Enmore Park Plan of Management - Land

Conservation Management StrategyEnmore ParkWallsend and other municipalities. Public meetings were held to advocatethe resumption of the land, but the Government turned a deaf ear, and only10 acres were resumed. This block of land was vested in trustees on June5 th , 1885. Since then Enmore Park has been neatly fenced and laid out. Inthe centre there was a fountain of unique design, surrounded by a circularpathway.”Samuel Cook, referred to above in the Jubilee Souvenir, was the owner of Frankfort Villa whichlay opposite Enmore Park on Victoria Road. He was also the General Manager of the SydneyMorning Herald and Sydney Mail from 1888 to 1907. On page 153 of the 1994 publication“Marrickville – People and Places” by Meader, Cashman and Carolan, Cook is described ashaving ‘one of the most magnificent private gardens …. it was unequalled in its variety of trees,shrubs and flowers and was described in 1905 by the Sydney Mail as one of the largest and mostinteresting suburban gardens in Sydney’. It would seem that Cook may have been the instigatorof the entire public movement for the formation of parks in Marrickville, although more researchwould need to be carried out on his life to confirm the extent of his involvement with such publiclobbying. Meader, Cashman and Carolan conclude on page 163 of “Marrickville – People andPlaces” that ‘the establishment of this park (Enmore) was the result of pressure exerted by aresidents’ lobby group led by Samuel Cook of Frankfort Villa’. Of course Cook may have hadfinancial interests in mind in the promotion of the site for Enmore Park, as it lay opposite hisFrankfort Villa and grounds, which was put up for subdivision in 1911.Figure H3 – 1911 subdivision plan for the FrankfortEstate, showing Enmore Park (then MarrickvillePark) with two paths, one from the Addison Rdentry and one extending NE/SW across the park.This representation of paths may have beenindicative only. Source: Marrickville local historycentre (aperture card).Figure H4 – Undated subdivision plan of theLewellin Estate showing Enmore Park referred toas Victoria Park. Note the location of Sam Cooks’large residence ‘Frankfort’ (arrowed on bothFigures). Source: Marrickville local history centre(aperture card).Mayne-Wilson & Associates5Conservation Landscape Architects