Marleston. Peake Gardens Recreation Reserve named for Archibald Henry Peake who was three-times Premier of South Australia: Reserve is a remnant of Peake Gardens, the central portion of the Gardens Suburbs Scheme created by the government.
Marleston, Peake Gardens Recreation Reserve
FAME AT LAST
In connection with the layout of the Galway Garden Suburb at Richmond, where the State Bank proposes to erect a colony of houses for the soldiers, a proposal has been made that the principal thoroughfares should be named after the Ministers of the present Government, mainly as an appreciation of the fact that it was during their regime that it was decided to establish the first model village in South Australia.
The proposal will be submitted for the consideration of Ministers, and in the event of their agreeing to the idea the central portion of the scheme will be named Peake Gardens, there will be an Anstey Crescent, and a Barwell Avenue, and other streets will be called after Messrs Bice, Ritchie, and Harvey.
Archibald Henry Peake was a politician who was Premier of South Australia on three occasions: 1909 to 1910 for the Liberal and Democratic Union, 1912 to 1915 and 1917 to 1920 for the Liberal Union. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly 1897 – 1920. [Ref: The Mail 29-11-1919]
Peake Gardens Recreation Reserve - Named after the Hon Archibald Henry Peake.
Born – London 15th January, 1859.
Died – Adelaide 8th April, 1920.
Member of Parliament – 1897 – 1920.
Premier of South Australia – 1909 – 1910, 1912 – 1915, 1917 – 1920.
Mr Peake migrated to Australia in 1862 As a youth he entered the service of the District Council of Naracoorte and was later to become District Clerk, a position he held for 19 years until his resignation in 1897 to enter politics. The Peake Gardens Reserve was originally created in a subdivision by the State Bank of South Australia in 1921, and in 1927 the land was transferred to the Council at no cost, a condition of the transfer being that it would be permanently retained as a recreation ground for all time.
On 27th March 1930 a Public Meeting was held for the purpose of nominating trustees to manage and control the reserve, and at a meeting of Council on 12th May 1930, a Trust was appointed, the first Trustees being – Messrs G D Anderson, H B Danielson, C B Claxton, W L Mates, S E Hutchins, H H Walker, A J Wiltshire and Councillor S G Schmidt. The Trust was appointed for a term of 5 years and at the expiration of that time was subsequently terminated on 19th March 1935, when Council resumed control of the Reserve.
On 22nd October, 1951, a further Public Meeting was held to again consider the formation of a Trust to manage the Reserve, and on 1st January, 1952, a new Trust was appointed. Playground equipment was first installed on the Reserve in 1952 and on 28th October, 1954, the Kurralta Park Pre-School Kindergarten was officially opened. The initial development of the Reserve comprised the construction of 3 tennis courts in 1930, with the remainder of the land being used as a cricket ground. Since that time, however, the Reserve has been developed to the extent that it is now used almost exclusively for tennis, with 14 tennis courts under lease to the Peake Gardens Riverside Tennis Club.
Ref: Peake Gardens Riverside Tennis Club website
Marleston. Peake Gardens Recreation Reserve named for Archibald Henry Peake who was three-times Premier of South Australia: Reserve is a remnant of Peake Gardens, the central portion of the Gardens Suburbs Scheme created by the government.
Marleston, Peake Gardens Recreation Reserve
FAME AT LAST
In connection with the layout of the Galway Garden Suburb at Richmond, where the State Bank proposes to erect a colony of houses for the soldiers, a proposal has been made that the principal thoroughfares should be named after the Ministers of the present Government, mainly as an appreciation of the fact that it was during their regime that it was decided to establish the first model village in South Australia.
The proposal will be submitted for the consideration of Ministers, and in the event of their agreeing to the idea the central portion of the scheme will be named Peake Gardens, there will be an Anstey Crescent, and a Barwell Avenue, and other streets will be called after Messrs Bice, Ritchie, and Harvey.
Archibald Henry Peake was a politician who was Premier of South Australia on three occasions: 1909 to 1910 for the Liberal and Democratic Union, 1912 to 1915 and 1917 to 1920 for the Liberal Union. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly 1897 – 1920. [Ref: The Mail 29-11-1919]
Peake Gardens Recreation Reserve - Named after the Hon Archibald Henry Peake.
Born – London 15th January, 1859.
Died – Adelaide 8th April, 1920.
Member of Parliament – 1897 – 1920.
Premier of South Australia – 1909 – 1910, 1912 – 1915, 1917 – 1920.
Mr Peake migrated to Australia in 1862 As a youth he entered the service of the District Council of Naracoorte and was later to become District Clerk, a position he held for 19 years until his resignation in 1897 to enter politics. The Peake Gardens Reserve was originally created in a subdivision by the State Bank of South Australia in 1921, and in 1927 the land was transferred to the Council at no cost, a condition of the transfer being that it would be permanently retained as a recreation ground for all time.
On 27th March 1930 a Public Meeting was held for the purpose of nominating trustees to manage and control the reserve, and at a meeting of Council on 12th May 1930, a Trust was appointed, the first Trustees being – Messrs G D Anderson, H B Danielson, C B Claxton, W L Mates, S E Hutchins, H H Walker, A J Wiltshire and Councillor S G Schmidt. The Trust was appointed for a term of 5 years and at the expiration of that time was subsequently terminated on 19th March 1935, when Council resumed control of the Reserve.
On 22nd October, 1951, a further Public Meeting was held to again consider the formation of a Trust to manage the Reserve, and on 1st January, 1952, a new Trust was appointed. Playground equipment was first installed on the Reserve in 1952 and on 28th October, 1954, the Kurralta Park Pre-School Kindergarten was officially opened. The initial development of the Reserve comprised the construction of 3 tennis courts in 1930, with the remainder of the land being used as a cricket ground. Since that time, however, the Reserve has been developed to the extent that it is now used almost exclusively for tennis, with 14 tennis courts under lease to the Peake Gardens Riverside Tennis Club.
Ref: Peake Gardens Riverside Tennis Club website