The City of Adelaide is upgrading the surfaces of a pedestrian pathway, and a road within Red Gum Park /Karrawirra (Park 12).

The Council has erected these signs to alert you to the work:

But do you know where you’d find “Town Clerk’s Walk”?

It turns out, this pathway was first laid through Park 12 way back in the 1860s!

*The “Town Clerk’s Walk” on Google maps*

The City of Adelaide advises that:

“All existing trees will be protected throughout the works, and measures will be taken to reduce dust.
A small works compound will be in place during construction adjacent the road in the Park. The works are estimated to be completed by the end of February 2026.”

*The ‘Town Clerk’s Walk’ is a narrow pathway by modern standards.*

Who was the “Town Clerk”?

The “Town Clerk” (what we would call today the Chief Executive) after whom this path was named was Thomas Worsnop (1821-1898). The Australian Dictionary of Biography says Worsnop is particularly remembered for an excellent, detailed History of the City of Adelaide (1878); the original manuscript of which is in the Adelaide City Council Archives.

***Thomas Worsnop*** (1821-1898), by S. Solomon. State Library of South Australia, SLSA: B 10803

University Oval Road, which crosses over the Town Clerk’s Walk, has been in disrepair for some time.