Heritage South Australia

28/06/2024

21/06/2024

Heritage Who Am I?

Can you guess the name or location of this State Heritage Place with the following clues?

* I am a 12.8 metre high concrete gravity weir.
* I was built during the years 1911 to 1913.
* A quote from the Public Works Report of 1912-13 says "The valve was closed on the 19th July, 1912, before the weir was completed, and at the end of June of this year 23,500,00 gallons of water were stored, and supply available along 4 and three quarter miles of 12in. and 10in. trunk main."
* Does the photo help?

History Trust of South Australia City of Adelaide City of West Torrens City of Port Lincoln Council Keith Conlon History Council of South Australia National Trust Eyre Peninsula Water.org

21/06/2024

A Heritage Skills Workshop is being held in August 2024:

A ten-day training workshop will be held in the National Heritage Listed City of Broken Hill.

The training will be led by Keith McAllister and will provide participants with experience in:

* Heritage Metal Roofing
* Heritage Carpentry
* Heritage Painting
* Traditional Render Repair
* Leadlight work
* Reconstruction of heritage verandah to the facade of Pirie Chambers.

Cost is $600 for the one-week course and $1200 for full two-week course.

For more details and how to register:

https://hsrsa.com/heritage-training/

History Trust of South Australia History Council of South Australia Leonard Blazeby Beverley Voigt Hamish Angas Keith Conlon

Theoretical and hands-on experience in the areas of Stone Conservation, Heritage Painting, Lime Mortar Technology and Repointing Techniques.

20/06/2024

The Heritage Standard for Burra, a State Heritage Area in South Australia, is now complete.

The State Heritage Area designation ensures that future development of properties and open spaces within Burra State Heritage Area are managed in a way that maintains the Area’s heritage value.

The Heritage Standard forms a key part of Heritage SA’s assessment of the heritage impact of referred development proposals.

Burra was home to the first large population of Cornish
people in South Australia - connected with the establishment and function of the mine.

The South Australian Mining Association (SAMA) commenced mining at Burra on 29 September 1845. Production of copper ore soon eclipsed the Kapunda mines, and in 1847 Burra Burra Mine produced more copper than all 94 copper mines in Cornwall. Burra Burra Mine emerged as the largest mine in Australia, a title it held for a decade from 1845.

The SAMA imported six Cornish engines from foundries in Cornwall which were transported from Port Adelaide on purpose-built, bullock-drawn jinkers one of which, the Burra Jinker, survives today.

The efforts of the local community and the National Trust of South Australia have allowed the mine site and townships of Burra to remain highly intact. On 28 January 1993 Burra was designated a State Heritage Area and, along with Moonta, was added to the National Heritage List on 9 May 2017.

You can download the Heritage Standard for Burra here:

https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/environment/docs/DEW-D0025043-Attachment-2.pdf

History Council of South Australia Burra and Goyder Visitor Information Centre Burra South Australia Keith Conlon Hamish Angas Beverley Voigt Leonard Blazeby Louise Bird History Trust of South Australia Environment SA News National Trust of South Australia

19/06/2024

The Heritage Standard for Moonta Mines, a State Heritage Area in South Australia, is now complete.

The State Heritage Area designation ensures that future development of properties and open spaces within Moonta Mines State Heritage Area are managed in a way that maintains the Area’s heritage value.

The Heritage Standard forms a key part of Heritage SA’s assessment of the heritage impact of referred development proposals.

Walter Watson Hughes established the Tiparra Mining Company, later the Moonta Mining Company, in partnership with Edward Stirling, John Taylor, Robert Barr Smith and Thomas Elder. MMC commenced mining copper at Moonta Mines in 1861.

Immediately profitable, Moonta Mines was the first Australian mining company to pay £1 million in dividends, and helped to cement Australia’s international reputation as a major exporter of copper. By 1875 the greater Moonta district, with a population of 12,000, was the largest urban area outside Adelaide.

