| Turvey Park Wagga Wagga, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Macleay Street, Turvey Park | |||||||||||||||
  Turvey Park | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 35°7′34.06″S 147°21′25.48″E / 35.1261278°S 147.3570778°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,329 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2650 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Wagga Wagga | ||||||||||||||
| County | Wynyard | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | South Wagga Wagga | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wagga Wagga | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Riverina | ||||||||||||||
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Turvey Park is an inner southern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. Its boundaries are defined by Fernleigh Road to the south, Glenfield Road to the west, Coleman Street to the north and to the east by Willans Hill. Turvey Park is characterised by single detached dwellings, constructed in the period from the early 1900s through to the 1960s. These dwellings vary from the very substantial, as found in parts of Coleman Street and Grandview Parade, to the brick bungalows of the northern end of the suburb between Urana and Coleman Streets, to modest public housing, and a mixture of brick and fibro and weatherboard cottages at the southern end of the suburb. Another feature of Turvey Park are many corner shops, such on the corner of Heath and Urana Street, the corner of Norman and Coleman Streets, and the Corner of Bourke and Urana Streets.[2]
Turvey Park was named after the property "Turvey Park" established by Thomas Turvey (died 14 January 1889), a licensee and store owner. A large family vault on the property was moved to the Church of England proportion of the Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery to allow for the construction of the intersection of Mitchelmore St and Hodson Ave in 1941.[3] A commemorative plaque now marks the vicinity of the original site.[4]
A number of Wagga Wagga facilities are located in Turvey Park including the Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens, the Willans Hill Miniature Railway, Wagga Wagga Showground, Turvey Park Public School, Wagga Wagga High School, Kildare Catholic College, Henschke Primary School, Wagga Wagga TAFE, 2AAA FM Studios, Hopwood Park Tennis Club, Gissing Oval, a Fire and Rescue NSW Station, the Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre, the Kay Hull Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Charles Sturt University, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church and St Paul's Anglican Church. The Turvey Tops shopping centre, despite taking its name from the suburb, is actually located in the adjoining suburb of Mt. Austin. A number of Wagga Wagga sporting clubs have their origins in Turvey Park, and share the Turvey Park name, including the Turvey Park Bulldogs of the Riverina Football League (Australian Rules), the former Turvey Park Lions of Group 9 Rugby League (later merging with Wagga Wagga Magpies to create South City Bulls), and the Turvey Park Softball Club.
Former Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales and Australian Rugby League player Steve Mortimer is nicknamed Turvey after the Turvey Park Rugby League club for whom he played for growing up in Wagga Wagga.[5][6]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Turvey Park (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ Daily Advertiser (30 November 2013). "Topsy Turvey" (PDF).
- ^ Morris, S (1999). Wagga Wagga, a history. Wagga Wagga: Bobby Graham Publishers. p. 214. ISBN 1-875247-12-2.
- ^ Ellis, William R (1990). The Street Names of Wagga Wagga (PDF). Council of the City of Wagga Wagga.
- ^ "Museum of the Riverina Sporting Hall of Fame - Steve Mortimer".
- ^ "No Bull, This is Southcity's Biggest Fan". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
