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ANNA’S SPECIAL PATH
On International Women's Day, on 8 May, the Anna Rennie
Chapter hosted a cocktail breakfast to celebrate the official
renaming and dedication of the Port Loop Path to ‘The Anna
Rennie Path’.
Anna Rennie was a pioneer of social justice in Port Adelaide.
After training as a nurse at the Adelaide Hospital,Anna became
increasingly active in the community. She campaigned for
improvements to the food ration scheme in Port Adelaide and
played an important part in establishing the Port Archway facility,
the first Meals onWheels kitchen in Australia and a kindergarten
inWellington Street, Port Adelaide.
Anna served as a Councillor for SouthWard from 1950-1964,
being the first female Councillor to serve Port Adelaide Council,
and as Mayor from 1964 -1969, for the City of Port Adelaide.
She was the first female Mayor in the metropolitan area of
South Australia.As Mayor she supported Labor Day processions,
established sports clubs and the Swan Terrace Olympic Pool,
Senior Citizens Clubs and the Port Market Carparks. Her work
improved Glanville Hall and made it available to the first Elderly
Citizens Club in the district.
She was responsible for delivering an extensive works program
which resulted in footpaths on 250 different streets, kerbing
and water tabling in 200 streets and 30 new storm water drains
totalling 32000 feet. She arranged the purchase of land to enlarge
the Birkenhead Reserve, Port Adelaide Oval, Largs North Oval,
Osborne House Reserve and Junction Road Reserve. She was
also responsible for the building of South Australian Housing
Trust Units for the aged being built in Port Adelaide, the first in
South Australia.
Named in her honour, the Anna Rennie Path is a shared use
cycling and pedestrian loop path providing a 3.5km route around
the inner harbor and riverfront. It provides a place to be active,
or a spot to relax and partake in a bit of dolphin watching.The
Anna Rennie Chapter, a local group that works to connect and
support women within metropolitan Adelaide, advocated for
the naming of the path. Visit for
more information about this important local figure and her legacy.
NEWADELAIDE BEACHES
TOURISM INITIATIVE
Adelaide Beaches is a brand new initiative between the cities of
Port Adelaide Enfield, Holdfast Bay, West Torrens and Charles
Sturt. Between the four councils, we share 30km of continuous
coastline and connected beaches.
A new website, has been created
to increase awareness of the region as a tourism destination,
showcase what the area has to offer, and get more people to visit
our coastline from Adelaide, interstate and overseas.
On the website you’ll find places to stay, things to do and see,
event listings, somewhere to eat and much more.Visitors can also
book accommodation directly through the site.
FREE INTERNET CAFÉ
AT ENFIELD
Enfield Community Centre’s long-running PopUp Café now
offers WiFi access free to local community members. One of our
volunteer technology gurus will be available to help you connect
to the internet on your phone, access information, complete
online forms, set up an email account or anything else you may
want to know.
You will need to bring your own laptop, ipad, phone or android
to access the internet.
The PopUp Internet Café runs from 10am-2pm every Monday
(except public holidays).
Come along and have a cuppa and something to eat, meet new
people and learn something new.You will also be able to access
the internet onsite at the Enfield Community Centre from
Monday-Friday. Please call Liz on 8405 6556 to check the times
for additional supported sessions.