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Dudley Park, South Australia

Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Dudley Park
city	Adelaide
state	sa
image	DudleyParkRailwayStationAdelaide.jpg
caption	Dudley Park Railway Station
lga	City of Port Adelaide Enfield
postcode	5008
est	1909
pop
stategov	Croydon
fedgov	Adelaide
near-n	Regency Park
near-ne	Kilburn
near-e	Prospect
near-se	Prospect
near-s	Devon Park
near-sw	Renown Park
near-w	Croydon Park
near-nw	Ferryden Park
dist1	3
location1	Adelaide city centre
dir1	north
alternative_location_map	Australia SA inner Adelaide
pushpin_map_caption	Location in greater metropolitan Adelaide
coordinates
use_lga_map	yes

Dudley Park, is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, located approximately 3 kilometres north-west of the CBD. The suburb is bordered by Regency Road (north), Simpson Avenue (south), the Adelaide-Gawler railway line (east), and a line directly north–south from the Harrison Road-Simpson Avenue intersection to Regency Road (west).

The Dudley Park Cemetery is located within the suburb at the corner of Simpson Avenue and Exeter Terrace.

Two railway stations border the suburb, Islington railway station and Dudley Park railway station.

History

By the turn of the twentieth century, the Dudley Park area was known as Islington, a name preserved in the present-day Islington railway station and also used for the Islington sewage farm (now Regency Park) from 1881 until 1966.

In October 1909, the Dudley Park subdivision was created and named after William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley who was the Governor-General of Australia from 1908 to 1911 and had visited South Australia earlier that year.

In 1940, a new factory was established by Becker Pty. Ltd. to manufacture caffeine, theobromine and other drugs on a 40 acre site on Pym Street in Dudley Park. This had become necessary as the major global source for caffeine had been the Netherlands, which had been occupied by Germany early in World War II. The primary feedstock for caffeine production was cocoa waste imported from other states of Australia. As the factory was being established, the state government assisted with a new road and railway crossing, and extending the metropolitan sewerage to the area. An explosion at the chemical works in 1942 resulted in the death of two workers. The most well-known product of this factory would have been Bex Powders. The facade of the factory and administration building have local heritage protection.

Government

Dudley Park is located within the local government area of the Port Adelaide Enfield, the state Electoral District of Croydon and the federal Division of Adelaide

References

(2014). "District of Croydon map". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA.
(16 December 2011). "Federal Electoral Division of Adelaide". Australian Electorate Commission.
(2003). "2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition". UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd).
(c. 1945). "Adelaide – Map 8".
"Place Names of South Australia – D, Dudley Park". State Library of South Australia.
"Search result for "Dudley Park" (SUB) (Record id no. SA0020937)". Land Services, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure.
(15 July 1944). "NEW INDUSTRY IN ADELAIDE". [[The Advertiser (Adelaide).
(3 October 1940). "NEW CHEMICAL WORKS TO PRODUCE SOON". [[The News (Adelaide).
(19 January 1941). "Visiting Businessman Says.. Important Drugs to Be Made in Australia". [[Sunday Times (Perth)]].
(20 April 1942). "Funeral of Explosion Victims". [[The News (Adelaide).
(4 May 2000). "Factory & Administration building (formerly Beckers)". Government of South Australia.

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