You can download the Heritage Standard for Moonta Mines here:

https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/environment/docs/DEW-D0025043-Attachment-3-Moonta-Mines.pdf

Moonta Heritage National Trust of South Australia History Trust of South Australia History Council of South Australia Copper Coast Council Keith Conlon Hamish Angas Susan Avey Leonard Blazeby

14/06/2024

Here's another post from Isabella. The ketch Dashing Wave was built in 1865 by James McLaren and Thomas Inches on the Huon at Shipwrights Point, Tasmania. Constructed from Blue gum, the vessel had two masts and measured 18.7 m in length and 5.3 m in beam. It had a draught of 1.6 m and gross tonnage of 39 tons. Dashing Wave spent four years in Tasmania (Hobart) before being sold and transferred to Gulf St Vincent in South Australia, where it passed through more than a dozen owners over the course of the rest of its life.

On Christmas Eve, 1926, the ketch left Port Pirie laden with timber, joinery and furniture to be delivered to Messrs Geddes and Co. of Port Lincoln. Within a short distance of its destination, the vessel was becalmed, so Captain Samuel E. Swensen anchored to wait for favourable winds. The following morning, Christmas Day, a strong gale blew up and the ketch lost first its anchors and then its sails, which the crew had raised in a failed attempt to run for safety. Now helpless, the vessel drifted the remainder of the day, pushed by south-westerly winds and pelted by showers. At about 8 pm, the vessel was blown ashore in Louth Bay, north of Port Lincoln, where it broke up. Swensen and his three crew managed to get safely ashore.

The timber cargo was unloaded and taken to Port Lincoln, but the furniture, joinery and other fittings were ruined by the seas washing over the wreck. Dashing Wave‘s rudder and a wooden boom are displayed in the Axel Stenross Maritime Museum at Port Lincoln.

(This site is protected under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1981, and it is an offence to damage, destroy, interfere with, or remove any part of the shipwreck or its associated relics.)



Images: Rudder from the ketch Dashing Wave in the Axel Stenross Maritime Museum, Port Lincoln (donor: P.J. Baillie).

05/06/2024

Its World Environment Day!

There is plenty of work to do in the revegetation space, but there is a lot happening too.

It is worth celebrating our protected areas here in South Australia. We can't take them for granted.

There is overlap with heritage and our protected areas - for example Belair National Park has been recognised as a State Heritage Area as well as a National Park.

The photo of Belair National Park below was taken by Catherine Hutchesson as part of the 2018 Heritage Snaps photo competition.

Belair National Park signifies South Australia's commitment to preserving natural areas for both conservation and recreation. 'National Park', as it was originally known, was created on land originally set aside in the 1840s as the Government Farm and includes the first Governor's summer residence, built in 1859.

https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/

31/05/2024

This week's post is provided by our placement student Isabella. Amber Star (formally Gabanele) was a 32-ton wooden fishing cutter built by Don Wilson at Smithton, Tasmania, in 1966. It measured 14.6m long, 4.6m in breadth and 2.4m deep and was fitted with an auxiliary Gardner diesel engine.

On 7 January 1973, the vessel’s final owner, August 'Gus' Mere, with his brother John and Seigmund Masierowski as crew, sailed Amber Star out from Port Adelaide on a shark-fishing trip off the southern coast of Kangaroo Island. After a slow start, they moved to Weir’s Cove and enjoyed two successful days fishing off Cape Du Coudic, catching 152 sharks. On Saturday the 13th, Meer decided to take Amber Star up to Cape Borda. While rounding the Cape between the Casuarina Islets, the vessel was struck by a huge wave, which sprung some of its planking, causing it to take on water rapidly. Meer immediately turned the vessel around and headed back to the shelter of Weir’s Cove.

Word was eventually relayed to the Kingscote Police, who arranged for Lionel Puckerage, owner and skipper of Westward at Vivonne Bay, to provide assistance. It was almost 2am on the 14th when Puckerage finally arrived at Weir’s Cove and found Amber Star’s forward deck awash. Later that morning, the fishing cutter Joanne Lee, skippered by John Ware, also left Vivonne Bay to assist.

A portable pump was delivered to pump out Amber Star's hold, but it was decided finally to try to tow the vessel to Vivonne Bay. Two attempts both proved unsuccessful, as the bow remained down in the water despite the pumping. Shortly after 10 am, the tow rope broke and the vessel sank in 28 fathoms of water off Cape Bouger, just as Joanne Lee arrived on the scene. The crew of the lost cutter were taken to Vivonne Bay aboard Westward, from where they were taken to Pandana and flown to Adelaide.

