Windback Wednesday - Parkside Hotel

On the corner of Greenhill and Glen Osmond Roads in Eastwood sat the Turf Hotel, later known as Parkside Hotel. Opened in 1849, the Turf Hotel was a two-storey bluestone building with a large balcony that had a clear view of the Victoria Park racecourse, making it a popular spot during race season. The site also had a paddock with a stable for travellers’ horses. The building was demolished in the 1980s.

Photograph: Parkside Hotel (Turf Hotel), 1970. Burnside Local History Collection.