policy recommendations and continues the planting design philosophy devised by Pelzer;

Propose the Glover Playground for inclusion as a Local Heritage Place under the City of Adelaide Development Plan.

Remove the presence of all stobie poles and overhead wires from Kurrangga/Park 20; Conserve existing vistas from the flank of Kurrangga/Park 20 to the city and the eastern

escarpment of the Adelaide Hills; Consider the careful demarcation and protection of mature Olive (Olea europea) and River

Red Gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) specimens within the mountain bike trail area to enable their long term survival;

Instigate a renovation tree planting program for the ‘Sellar Avenue’ White Cedar (Melia azedarach var australasica) pedestrian avenue and the Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) and Kurrajong (Brachychiton populneus) pedestrian avenues to ensure their historical, spatial and botanical continuity in Kurrangga/Park 20.

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