(This site is protected under the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018, and it is an offence to damage, destroy, interfere with, or remove any part of the shipwreck or its associated relics.)


Images: (Top) Westward rendering assistance to the foundering cutter; (Bottom) Amber Star sinking off Cape Bouger, Kangaroo Island, 14 January 1973 (photos courtesy Gifford Chapman).

22/05/2024

It’s SA History Month! To help celebrate the occasion, we’ve come up with a few curly quiz questions to test your general knowledge of SA’s environmental history and built heritage.

14/05/2024

History month is now in full swing.

Did you know that the youngest State Heritage listed built place is the Marion Cultural Centre?

It was built in 2001.

The Marion Cultural Centre is an outstanding example of postmodern architecture in South Australia and is a model of semiotic (relating to signs and symbols) design that is demonstrated through its built form, associated landscape and aspects of the interior design.

The Bicentennial Conservatory in the Botanic Gardens is the second youngest building on the Register – it was built in 1989.

Visit the Marion Cultural Centre webpage to see what is on:

https://www.marion.sa.gov.au/venues-and-facilities/marion-cultural-centre

Heritage History Council of South Australia History Trust of South Australia HISTORY Keith Conlon City of Marion

14/05/2024

This month, we're celebrating South Australia's History Festival.

To help mark the event, we’ve come up with a few curly quiz questions to test your general knowledge of SA’s environmental history and built heritage.

Test your skills on this one. Can you name the oldest National Park in South Australia? Post your guesses below!

Follow the link to learn more about SA's unique history and heritage: https://bit.ly/heritagesa

Follow National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia to stay abreast of everything you need to know about SA's National Parks, Conservation Parks, Reserves and Wilderness Protection Areas.

09/05/2024

History Month continues, don't forget to check out the program here:

https://festival.history.sa.gov.au/events/

Did you know that the Lake Acraman crater is one of the largest State Heritage Places in SA, at 20kms in diameter?

Some 590 million years ago, geologists estimate, a massive asteroid slammed into what is now South Australia. One remnant of that impact is Lake Acraman, a shallow salt lake located at the northern end of Eyre Peninsula, north of the Gawler Ranges National Park.

The immense energy of the Acraman impact dwarfs the energy of the most powerful man-made nuclear explosion. The projectile would have been about 4km in diameter and moving at about 25km per second. This would have released energy on impact of approximately 5 to 10 million megatons compared to 100 megatons released by the largest H-bomb to be exploded (from Heritage SA files).

Now a quiet and picturesque place as shown in the photo, is a stark contrast to how it would have looked after impact of the asteroid - some 590 million years ago!

History Council of South Australia Heritage HISTORY Keith Conlon Flinders Ranges and Outback Outback Communities Authority Leonard Blazeby Beverley Voigt

09/05/2024

The West Torrens Historical Society, in partnership with City of West Torrens are celebrating History Month with an Exhibition on Saturday 25 May, 10am to 1pm "From palti to polo ponies - recreation in West Torrens", 327 -329 Marion Road, North Plympton.

Refreshments available.

https://www.westtorrenshistory.org/home

You can follow the West Torrens Historical Society through Facebook West Torrens Historical Society

Heritage History Council of South Australia History Trust of South Australia National Trust of South Australia Keith Conlon

West Torrens Historical Society The West Torrens Historical Society was founded in March 1976 and is a voluntary non-profit organisation which records, collects and researches matters of historical interest relating to the people, businesses, events, land and buildings within the City of West

07/05/2024

The History Festival is on now!

Have a look at the program and get involved if you can.

Heritage is an important physical reminder of our history and many heritage places feature as part of the History Festival. There are currently 2327 places on the South Australian Heritage Register - protected as State Heritage Places.

Did you know that the smallest State Heritage Places are Mounting Steps found at 4 locations in country South Australia?

Mounting Steps were once a characteristic feature of towns but few now remain in South Australia. The only sets known to have survived are two sets at Watervale and steps at Mintaro, Auburn and Riverton. Along with changing stations and stables, they are amongst the few relics remaining to remind us of the era of horse-drawn public transport. They were used to help people on to carriages.

