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heritage living | south Australia 

edition 02 | november 2012-january 2013 

Inside this issue 

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state heritage 

places 

cultural flow 

tours 

cultural flow

National Trust of SA 

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NTSA COUNCIL 

President 

David Beaumont 

Councillors 

David Beaumont 

Marcus Beresford 

Norman 

Etherington 

Brian McMillan 

Darryl Morley 

Deborah Morgan 

Neil Nicholson 

Chris Perriam 

Sue Scheiffers 

Richard Stewart 

Marilyn Tucker 

Robyn Wight 

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support of advertisers. Publication 

of an advertisement does not imply 

endorsement by the National Trust of 

the advertised product or service. 

NTSA STATE OFFICE STAFF 

Chief Executive Officer Eric Heapy 

Natural Heritage Officer Janet Pedler 

Built Asset Manager Mario Russo 

Finance Manager Ellen Martin 

Marketing & Development Manager Gail Chorlton 

Executive Administrator Helen Cartmel 

Senior Administration Officer Joseanne Visentin 

AYERS HOUSE MUSEUM 

Staff House Manager Functions, Weddings & Events Co-Ordinator Janine Hook 

Administration Assistant Jessica Sanderson 

COMMITTEES 

Audit Finance & Governance 

Ayers House Advisory 

Beaumont House Garden 

Collections 

Cultural Heritage 

Communications 

Education Working Party 

Natural Heritage 

Significant Tree 

Regions & Branches 

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NTSA BRANCHES (45) 

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Tea Tree Gully, Ceduna, Cleve, Koppio, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay, Whyalla, Auburn, 

Burra, Clare, Jamestown, Port Pirie, Barmera, Berri, Overland Corner, Renmark, 

Waikerie, Beachport, Keith, Kingston SE, Millicent, Mount Gambier, Naracoorte, 

Penola, Robe, Goolwa, Hahndorf, Kingscote KI, Mount Barker, Mount Lofty, 

Penneshaw, Port Elliot, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbor, Willunga, Central Yorke 

Peninsula, Kadina, Minlaton, Moonta, Wallaroo 

Telephone 08 8202 9200 for contact /information details 

Contributions are welcome Please send care of the Communications Committee 

February deadline 23rd November 2012 

cover image Sir Thomas Elder donated the Elder Park bandstand in 1881 and it has been an Adelaide 

icon ever since.Photo: Marcus Beresford see Heritage @ Risk page 6. 

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Perspectives 

President’s message 

david beaumont 

It is with mixed feelings that, at this year’s AGM, I will be stepping 

down as President of the National Trust. As I am committed to 

continuing an absorbing research project at the University of 

Adelaide, I am unable to continue to devote the significant time 

needed to do justice to the important role as President. 

At the AGM, my current term of 

two years as President will have 

been completed. I am conscious 

of the importance of maintaining 

continuity and assisting with the 

changes required for execution of 

our Strategic Plan, I am willing, if 

elected, to remain as a Councillor of 

the Trust, a role which I have filled 

since 2008 

I have had a long association with 

the Trust and have appreciated 

the opportunity to serve you as 

President, especially relishing 

the opportunity of being able to 

contribute to our cultural heritage. 

I am extremely thankful for the 

support of my fellow Councillors, 

generous NTSA members, the 

diligent and loyal staff under our 

indefatigable CEO Eric Heapy, 

and those many members and 

volunteers who so thanklessly 

manage, support and promote the 

organisation at the Branches. 

We live in difficult times, and the 

National Trust is not immune. 

We have a workable Strategy for 

carrying us through this period, 

but the future role and position of 

the Trust may be quite different to 

the organisation that has been so 

special to the people of SA since 

1955. I think we are achieving a 

great deal in addressing the many 

fundamental issues faced by the 

Trust. That work, pragmatically 

assessed against our programs, 

must continue as we head towards 

a self-sustaining model. The Trust’s 

relevance as an independent, nongovernment-organisation, 

not-forprofit 

body run and operated by 

members and volunteers will, I’m 

sure, continue in the future, and, 

our good work for the public benefit 

must be recognised by re-instating 

unconditional financial support 

from government. 

While we have a duty, as custodians, 

to pass on the heritage of SA that 

has come down to us, our cultural 

capital needs to be continually reasserted 

and respected as it is, and 

always will be, a ‘moving feast’ with 

each new generation having their 

own ideas of its place and value in 

their lives. 

57th Annual General Meeting and State Conference 

saturday 24th November 2012 10am to 4pm 

Notice is hereby given that the 57th 

Annual General Meeting of the 

National Trust will be held at the 

RSL Memorial Hall, Torrens Parade 

Ground, Adelaide, on Saturday 

24th November 2012 from 10 am to 

12noon, to be followed by the State 

Conference. 

