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- Women's Memorial Playing Fields
General info on facility
The concept of a Women’s Memorial Playing Fields emanated
from the concern of sporting women for the lack of playing
areas. From this concern the South Australian Women’s
Amateur Sports Council was formed.
The Premier the Hon. Tom Playford granted the
Council 20 acres of reserve land on the corner of Shepherds
Hill Road and Ayliffes Road, St. Marys for a centre for women’s
sport.
From 1953-55 the fields progressed and prospered.
In 1956 to honour those who had paid the supreme sacrifice,
a memorial drinking fountain was erected, and the grounds
as a whole were dedicated to the South Australia Servicewomen
who served in World Wars I & II by the Reverend Leslie
Gunn. A ceremony remembering the nurses and other women in
the services is held each February.
The work of early Trust members is commemorated
in the naming of the Helen Black oval, the Gordon Brown oval
and the May Mills Pavilion.
The Women’s Memorial Playing fields are
the only dedicated women’s memorial of this calibre
in Australia.
Specifications/Amenities
Pavilion
- assemble and lounge area
- kitchen and servery
- male and female toilets/change rooms/one
set of showers
Helen Black Oval
- approximately 160m - 100m
Gordon Brown Oval
- approximately 180m - 120m
ISAS Oval
Tennis Courts and Clubrooms
- 8 tennis courts
- open lounge area
- kitchen
- male/female toilets and showers
- verandah
- storage area
- disabled access ramp
Links to tenants
Site address: cnr Shepherds Hill Road and Ayliffes Road, St.
Marys
Postal address: PO Box 219, Brooklyn Park SA 5032
Phone: +61 8 7424 7677
Fax : +61 8 7424 7762
Email address: recsport@saugov.sa.gov.au
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