Naming options for a park in Seaford

Kaurna name

As a standard part of our place naming process council will consider an Aboriginal name for this park. If you have specific suggestions for words that could be translated into the language of the traditional owners of the land - the Kaurna people - please comment here.

Parky McParkface Park

Place names should be a reflection of times we live in. And Parky McParkface shows that we are participants in a wider connected culture that is not bound by geography, it also appeals to the irreverent nature of the Australian psyche. And a bit of press coverage as the wowsers go off wouldn't hurt sleepy old Seaford.

Elna Hay Park

This suggestion is the initial place naming proposal from a local resident that triggered our place naming process: "Elna Hay was born in Mt Torrens in 1927 and grew up on her parents farm at Harrogate. She cared for her parents until their death and then she moved to Moana in 1977. When she arrived in the area it was a very different place than it is now, mostly paddocks and farmland. In the early to mid 1990s Moana and Seaford changed considerably with a lot of new housing and many new people moving into the area. In 1994 development started on the paddock opposite Elna’s house, where the park is now situated. As young families and new people moved into the area Elna was there for many of them, as new houses became homes her gardening advice was particularly helpful! She became close friends with many residents and was always there for them until she could no longer live by herself and moved to a nursing home. She passed away in early 2021.”

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Tanami Park

Suggestion by an anonymous local resident: 'Because like the Tanami Desert there is nothing there, a few half dead trees and 1 seat – a raised garden bed with slates missing and dead grass plants’