Sheidow Park, South Australia

Sheidow Park is a suburb in the south of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the city-centre and is situated on coastal hills above the Adelaide Plains.

History

Named after the once prominent Sheidow pastoralist family that previously owned nearly all the land in the area, Sheidow Park is a relatively new suburb; residential development only really taking off in the late 1980s. The Sheidow family, formerly resident at a mansion over-looking Holdfast Bay, now reside on a large estate beside Hallet Cove Beach. Reflecting the suburb's agricultural past is the former railway track that winds through the area - an agricultural route in times gone by. The suburb has been growing progressively larger, absorbing much of Trott Park. The first major residential development in Sheidow Park was that of the Hickenbotham Group's Woodend Estate. The estate, like other planned developments, was released in stages, finishing with the final release in the late 1990s. The estate was essentially square-shaped, bordered by four main boulevards. A curious point is the naming of the streets; it is often a difficult area for visitors to navigate on account of confusing street names, with an unusually high proportion named after either fruits or apparent 'somebodies'. Originally, there was a community centre with shops located centrally on Edward Beck Drive and Lemmon Road, opposite the sales centre. However, the centre closed after the owner wished to convert it into a tavern. The proposal was met with fierce community opposition culminating in the State Government's decision to purchase it and convert it into a primary school. Currently there are local shops within Trott Park, which includes a Pharmacy, supermarket, hairdressers, take away & Indian restaurant. This shopping complex services both Sheidow Park & Trott Park residents.