The photo is of the Mounting Steps in Auburn.

Heritage History Council of South Australia History Trust of South Australia National Trust - South Australia Keith Conlon Environment SA News

Follow this web link to find out more about the History Festival:

https://festival.history.sa.gov.au/

03/05/2024

Tanunda is hosting the Barossa History Festival this Sunday the 5th May and one of the attractions is a selection of 20 photos from past Heritage Photo competitions.

They will be on display in the Tabor Hall, next to the Tabor Lutheran Church.

More information about what is on here:

https://www.barossa.com/listing/barossa-history-fair-2024

Heritage HISTORY History Trust of South Australia National Trust of South Australia Keith Conlon Barossa History Fair Barossa Heritage

03/05/2024

The South Australian Heritage Council has provisionally entered the Crown and Anchor Hotel (Grenfell Street, Adelaide), in the South Australian Heritage Register and is seeking submissions. Anyone may make a submission on the form, which can be found here: https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/heritage/sa-heritage-register/entries-confirmations

The period for making a submission closes 3 August 2024.

Image courtesy of Googlemaps

29/04/2024

Heritage News - April 2024.

The latest Heritage News includes photos and information about the rich cultural heritage of the Flinders Ranges and can be downloaded from this webpage:

https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/heritage/sa-heritage-council/news

The SA Heritage Council met in Beltana - a State Heritage listed town in the Flinders Ranges. It is listed as one of SA's 17 State Heritage Areas.

In 1987 the town of Beltana was declared a State Heritage Area in recognition of its links with so many important events in SA history including where the Royal Flying Doctor Service began, where pedal wireless experiments took place and where 60,000 years of Aboriginal culture remains strong.

The image is of a place in Beltana, located on Adnyamathanhha Country.

Heritage HISTORY History Trust of South Australia History Council of South Australia South Australia Environment SA News Keith Conlon

29/04/2024

Yes - the answer to the "Heritage Who Am I" is the St Gabriel's Catholic Church at Cradock.

The former St Gabriel's Catholic Church is of architectural significance because of the high quality of the design and detailing and as a significant example of the work of Thomas Burgoyne. Its historical significance lies in its identification with the Catholic Church and the manner in which it reflects the extension of the Church into the remote parts of the State with the expansion of agriculture. The church is also a landmark building in the township.

Heritage HISTORY History Council of South AustraliaHistory Trust of South Australia

26/04/2024

The subject of this week’s post is the Scottish sailing barque Loch Sloy, which tragically wrecked off the SW coast of Kangaroo Island 125 years ago this week. Loch Sloy was one of the well-known Loch liners that made regular trips from Great Britain to Australia. Built for the Glasgow Shipping Company in 1877 by D&W Henderson & Co. at the Meadowside shipyard in Govan (Glasgow, Scotland), it was a 3-masted iron ship of 1,280 tons, 225½ ft (68.7m) length and 35½ ft (10.8m) breadth. Originally ship-rigged, the vessel was re-rigged as a barque in 1895.

Loch Sloy left Glasgow under the first-time command of Capt. Peter Nicol on 5 January 1899 bound for Port Adelaide. Before dawn on 24 April, whilst travelling with all sails set at 10–11 knots, the crew was called on deck as land was spotted ahead. Braced up on a starboard tack, the Captain gave the order to come about and the helm was ported, but too late. The ship was struck broadside by a heavy sea and went onto the rocks about 6 km NW of Cape du Couedic. Battered by breakers, Loch Sloy became a total wreck in only 20 minutes. The captain, three mates, six of the seven passengers and all but three of the crew – 30 in total – drowned. Only able seamen William Mitchell and Duncan McMillan, apprentice John Simpson and passenger David Kilpatrick made it safely to shore.

Awaiting them were high, rocky cliffs and 30 km of scrub bush between them and the lighthouse at Cape Borda. It took 15 days before McMillan finally found help at Charles May’s Rocky River Homestead and the wrecking was reported. Mitchell and Simpson were eventually found by a search party, having sustained themselves on a penguin carcass and grass. Kilpatrick had died in the interim from exhaustion and the battering he had endured when getting ashore. His body was found and buried atop the cliffs overlooking Maupertuis Bay.

