Queens Park, Invercargill

Queens Park

A tree in Queens Park with a plaque commemorating the centennial of the United Ancient Order of Druids
Address	New Zealand
Location	Invercargill, New Zealand
Ground information
Establishment	1975 (first recorded match)
International information
First WODI	6 March 2010:  New Zealand v  Australia
Last WODI	7 March 2010:  New Zealand v  Australia
First WT20I	18 February 2011:  New Zealand v  Australia
Last WT20I	5 March 2014:  New Zealand v  West Indies
As of 30 September 2020 Source: CricketArchive

Queens Park is a park in Invercargill, New Zealand, and was part of the original plan when Invercargill was founded in 1856. The park is 200 acres (0.81 km²) in extent. It is just north of the city centre, bounded by Queens Drive to the east, Kelvin Street to the west, Gala Street to the south and Herbert Street to the north. The Gala Street entrance features the Feldwick Gates, built in 1924 and named after John Feldwick, brother of MP Henry Feldwick.^[1]

The park has an 18-hole golf course, a botanical garden, an aviary and sports grounds. It is also the home to the Southland Museum and Art Gallery and the Southland Astronomical Society Observatory. The cricket ground in the park is the home ground of the Southland cricket team, and is also regularly used by the Otago cricket team for first-class and one-day matches.^[2] However, in September 2021, the cricket ground was stripped of its first-class status due to drainage issues.^[3] The park also gives its name to one of Invercargill's association football clubs, Queens Park A.F.C.

On the northern edge of the park are Waihopai School (formerly Waihopai Primary School) and Southland Boys' High School. Despite being within the bounded areas of the park, neither are considered a part of it.