Windback Wednesday - Aerial View of Hazelwood Park

Francis and Caroline Clark and their eight children immigrated to South Australia from Birmingham, England in 1850. In 1852, the family purchased property east of the city of approximately 45 acres, which included what is now Hazelwood Park. The family named their home Hazelwood after a boy’s school in Birmingham where both Francis and Caroline’s fathers had been headmasters.

The family occupied the property until 1911 and then sold it to the State Government at a concessional rate on the understanding that it would be preserved for public use. In 1915 it was gazetted as a National Pleasure Resort. In 1964, ownership of the Reserve was transferred to the City of Burnside.

Image: Aerial view of Hazelwood Park circa 1964.