(This site is protected under the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018, and it is an offence to damage, destroy, interfere with, or remove any part of the shipwreck or its associated relics.)



Images: Loch Sloy under full sail, c. 1880 (SLV H99.220/18); Loch Sloy docked in an unidentified port, c. 1887 (SLSA B 11837); the grave site of David Kilpatrick (DEW); SSE view of the coastline of Maupertuis Bay, Kangaroo Island (DEW).

20/04/2024

Heritage Who Am I

Can you guess the name of this State Heritage Place with the aid of the hints below?

* I am located in a small town as you travel to the Flinders Ranges from Adelaide
* I am a significant example of the work of Thomas Burgoyne.
* I was opened in 1883 and formally dedicated by Bishop Reynolds on 12/7/1885
* I closed in 1970 and was deconsecrated in 1976.
* I was entered in the Heritage Register on 23 September 1982.
* Do the photos help?

18/04/2024

You can help to restore the bus from the hit movie "The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert."

The History Trust of South Australia, with the support of the South Australian Government, as well as the film's director, Stephan Elliott, will restore Priscilla to her former glory.

Learn more about where the bus has been for the past 16 years here:

https://www.history.sa.gov.au/priscilla/

History Council of South Australia Heritage HISTORY Keith Conlon Louise Bird Leonard Blazeby

18/04/2024

Many great reasons to visit the Flinders Ranges!

18/04/2024

Celebrating the Flinders Ranges on World ICOMOS day (World Heritage day)............

18/04/2024

Today, 18 April, is International Day for Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).

The theme for 2024 is Disasters & Conflicts Through the Lens of the Venice Charter.

ICOMOS works for the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places. It is the only global non-government organisation of this kind, which is dedicated to promoting the application of theory, methodology, and scientific techniques to the conservation of the architectural and archaeological heritage.

In South Australia, there are a number of ways we protect our heritage formally including through the:

* the Heritage Places Act 1993,
* the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988,
* the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1981,
* the Native Vegetation Act 1991, and
* the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972

Just for example, the South Australian Heritage Register (under the Heritage Places Act 1993) records:

• 1 World Heritage Place (Australian Fossil Mammal Sites at Naracoorte)
• 10 National Heritage Places
• 11 Commonwealth Heritage Places
• 2327 Confirmed State Heritage Places
• 9 Provisionally listed State Heritage Places
• 17 State Heritage Areas
• 29 State Heritage Objects
• 17 State Heritage Places Designated for their archaeological significance
• 38 State Heritage Places Designated (26 with geological significance, 16 with palaeontological significance and 4 with speleological significance (noting six places have more than one type of designation).
• Over 7,250 Local Heritage Places in 27 of the 68 Local Councils of SA

The photo is of the Blanche Cave at Naracoorte Caves - World Heritage Place. The photo shows a concert in progress in the Blanche Cave.

Heritage HISTORY Keith Conlon History Trust of South Australia National Trust of South Australia Leonard Blazeby

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)

16/04/2024

16/04/2024

The answer is Beltana! And the building in the photo is the old Police Station.

Thanks to everyone who had a guess at where the Heritage Who Am I was.

Beltana is a State Heritage Area and is located on Adnyamathanha Country.

There is great interpretive signage to read as you walk around Beltana - including one for the former Police Station.

13/04/2024

Heritage Who Am I

Can you guess where this State Heritage building is based on the hints below?

* I am located in a State Heritage Area in regional SA.
* My town was surveyed in 1873.
* My town was where the Royal Flying Doctor Service began thanks to the Reverend John Flynn.
* My town was declared a State Heritage Area on 16 July 1987.
* Does the photo help?

12/04/2024

The latest edition of Heritage News is now available to read.

It relates to the outcomes of the March 2024 meeting of the SA Heritage Council and other news.

It includes the heritage listing of the Kelvin Building on North Terrace, Adelaide. Completed in 1926, the Kelvin Building was purpose-built to serve as the headquarters of the Adelaide Electric Supply Company (Asco), South Australia’s principal electricity generator and supplier. Image of the Kelvin Building below.

Download the Heritage News through this link:

https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/heritage/sa-heritage-council/news