Park 23
English name: G.S. Kingston Park. Kingston was Deputy Surveyor under Colonel William Light
Kaurna name: Wirrarninthi (meaning "to become green and forested")
Features:
West Terrace Cemetery,
Wirrarninthi wetlands and intepretive trail,
Kingston Gardens and rotunda,
a sporting field (home of the Adelaide cricket club);
a playground on West Terrace; and
Edwards Park.
Bounded by: West Terrace, Anzac Highway, the Keswick rail line, and Sir Donald Bradman Drive.
G.S. Kingston Park / Wirrarninthi (Park 23)
Guided Walks
Joint Park Ambassadors Ted Jennings and son Nate Jennings host a Guided Walk through the northern part of this Park (which includes the West Terrace Cemetery) once per year.
See our schedule of Guided Walks.
Nate and Ted Jennings
Park Ambassador Gillian Stevens leads a Guided Walk in the southern part of this Park - i.e. Edwards Park (Park 23 South) as well as the neighboring Park 22 on the other side of Anzac Highway - once per year. Check our Guided Walks page for the schedule.
But don’t wait for the next scheduled Guided Walk. Take your own self-guided walk at any time, using our Trail Guide to the northern part of this Park, which includes the West Terrace cemetery. Click or tap on the image below.
Take a two-hour self-guided walk through this Park, using our Trail Guide. Start at the corner of West Terrace and Wyld Street (location #1 on the map above) and follow these guide notes: www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/park-23-tour
West Terrace Cemetery in Park 23 is Adelaide's oldest. It also includes Australia's first military cemetery.
The Wirrarninthi Environmental Education Trail was developed in 2015 by a team of four people participating in a 'Community Leaders' program. It assists walkers to look around, explore, investigate and use your imagination.
The trail features a number of bronze animal statues by accalimed sculptor Silvio Apponyi
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