AGENDA 

1. Introduction and Welcome 

2. Apologies 

3. To receive and confirm the 

minutes of 56th Annual 

General Meeting 

4. Business arising from minutes 

5. President’s Report 

6. CEO’S Report 

7. Financial Report 

8. Elections to Council and 

Notification of Regional 

Councillors 

9. NTSA Awards Presentation 

10. Any Other Business 

11. Close of meeting 

NOTICE OF MOTION 

Notice of Motion to be made at a 

general meeting by any person not 

being a member of the Council 

shall be sent to the CEO twenty one 

days before the Annual General 

Meeting. Such notice shall be 

signed by the proposer and a 

seconder, being members of the 

National Trust. A Councillor may 

propose a motion at a general 

meeting without notice. 

STATE CONFERENCE 

Saturday 24 November 2012 

All members are invited to attend 

the State Conference at the RSL 

Memorial Hall, Torrens Parade 

Ground, Adelaide. The conference 

offers members an opportunity to 

hear and participate in discussion 

on the Trust’s activities and plans. 

Morning tea will be served prior to 

the commencement of the AGM 

at 10am. The State Conference 

Afternoon Program commences 

at 1pm after a light lunch and 

will include presentations from 

interesting and informative 

speakers. Details about the State 

Conference will be provided as 

soon as possible. 

Attendance and Catering 

at NTSA AGM 2012 

Please notify State Office of your 

attendance. Morning tea and a light 

lunch can be ordered at a cost of 

$20.00 per head. Please telephone 

Helen Cartmel on 8202 9213, or 

email executiveadmin@ 

nationaltrustsa.org.au by 

Friday 9 November 2012. 

An attendance form can be 

downloaded from the website 

www.nationaltrustsa.org.au 

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State Heritage 

SA Heritage@Risk 2012 covers new territory 

David Beaumont & Marcus Beresford 

The top ten places and threats identified as SA heritage at risk this year include (in no specific order) 

areas of government activity as well as specific buildings or structures and natural environments: 

Above Carramar. Photo: Marcus Beresford 

1. Carramar 

This house on the corner of 

Greenhill Rd and George St Parkside 

is one of three remaining mansions 

which once lined this section of 

parklands. Incorporating an earlier 

house (c1847) of Robert Gardiner 

(who assisted Col. Light in his 

survey) and designed by SA born 

architect GK Soward (1857-1941), 

it features red brick with elaborate 

woodwork, in Federation-Queen 

Anne style. Built for the Gardiners, it 

belonged to the Gosse family from 

1909 to 1952. Lady Mary Downer 

(nee Gosse) was born there in 1924. 

It was decorated with arts and crafts 

movement furnishings from Morris 

& Co. of Britain, and remarkably 

William Morris curtains remain in 

one room. SA Health acquired it in 

1967 (as part of important mental 

health services reforms) and has 

offered it for sale as a development 

site. 

right Eleanor Harrald Building, 

Royal Adelaide Hospital 

Photo: Marcus Beresford 

2. Central City of 

Adelaide Local Heritage 

Although some 251 buildings 

were identified in the CBD for 

heritage listing according to 

statutory criteria, only 77 have been 

given interim protection (leaving 

174 unprotected). Of those 77, a 

majority have been objected to by 

owners and it is unknown how 

many will receive final protection. 

Examples include: Security House 

(1926) at 233 North Terrace, 

designed by Eric McMichael in 

the commercial palazzo style but 

with Art Deco elements; the former 

premises of the Victoria League 

for Commonwealth Friendship at 

13 Austin St (built 1875 as an assay 

house for mineral ores/alloys). 

3. Royal Adelaide Hospital 

Heritage Precinct 

Within this precinct (dating from 

1855) ten items have been identified 

as of significant heritage value, 

but unprotected by state or local 

heritage listing. The Margaret 

Graham Nurses home is State 

registered and the Women’s Health 

Centre is local heritage listed, but 

the Medical School, Dental Hospital, 

IMVS, Eleanor Harrald Nurses 

Home, Allied Health Services, 

McEwin and Bice Buildings, former 

Kiosk, East Wing and Staff Quarters 

are at risk when the hospital is 

moved to the west. All have been 

nominated as part of a State 

Heritage Place. 

4. Brownhill Creek 

Recreation Park 

This park dating from as early as 

1841 remains under threat from a 

proposed flood mitigation dam on 

the site of a group of Stone Pines 

planted in 1891 (one of which is the 

largest in Australia and amongst 

the largest in the world). The 

integrity of this public recreation 

reserve (the oldest in SA apart from 

the original Adelaide Parklands) 

would be destroyed by a 15 metre 

concrete flood dam across its 

width, yet viable alternatives exist. 

