Each generation continue to search for a method of preserving the names and memories of ancestors, family and friends.

The Portonian Walk created in the Pioneer Park at Alberton records their names in stone and embedded in history.  

The names of families have been etched on a paver measuring 230 mm square.  These pavers were placed in the Portonian Walk and serve as a graphic reminder of our ancestors.  

Pioneer park is open to the public but many have no knowledge of it as it lies hidden behind housing on four sides. Tourist signs were erected on the corners of Port Road/Parker Street and Coburg Road/William Street to assist visitors through the efforts of of Port Adelaide Historical Society and the Port Adelaide Enfield Council.  Access from Parker Street is by a set of steps, and from William Street by a pathway between the house numbered 10 and unit 8/16.

The area is the original site of the Alberton Cemetery: four acres of Section 1300, Hundred of Yatala, granted to Captain Dean Farrell and Mr Woodcock on November 11, 1847. Later the cemetery was ceded as Glebe Lands by the Government to the Anglican Church of St Paul the Apostle at Port Adelaide. At that time, 166 years ago, the four acre cemetery was a salt swamp on two sides, as was the land to the north as far as the wharves.  The area ceased as a working cemetery when closed to new leases in 1874 and the last burial took place more than 70 years ago.  A historic list of burials was made by Reverend Ross prior to 1990 and details of the approximately 3,000 people interred. 

The cemetery was restored as an open space by the Port Adelaide Council in 1990 and the plan for a memorial path was adopted, with assistance from the Council and Society, in answer to repeated requests for a permanent method of remembrance.

Shown here is a map of the area surrounding the Port Adelaide Pioneer Park.  As marked the area lies at the intersection of Port Road and Grand Junction Road. Easiest access is from William Street, and the area is open to pedestrian traffic at most times.  Public transport is available by the bus lines running to Port Adelaide from the City of Adelaide.