Kingsford Smith Memorial Park

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Description

The park's first name, in 1935, was Jubilee Park to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. This, however, was changed only a year later to Kingsford Smith Memorial Park and Playground, in honour of the pioneer Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897-1935).  

Open lawns great for a picnics. We took a wander around the park this morning.

While the BMCC does a good job maintaining it, it is seldom used.

Additional Information

On 7 March 1938, Lord Wakehurst, Governor of NSW, dedicated the entrance pavilion with a slate plaque, the lintel bearing the words Kingsford Smith Memorial Park. This was topped with a hemispherical metal dome showing a relief map of Australia, with a two-foot scale model of Southern Cross, constructed by Mr Evan Cork of Randwick, mounted above it. The street lights were gas operated from the nearby Katoomba Leura Gas Co. works in Megalong St. The large house on the extreme right is Wadi Shaifa.