Park 27B
English name: Mary Lee Park
Kaurna name: The City of Adelaide has not (yet) assigned any Kaurna name to this Park
Features: off-street car parking, playing fields and change rooms licenced to West Adelaide soccer club (juniors), the Park Terrace Community Garden, basketball and tennis courts (under lights), children's playspace and picnic shelter
Bounded by: the Outer Harbour railway line, the Gawler railway line, and Park Terrace at Bowden
Mary Lee Park (Park 27B)
Guided Walks
Park Ambassador Rod Quintrell
Our Park Ambassador, Rod Quintrell leads a guided walk in this Park (and the neighbouring Park 27A) once per year. Check our schedule of Guided Walks.
But don’t wait for the next Guided Walk. Take your own self-guided walk at any time, using our Trail Guide. Click or tap on the image below.
Take a two-hour self-guided walk through this Park, and the adjacent John E. Brown Park (Park 27A) using our Trail Guide. Start at the old North Adelaide Railway Station (near Park Terrace at Bowden (location #1 on the map above) and follow these guide notes: www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/parks-27a-and-27b-tour
Mary Lee (1821-1909) was a political and social reformer, founder of the South Australian Women's Suffrage League in July 1888.
It was only in September 2017 that the City Council decided to honour Mary Lee by naming this Park after her.
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