Consideration of the dam has been 

deferred by local government until 

2013 while alternative measures are 

examined, but it is understood the 

state government is still pushing for 

the dam. 

5. Former Brighton 

Town Hall 

This building at 382-8 Brighton 

Road, Hove (last used as a RSL 

clubrooms and bowling green) 

dates from 1869 and is local heritage 

listed. The City of Holdfast Bay 

has currently submitted it to the 

minister for removal from the 

community land register and is 

proposing to offer it for sale with 

a condition that it be retained and 

restored as part of any development. 

However, there are community 

and general concerns that a new 

owner may seek to maximise its site 

zoning potential and demolish this 

very early town hall. 


6. Building Code of 

Australia inflexibility 

for adaptive re-use of 

heritage properties 

Heritage is at risk because of 

significant barriers to adaptive reuse 

from statutory requirements 

that must be addressed, and which 

can have considerable impact on 

the costs and timing of a project. 

These barriers include delays 

and uncertainty in the planning 

approval process, costs of providing 

adequate documentation, and 

Building Code provisions, which 

are frequently cited as the reason 

for recycling proposals being 

considered not viable. The greater 

risk to adaptive re-use of heritage 

buildings is in the Building Code of 

Australia, particularly requirements 

for fire-safety upgrading, 

earthquake strengthening and 

access for people with disabilities. 

Also, change of use in a heritage 

building can trigger higher 

requirements than previously. 

Above Islington workshop demolition. 

Photo: Peter Langhans 

7. Islington Railway 

Workshops 

Currently six buildings on this site 

dating from 1883 are State Heritage 

listed. The National Trust and other 

rail history groups nominated 

the Islington Railway Works as 

a Heritage Complex. Provisional 

listing was granted in April 2012 – 

amongst more than fourteen newly 

included buildings and structures 

are the main engineering shop, 

two traversers, the test house, 

compressor house, old bulk store, 

tracks and track layout. Provisional 

listing of the time office and front 

fence has also occurred and is 

extended until next year. On 4 June 

2012 the Old Wood Mill, the last 

remnant of the carriage, wagon and 

machine shop, was demolished 

despite provisional listing. While 

there had been prior approval from 

the local council for demolition, the 

provisions of the Heritage Places 

Act 1993 and Development Act 1993 

should have prevented demolition 

during State Heritage assessment. 

8. Holland Street 

tram bridge 

W.G.T. Goodman (as the SA 

Tramways Engineer) signed the 

plans for this unique and elegant 

reinforced concrete bridge, but 

engineer (later General Sir) John 

Monash advised on design. It was 

built in 1908 by the SA Reinforced 

Concrete Company (established by 

Monash in 1906). It is an important 

relic of the original tramways system. 

The pioneering structure now needs 

repairs (and a method of dealing 

with its “concrete cancer” exists) but 

a failure by State Government, West 

Torrens and Charles Sturt Councils 

to agree to cost sharing has led 

to its closure and inaction. It is at 

risk of demolition if a consultant’s 

recommendation is adopted. 

Above Holland St Bridge. 


9. Heritage Advisory 

Service 

In June the Department of 

Environment Water and Natural 

Resources reduced funding to 

support the Heritage Advisory 

Service. Long standing services 

affected include provision of 

individual advice and assistance 

to owners of heritage places, 

assistance to owners and local 

Councils with funding applications, 

negotiations with Councils and 

building surveyors, inspection and 

advice on maintenance priorities, 

expert technical conservation 

advice, heritage policy advice to 

Councils, assessing and facilitating 

Development Applications, and 

timely responses to heritage 

referrals. All heritage enquiries and 

applications must now be referred 

directly to DEWNR. Its Heritage Unit 

has 2.8 in-house heritage architects, 

already working at capacity. 

Inevitably there will be delays to 

approvals, disadvantaging owners. 

10. Riverside 

redevelopment impacts 

A major concern with 

redevelopment proposals are the 

planned relocation of Elder Park 

Bandstand, and the loss of major 

townscapes around heritage 

buildings (the Railway Station, 

Parliament House and Festival 

Centre) through new buildings 

replacing the open sculpture plazas. 

Sir Thomas Elder donated the 

bandstand in 1881 and it has been 

an Adelaide icon ever since. It is 

sited to allow people to sit on all sides 

and forms a key heritage landscape 

used in Tourism promotion and on 

the cover of books. The sculpture 

plazas featuring work by leading 

international artists Otto Hajek (1977) 

and Akio Makigawa (1988) include 

at least 16 other art works. The Hajek 

sculpture was opened by the Queen 

and includes (as centrepiece) the 

Olga Lodge Fountain donated by 

leading businessman, the late Mark 

Lodge. 

