Discover Richmond

Premiership Park, St Aloysius Catholic Church and Richmond’s settlement history offer different perspectives on a stay in Richmond. The park has an area for informal ball games; Richmond Oval is right next door. The church at 68 Brooker Terrace is listed as a local heritage place. The historical record traces the story from the early establishment of New Richmond to the railway line of 1878. Leisure, heritage and local development thus stand side by side as three distinct perspectives on the same destination.

Leisure at Premiership Park

Premiership Park has an area for informal ball games and is next to Richmond Oval. This combines a specific leisure opportunity with a nearby point of reference. If you are considering Richmond as a destination, you can assess the park independently of its historical themes.

St Aloysius Catholic Church

St Aloysius Catholic Church at 68 Brooker Terrace is listed as a local heritage place. This heritage listing adds a different aspect of Richmond to the park. For visitors interested in local history, it provides a specific, clearly located point of reference.

Early settlement and land use

During the district of West Torrens’ early settlement, the village of New Richmond was established by subdividing Section 95 into one-acre allotments. By 1840, there were three houses there, with another three under construction. The allotment size and the number of houses describe two aspects of the same early development: the first concerns the division of the land, while the second records the extent of construction at the time. This gives you a tangible snapshot of the settlement’s history, rather than just a general description of its beginnings. These details place New Richmond’s founding as a village in the early history of the West Torrens district and make the connection between land subdivision and early buildings easy to understand.

The properties in Richmond were large enough for a family home, orchards, growing wheat, hay and lucerne, and keeping a few livestock. Housing, crop cultivation and animal husbandry were thus possible side by side on the same properties. The area was called “Tin Town” because most of the houses were made of narrow, corrugated iron. The name refers directly to the building material; together with the information about the properties, it adds details about the construction of the houses at the time to the settlement history.

A later stage of development: 1878

A later stage of development is dated to 1878. That year, the Holdfast Bay Railway Company’s railway line passed through the village of Richmond in West Torrens. Improved transport links to the city made further subdivisions possible, including in West Richmond. The railway line thus adds a later phase to the early story of New Richmond: first came the subdivision of Section 95 and the number of houses by 1840, followed by improved connections and further subdivisions. This distinction in timing helps you understand the village’s establishment and later changes as separate developments.

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