Brooklyn Park, South Australia

Brooklyn Park is a western suburb of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It is immediately northeast of Adelaide Airport. It is bounded on the north by Henley Beach Road, on the east by Marion Road and on the west by May Terrace.[2]

A public space in Brooklyn Park today

Brooklyn Park
Adelaide, South Australia
Brooklyn Park
Coordinates34.929°S 138.544°E / -34.929; 138.544
Population4,781 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)5032
Location6 km (4 mi) W of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s)City of West Torrens
State electorate(s)West Torrens
Federal Division(s)Hindmarsh
Suburbs around Brooklyn Park:
Lockleys Underdale Torrensville
Lockleys Brooklyn Park Cowandilla
Adelaide Airport West Richmond Richmond

Brooklyn Park is located between the coast and Adelaide (5.8 km from the beach and 5.5 km from the Adelaide CBD). Lockleys Post Office opened on 1 September 1904 and was renamed Brooklyn Park in 1967.[3] Brooklyn Park now includes a subdivision that was originally named Bismarck and changed by the nomenclature committee to Weeroopa in 1918.[4][2]

Brooklyn Park held from 1925 the 6 acres (2.4 ha) site of the transmitting station for radio 5CL,[5] which became an ABC station in 1929, then was joined by facilities for the second ABC station, 5AN ten years later. In 1961, with the commissioning of the new Pimpala transmitters, the facility was closed down, then demolished, and is now medium-density housing. Reasons for the shift include proximity to Adelaide Airport, encroaching suburbia, and the perceived need to upgrade to more powerful transmitters and a taller, more efficient antenna.

The family residence of Jack and Emily McGowan (Jack died in 1950) and their children (including Mary McGowan) remains on the site of where Jack's horse stables were.

An area with horse racing heritage, Brooklyn Park was home to the stables of Jack McGowan (whose father-in-law rode the winner of the 1870 Melbourne Cup on Nimblefoot). Jack was South Australia's leading cross-country jockey[6] in the late 1800s, early 1900s winning the Grand National Hurdle at Victoria Park as well as the Harry D Young Hurdle at the Oakbank Racecourse. Jack also won the Adelaide Grand National on "All Fours" and "Jack Spratt" as well as running close seconds in the Great Eastern Steeple Chase on "Edinol" and the Oakbank hurdle on "Culluleraine". Jack's Brother, Paddy McGowan, rode the winner of the 1890 Caulfield Cup on Vengeance. One of Jack's daughters, Mary McGowan, was a pioneer female jockey in the 1920s winning 16 trophies in 16 races.[7] She married Malcolm Allan who was one of South Australia's leading horsemen, winning the Gawler Cup, The Candy Cup and the famous Goshen Cup at Wayville from the Goshen Club in New York. Malcolm also lived and kept horses in Brooklyn Park and was a pioneer in the sport of Trotting/Harness Racing in South Australia riding and driving horses such as "Red Satin" Red Love" "Western Queen" and "Claridge" at Jubilee Oval, Thebarton Oval, Wayville and Globe Derby[8] Malcolm later trained and drove horses that were owned by South Australian Parliamentarian, the Hon. Leslie "Larry" Heath.[9] Brooklyn Park is the site of the Adelaide College of Divinity. The College moved to the site of the former Salesian College in late 1997. The Salesian College had opened as a Catholic boys school in 1954, opened to girls as well in 1978 and closed in 1996. Part of the site is now the campus of Emmaus Christian College.[10] The St John Bosco Primary School is also in Brooklyn Park.

The German Club of South Australia now resides in Brooklyn Park[11]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brooklyn Park (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. "Placename Details: Weeroopa". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 19 September 2007. SA0032673. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  4. "Nomenclature Act, 1917. Change of Place Names" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette, p. 37 (PDF page 5), 10 January 1918, retrieved 28 April 2016 – via AustLII
  5. "Wireless for All". The Register (Adelaide). XC (26, 317). South Australia. 2 May 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 8 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Penola Hotel Licensee Well Known Sportsman". Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 – 1954). 11 June 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77926230. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "The World of Trotting by Roy Cleveland". The Express and Journal. 16 April 1938.
  9. "Harness Racing History - Closing Another Chapter". BOTRA News. BOTRA News June 1992. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. Williams, Tim (25 January 2017). "Emmaus Christian College plans to open new campus on former Salesian College site at Brooklyn Park". The Advertiser. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  11. "The German Club – The South Australian German Association (German Club) was established in 1886, with an aim to promote, encourage and foster German language, culture, habits and social life in Australia". Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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