Above Hajek sculpture plaza. 



places 

Clare’s Old Courthouse & 

Police Station Museum 

deborah Morgan | NTSA Councillor 

This rather stylish building currently houses a museum 

containing numerous items of interest and is certainly worth 

a visit. 

It was constructed in the early 

1850s and is situated on the 

corner of Neagles Rock Road 

and Hill Cemetery Road, Clare. It 

is claimed to be the only police 

station of its design in South 

Australia. Early records describe 

it as: “a large stone masonry 

building with solid conveniences 

… a large gaol comprised the 

set up with four continental 

diamond-shaped paned glass 

windows in front” and also as “ a 

quaint courthouse nestling in the 

hills. ” A morgue and stables were 

included on the site. 

The building has an interesting 

if somewhat chequered history. 

It began its life as the first 

permanent police headquarters 

in Clare - previously, police 

were stationed at Bungaree and 

White’s Stations. 

A Local Court commenced 

operations soon after 

construction was completed. 

Minor offences, mostly petty 

thefts and drunkenness were 

most commonly heard. Edward 

Burton Gleeson, the founder of 

Clare, was the first stipendiary 

magistrate to hear cases in the 

courthouse. 

Between 1878 and 1924 the 

building was converted to a 

Casualty Hospital because a 

“cottage hospital was required 

as many accident cases had to 

be taken to Adelaide, and some 

did not survive the long journey.” 

– the “Northern Argus” 28 

December, 1875. 

For a brief time the building 

housed an Infectious Diseases 

Hospital but its distance from 

the Clare Hospital proved 

unworkable. 

In 1927 an attempt to sell the 

building was made but failed. 

The Clare Hospital Board 

announced its intention to 

demolish the building in 1942. To 

prevent its demolition, a former 

resident of Clare, Mr J.J. Simons, 

offered one hundred pounds 

towards a fund to conserve the 

building and so it was preserved. 

Other records show that the Clare 

Corporation used the building to 

house some of its employees and 

that the building was also used 

for church services. 

In 1964 the Clare Branch of the 

National Trust of SA was formed. 

Five years later the building and 

two acres of land were leased to 

the Trust for development as a 

museum. 

Today the museum’s exhibits 

include photographs of early 

Clare, furniture and clothing 

from Victorian times, 

examples of early agricultural 

machinery, horse drawn 

vehicles and a blacksmith’s 

shop. 

It is open on weekends, during 

school holidays and on public 

holidays. The NTSA website 

has a link providing more 

information about opening 

times. 

above Clare Old Police Station & Courthouse Museum. Photo: Nick Kidman 

PEACE 

& GOODWILL 

TO ALL… 

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, 

yes it’s that time of year again. 

Would you like to give Flowers to 

everyone at Christmas but find it just 

too difficult and way too costly 

With all the proceeds going to the 

National Trust of SA, you can now give 

the gift of flowers to all your friends, 

loved ones and even acquaintances this 

Christmas. 

How would you like to give the ‘Gift of 

Flowers’ this year, and do it almost as 

cost efficiently and easily as sticking a 

postage stamp on an envelope 

For as little as $ 2.00* per 

‘Christmas Tree’ you can give 

a Living Gift and a Lasting Gift… 

Seed Embedded Christmas Trees are 

available from the National Trust for 

Christmas 2012, but you will need to 

act quickly. Your orders must be in by 

the 15th November, to ensure delivery 

in time, for when you want to post out 

your 2012 Christmas cards. 

That’s right, you can now send your usual 

favorite Christmas cards and simply 

enclose a magical ‘Seed Embedded 

Christmas Tree’ from the National Trust. 

Each tree is made from seed-embedded 

recycled paper. The paper can be 

planted and will grow a Native Australian 

flower, Australian Swan River Daisies 

(Brachycome iberidifolia). The Swan River 

Daisy is an annual plant that can grow 

throughout Australia. It grows to around 

30cm high and is spectacular in hanging 

baskets, pots and rockeries. It can tolerate 

a wide range of soils including sandy, 

saline or clay. 

To order your ‘Living and 

lasting Gift’ simply contact the 

National Trust of SA on 8202 9200 or 

Email admin@nationaltrustsa.org.au 

*Seed-Embedded 

Christmas Trees are sold 

in minimum packets of 

20 for $40.00, includes 

Postage & Handling. 

Remember order NOW 

to save disappointment 

The seeded paper is 

permitted in all Australian 

states and territories. We 

recommend checking 

quarantine restrictions for 

the destination country if 

sending overseas. 


places 

Left to right Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp tateana, Oleraia rudus, Ancient Eucalyptus cneorifolia. Photos: Glenn Williams 

Zelling Reserve Native Vegetation Survey 

– Kangaroo Island 

Glenn Williams & Marcus Beresford | NTSA Councillor 

A survey to update basic biological data for the Trust’s largest nature 

reserve (Zelling Reserve 397 ha), on the lower portion of the Dudley 

Peninsula at the eastern end of Kangaroo Island, was carried out 

with volunteer help late last year. Glenn Williams, Andrew Crompton 

and June Plush took part. 

