Kurralta Park Places

KURRALTA PARK (+ former suburbs of Grassmere / Marshfield)

Dr. William Wyatt (1805-1886) who arrived in SA in 1837 named one of his earliest estates and the residence he built in 1843 on higher land in Burnside, Kurralta. It is variously said to be an aboriginal word for 'up there' or 'on the hill'. Dr. W. Wyatt initially owned Section 93, Hundred of Adelaide, that part of it which is in Kurralta Park, after subdivision with Section 52 into 363 lots, sold under that name In 1918. 

It was intended to be named Galway Park after Governor Lt.Col. Sir Henry L. Galway, KCMG,DSO 1914-1920) but the nomenclature Board declined to do so on the grounds of duplication. A Survey department officer suggested Kurralta Park because of its association with W. Wyatt.

Henry Allchurch was born on 14 September 1859, in Brighton, Sussex, England, the son of Edward Allchurch and Ann Pont. Edward and Ann emigrated to Australia from Plymouth, Devon on 23 January 1866, aboard the ship, Atalanta. The family at that time included Henry, aged 6, and sisters Emily and Anne. A further sister, Atalanta Hope, named after the ship, was born during the voyage (she is reportedly the first white woman to live in Alice Springs). They arrived in Port Adelaide on 15 April 1866.

In 1919 Henry purchased section 93 in the Hundred of Adelaide, and turned it into the 370 allotment subdivision of Kurralta Park, a south western suburb of Adelaide. Kurralta Park subdivision / Henry Allchurch