Victoria Park, Adelaide

"Victoria Park Racecourse" redirects here. Not to be confused with Victoria Park Racecourse, Sydney.

34°55′59″S 138°37′12″E / 34.933°S 138.620°E / -34.933; 138.620

Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi, also known as Park 16, is a park located in the Southeastern Park Lands of the South Australian capital of Adelaide.[1][2] It is bordered by Fullarton Road, Greenhill Road, East Terrace and Wakefield Road. Before 1897 it was known as the Old Adelaide Racecourse.[3]

It has hosted several major events in recent years, the most prominent of which were the Formula 1 from 1985 to 1995, and from 1999 the Adelaide 500. This race was cancelled in 2020 for the 2021 season during the COVID pandemic, but returned in December 2022. Victoria Park is also the host of three Pedal Prix races through the year, run by the AHPVSS (Australian Human Powered Vehicle Super Series).

Horse racing track along the eastern edge of Victoria Park, adjacent Fullarton Road
The grandstand of the former Victoria Park Racecourse has been retained

The park's most prominent feature was the Victoria Park Racecourse, the home course of the Adelaide Racing Club prior to its amalgamation with the South Australian Jockey Club; the main track was 2,360 metres long, with the longest home-straight of any horse racing track in Australia.[4]

  1. ^ Parklands Signage Plan. Retrieved 15 May 2007. Archived 9 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16), adelaideparklands.com.au
  3. ^ "The Old Adelaide Racecourse". South Australian Register. Vol. LXII, no. 15, 828. South Australia. 5 August 1897. p. 6. Retrieved 16 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Victoria Park Racecourse". Pro-Group Racing. Retrieved 1 August 2006.