Three infrared cameras were 

deployed at separate sites on the 

first evening, along with a borrowed 

bat detector. A few images of 

wildlife were captured, but no bat 

calls due to technical issues. 

Birds and animals were not formally 

recorded as the team was focussed 

on the vegetation, though it was 

impossible to ignore large flocks 

of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, 

groups of White-winged Choughs 

and populations of Kangaroos, 

Tamar Wallabies; a veritable 

minefield of Echidna diggings, the 

odd Brush-tail Possum and one 

stunning Rosenberg’s Goanna. 

The 160 plants species recorded 

include the nationally vulnerable 

Kangaroo Island Turpentine 

Bush (Beyeria subtecta), while the 

5 gum tree species include the 

rare Crimson Mallee (Eucalyptus 

lansdowneana). Other trees include 

the Southern Cypress Pine (Callitris 

gracilis) and Stalked Oak Bush 

(Allocasuarina striata). There are 

rare Tate’s Grass-trees or yaccas 

(Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp 

tateana) various orchids, heaths, 

wallaby and spear grasses, and 

banksias. 

As is often the case with islands, 

there are a number of plant 

species unique to Kangaroo 

Island, plus others which are 

local sub-species or recognised 

variations of mainland species. 

In Zelling Reserve there are six 

Kangaroo Island-named plant 

species, such as the Kangaroo 

Island Gland Flower (Adenanthos 

macropodianus), Kangaroo Island 

Conesticks (Petrophile multisecta,) 

Kangaroo Island Brush Heath 

(Brachyloma ericoides ssp bicolour) 

and Kangaroo Island Dampiera 

(Dampiera lanceolata var insularis). 

The Reserve contains seven species 

of plants which are formally 

classified to be of conservation 

importance either nationally, in SA 

or regionally. 

In addition to a general list of native 

plant species compiled from the 

team’s observations, eight survey 

sites were established. An fire scar 

from October 2006 was mapped 

using a GPS survey and a site map 

and sample images prepared. 

Alien plant species were restricted 

to a few highly disturbed edges 

adjacent to the southern boundary 

with agricultural land, the entrance 

to nearby Simpson Conservation 

Park and minor kangaroo tracks. 

There is barely any evidence of 

weed ingress from the impact 

of the 2006 fire and bulldozed 

fire-break. Much of the adjacent 

roadside vegetation is in Category 1 

condition. 

A Heritage Agreement for this 

Reserve is warranted, and options 

for future management with the 

government Parks service are to be 

explored. 


...there are a number of plant species 

unique to Kangaroo Island, plus 

others which are local sub-species 

or recognised variations of mainland 

species. In Zelling Reserve there are six 

Kangaroo Island-named plant species... 

Main photo Callistemon rugulosus. 

Insert Adriana quadripartite. Photos: Glenn Williams 


Cultural Flow 

Collingrove mansion and collections reflect past lifestyle 

Sue Scheiffers | NTSA Councillor 

Collingrove near Angaston in the Barossa valley was home of 

the pioneer Angas family. Its construction commenced in 1853/4 

(Henry Evans Architect, brother in law of initial occupant John 

Howard Angas) and additional work was carried out over the years, 

with the latest being in the 1920s. It is built of roughly squared stone 

blocks of micaceous slate, which were quarried on the property, 

with dressings of soapstone. 

above Collingrove Homestead. Photo: Barossa Photo Company 

In 1976 the property was presented 

to the National Trust of SA by 

Ronald Fife Angas, as a tribute to the 

contribution his family had made in 

South Australia. (George Fife Angas 

was one of the Directors of the 

South Australian Company formed 

to profit from mercantile and land 

interests in the new colony, and 

he also advanced passage money 

to some 800 German immigrants 

(religious dissenters) between 1838 

and 1841). 

The furnishings were initially 

removed at the time of Ronald 

Angas’ retirement and sent to 

Melbourne to be auctioned. 

However, when it was recognised 

that this would be a loss of valuable 

SA heritage, a letter sent to the 

Premier, Don Dunstan, resulted 

in most of the collection being 

returned to Collingrove. There have 

been other donations of artefacts, 

but the collection is essentially from 

generations of the Angas family. 

The collection reflects the wide 

interests and activities of the family 

who built this magnificent country 

home. It includes fine furniture, 

beautiful objects d’art (notably silver 

and visual art) and almost 1,000 

books (on subjects ranging from 

religion to Australiana). 

above Interior Collingrove Homestead. Photo: Barossa Photo Company 

Heritage living | 10 | south Australia

tours 

The hallway display features unusual 

items of ethnographic interest. 

