Enmore Park Plan of Management - Land

Conservation Management StrategyEnmore ParkEnmore Park, first known as Marrickville Park, was the first park to be established in theMunicipality of Marrickville. It was officially proclaimed in two sections, on 4 th May 1886 and12 th October 1893 3 . In relation to the sequence of name changes of Enmore Park, there appearsto be some degree of inconsistency between historical publications. One volume, the 1936 “AHistory of the Municipality of Marrickville” to commemorate its seventy-fifth anniversary,suggests that the park was first known as Enmore Park and later Marrickville Park, the reverse ofinformation contained in all other sources viewed by this consultant. The park was rededicated tothe Municipality of Marrickville for public recreation by proclamation on 2 nd August 1911 4 .A Sydney Water plan of the park from 1892 shows a broad fountain at the centre of EnmorePark, then referred to as Marrickville Park. This fountain reputedly contained ferns within it,according to a letter from a local resident contained in Council correspondence files from 1926-29 (File No. 54 Council Archives).Figure H5 – Sydney Water plan from 1892 shows the boundaries of the park and a fountain whichformerly stood at its centre. Source: Marrickville local history centre (aperture card).3 Enmore Park Enhancement – Proposed Bandstand and Conservation Works 1995 (held by Marrickville Councilarchives)4 Marrickville general correspondence files 1918-1948, File No. 163Mayne-Wilson & Associates6Conservation Landscape Architects