These were collected during various 

family members’ travels to exotic 

places such as the Pacific Islands 

and New Guinea. Charles Angas 

was a particular adventurer and 

traveller and wherever he went 

he brought back mementos of his 

travels. Although the origins of much 

of the ethnological collection is not 

specifically recorded, according to 

Colin Angas the huge tortoise shell 

came from a visit of his parents 

(Ronald and Monica Angas) to New 

Caledonia, while the New Guinea 

artefacts came through his sister 

(Suzanne)’s husband, who was a 

district officer there. 

In addition to the ethnographic 

material, there are also war memories 

of family members. These include 

spent ammunition, weapons and 

photographs of the men in uniform. 

Charles Angas also introduced a herd 

of fallow deer to the Lindsay Park 

property, and a number of hunting 

trophies in the hallway were his. 

Current visitors to Collingrove are 

thus able to experience interesting 

artefacts which are symbolic of 

a long-gone lifestyle of some SA 

country land-holders. 

Revealing tour of proposed 

Royal Adelaide Hospital Heritage 

Precinct 

Join a fundraising tour around this fascinating group of 

buildings nominated for registration as a State Heritage 

Place. The Adelaide and Inner Suburbs Branch of the National 

Trust has advocated return of part of the existing RAH site to 

parklands, but retention of the perimeter of buildings and 

their adaptive re-use, including a Howard Florey Medical 

Museum and City of Adelaide Museum. 

Above RAH East. Photo: Marcus Beresford 

The tour will visit Art Deco and stripped classical buildings on North 

Tce and Frome Rd, and selected modernist masterpieces from 

the major redevelopment of the hospital site following the “great 

demolition” of the 1960s. Some superb features are found behind 

some of the facades and unexpected murals in tunnels on the site. 

The RAH site is one of the most significant pieces of “community” 

heritage in SA, with a large proportion of the SA population having 

some connection with it, and major medical careers and advances 

occurring there. 

Saturday 17 November 2012, 2pm 

Place: Meet in front of Bice Building, North Terrace 

(main pedestrian entrance) 

Cost: $20 NTSA members or $25 non members 

Bookings: http://www.trybooking.com/32288 

above Collection of unusual items of ethnographic 

interest.Photo: Barossa Photo Company 

Enquiries: Jos Visentin (08) 8202 9200 


places 

Neutrog Fertilisers & Stangate House 

as an International Camellia Garden 

of Excellence - one of only 3 in 

Australia and only 30 worldwide. It 

is also the country’s first recognised 

garden that is not managed or 

funded by government. 

Another feature is the giant English 

oak tree that, according to legend, 

grew from an acorn planted by a 

miner on his way to the Echunga 

gold fields. Measuring 6 metres 

around the girth and with a canopy 

spread of about 40 metres it’s an 

impressive sight. 

ABove Stangate House. Photo: Gail Chorlton 

Stangate House is a National Trust property located in the quaint 

town of Aldgate in the Adelaide Hills. 

The house itself was planned in 

London from 1937-39 by Reverend 

Samuel Raymond Baron Cornish, 

who then built the house in Aldgate 

in 1940, naming it after Stangate 

in London where he and his wife 

Gwyneth lived. They both developed 

the garden, rerouted the Aldgate 

creek through the property and 

built the creek walls from stone. 

Raymond’s sister Elsie Cornish was 

regarded as one of Adelaide’s best 

known landscape gardeners, and 

helped develop the garden. 

In 1966 Gwyneth bequeathed the 

property to the National Trust, 

and 10 years later, following an 

agreement with the National Trust, 

the Camellia Society Adelaide 

Hills started work, ripping out a 

forest of blackberries and planting 

hundreds of camellias, azaleas, 

rhododendrons and bulbs. These 

hard working volunteers are 

still caring for the 4 acre garden 

today, making it one of the most 

beautiful of its kind in Australia. 

Up to a dozen volunteers meet 

every Tuesday, 

providing not only 

a social outing 

but pleasure in 

tending gardens in 

such a wonderful 

environment. 

The Stangate 

House garden is 

now a member 

of an elite group 

of camellia 

gardens in the 

world, being been 

recognised by 

the International 

Camellia Society 

The Camellia Society Adelaide Hills 

volunteers at Stangate House have 

been trialling a new fertiliser called 

Kahoona, manufactured by South 

Australian based Neutrog Fertilisers. 

Kahoona has been developed for 

acid loving plants such as gardenias, 

Rhododendrons Azaleas and of 

course Camellias, and is being 

trialled by all major Camellia and 

Rhododendron clubs around 

Australia. After successful trials, 

Camellias South Australia was the 

first to endorse the product, which is 

now readily available in stores. 

The Camellia Society Adelaide 

Hills has been using Kahoona 

for some time and has noticed 

particularly how camellia plants 

that had been struggling have 

responded extremely well initially 

and continued to show sustained 

healthy growth. 

Stangate House is open to visitors 

for the first four Sundays in 

September each year when the 

camellias are at their best. It is 

also open on Tuesdays when the 

volunteers are working in the 

garden and on the fourth Sunday of 

most months to coincide with the 

Stirling Market days - please check 

the website www.stangatehouse. 

org.au. If you would like to 

volunteer, please contact Kevin 

Bowden on (08) 8278 4031. 

For more information on Kahoona, 

visit www.neutrog.com.au 

Above Stangate House garden. Photo: Gail Chorlton 


Cultural Flow 

NTSA Launch New Bequest Program 

You can give a gift that lasts many, many, lifetimes… 

National Trust of South Australia relies upon the generosity of people just like you. 

Bequests, or gifts by Will, have become increasingly important in supporting the work of the National Trust of SA. 

By making a provision for the National Trust of SA in 

your Will, you will be providing a lasting gift for future 

generations. 

Every gift, whether large or small, is welcomed and 

valued. 

Bequests are a simple yet incredibly powerful way to 

provide support for the causes that matter the most to you. 

With little or no impact on your lifestyle today, a gift in 

your Will is one of the most influential ways you can be 

sure the vital work of the National Trust of SA continues 

for years to come. 

After you have provided for your loved ones, please 

consider leaving a gift in your Will to the National Trust 

of SA. Each and every gift makes such a difference. 

How often it has been said: “If only there was some 

way I could do more.” A bequest to the NTSA in your Will 

does enable you to do more … much, much more. It is 

a powerful reflection of the values and principles you 

treasure. 

It will enable you to do what perhaps you cannot 

do during your lifetime. It will also enable you to 

create a legacy of love that is a testimony to your 

kindness, concern and care for your community, your 

environment and heritage; it will empower you to 

continue your life’s aims, even after your own lifetime. 

You might like to include what is known as a Residuary 

Bequest in your Will, that way you’ll have the peace of 

mind of knowing that your loved ones will be catered 

for without sacrificing your long-term support for the 

National Trust. 

This is simply a gift of whatever is left of your estate (or 

a percentage thereof) after all your other gifts, taxes and 

debts have been fulfilled. 

As they are not specific amounts of money, this sort of 

bequest keeps its value regardless of inflation over the 

years. It means that the gift you include today is worth just 

as much when the time comes to put it to work conserving 

South Australia’s treasured Culture and Heritage. 

Pecuniary Bequest 

This refers to leaving a gift of a set dollar amount 

determined by you at the time of drawing up or altering 

your Will. 

Specific Bequest 

This is leaving a gift of an item of specific value to be 

passed on to the National Trust of SA in order to generate 

funds. 

Inform us of your gift 

If you intend to leave a gift to National Trust of SA in 

your Will or if you have already included us, we would 

really like to know so we can thank you personally. 

Informing us, allows National Trust of SA to better plan 

for the future. Please be assured all information will be 

held in strict confidence and if you prefer to remain 

anonymous, we will of course respect your privacy. 

You can let us know by phone 08 8202 9200 or email at 

admin@nationaltrustsa.org.au. 

Whether you inform us of your gift or not, we are very 

grateful to you for remembering National Trust of SA in 

your Will. You will be making a great difference to the lives 

of South Australians today and tomorrow and well into the 

future. Thank you. 

Thomsons Lawyers offer to National Trust of SA 

Members, the opportunity to have a simple Will 

prepared free of cost*, when you decide to leave a gift 

to the National Trust of SA. 

Please consider making your community a better place 

through a bequest to the National Trust of SA 

Your Bequest 

Every gift, no matter how large or small, is important to 

the National Trust of SA. Should you wish to leave a gift 

to the National Trust of SA, we can arrange for a Solicitor 

from our generous Corporate Supporter, Thomsons 

Lawyers, to prepare your simple Will, absolutely FREE 

of cost*. 

To find out more about how to remember National Trust of SA in your Will, or to make an appointment with a Solicitor, 

contact the National Trust State Office: By telephone on 08 8202 9200 or email at admin@nationaltrustsa.org.au 

*(Please note, if your Will has detailed provisions that cause complex planning, the solicitor may charge you for the costs of preparing your Will, 

the solicitor would however, make you aware of those costs prior to commencing any chargeable work.) 


Out ‘N’ About 

Victor Harbor Branch 

Talk: Speaker Eric Heapy NTSA CEO 

Thursday 18th October 

Time: 2.00pm 

Old School Building, Torrens St, 

Victor Harbor 

Enquiries: Val Yelds (08) 8552 4440 

Coromandel Valley and 

Districts Branch 

National Trust October Historic 

Displays theme is A Special Garden 

on Display, and is at the Gamble 

Cottage, a special Cottage garden 

cared for by dedicated Volunteers. 

Plants will also be on sale 

Sunday 21 October 

Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm 

Place: cnr Main and Dorham Roads, 

Blackwood 

Enquiries: Email: Claire Phillips 

cphillips@adam.com.au 

Port Elliot Branch 

Musical Evening with the Victor 

Harbor CWA Ladies Choir, 

come and enjoy an evening of 

entertainment and variety 

Thursday 8th November 

Time: 8.00pm 

Place: RSL Hall, The Strand 

Port Elliot 

Enquiries: Gretchen Lindner 

(08) 8554 2457 

Mount Barker Branch 

Talk: Grant Gilbert 

Topic: “The many changes he has 

seen and experienced in Mount 

Barker.” 

Tuesday 13th November 

Time: 1:30pm 

Place: Uniting Church Hall, 

Mann Street Mount Barker 

Enquiries: Triss Wales, (08) 83915014 


Talk: Speaker Pat Uppill 

Topic: Lord Howe Island and 

Christmas Island 

Thursday 15th November 

Time: 2.00pm 

Place: Old School Building, 

Torrens St, Victor Harbor 


Tour of proposed Royal Adelaide 

Hospital Heritage Precinct 

Join a fundraising tour around 

this fascinating group of buildings 

nominated for registration as a 

State Heritage Place. The RAH site 

is one of the most significant pieces 

of “community” heritage in SA, 

with a large proportion of the SA 

population having some connection 

with it, and major medical careers 

and advances occurring there 

Saturday 17 November 2012, 

Time: 2pm 

Place: Meet in front of Bice Building, 

North Terrace (main pedestrian 

entrance) 

Cost: $20 NTSA members or 

$25 non members 

Bookings: http://www.trybooking. 

com/32288 

Enquiries: Jos Visentin 

(08) 8202 9200 

57TH ANNUAL GENERAL 

MEETING AND STATE 

CONFERENCE 

Notice is hereby given that the 

57th Annual General Meeting of 

the National Trust will be held 

Saturday 24 November 2012 

Time: 10am to 12 noon, to be 

followed by the State Conference 

Place: RSL Memorial Hall, Torrens 

Parade Ground, Adelaide 

Enquiries: Helen Cartmel telephone 

(08) 8202 9213 or email 

admin@nationaltrustsa.org.au by 

Friday 9 November 2012 for food 

bookings and attendance advice 

Burnside Branch 

Beaumont House and Garden 

Open Day 

Sunday 2nd December 

Time: 2.00pm to 4.30pm 

Place: 631 Glynburn Rd Beaumont 

Cost: $5.00 per person 

Enquiries: Enid Hills (08) 8431 5093 

Mount Barker Branch 

Bus trip to Willunga and the Court 

House, the Slate Museum, old 

school house and facilities of the 

local Willunga Branch 

Tuesday 4th December 

Time: 1.00pm, meet at the Uniting 

Church Hall 

Place: Uniting Church Hall, Mann 

Street Mount Barker 

Enquiries: Triss Wales, (08) 83915014 

Port Elliot Branch 

Annual Christmas Dinner 

Thursday 6th December 

Time: 6.00pm 

Place: RSL Hall, The Strand 

Port Elliot 

Enquiries: Gretchen Lindner 

(08) 8554 2457 


Christmas Lunch 

Thursday 13th December 

Time: 12 noon 

Place: Hotel Victor, The Esplanade, 

Victor Harbor 


Barmera Branch 

Twilight Diesel Train, come and 

enjoy an evening ride on the 

Twilight Diesel Train 

Saturday 22nd & 29th December 

Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm 

Place: Cobdogla Irrigation & Steam 

Museum, Barmera 

Cost: $4.00 per head, Children 

under 5yrs free 

Enquiries: (08) 8588 2289, 

(08) 858 22603 or email 

denis.wasley@bigpond.com 


The Channel 9 Telethon Distinctive 

Home & Land Lottery is CLOSING SOON… 

Last day to Buy or Sell Tickets is Friday 30th November 

The National Trust will have volunteers available at the home (Sullivan Road, in beautiful Strathalbyn, 

please follow the signs) on Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th of November to show you through and 

to sell you your tickets, so please come along, please support the National Trust SA. 

Or get your tickets NOW direct from the National Trust SA on (08) 8202 9200. 

First Prize Valued at $450,000 or take the CASH Alternative of $250,000 

Celebrate 175 years of real 

South Australian stories at 

West Terrace Cemetery. 

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For a complete list of events, visit 

www.westterracecemetery.com 

or telephone 8139 7407.

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