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President DEBORAH MORGAN

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have now held the position as your president for seven months and I continue on a steep and most interesting learning curve. Since elected I have spent some time on the road in order to attend regional meetings of the Trust and meeting members outside the CBD has been informative and enjoyable.

Important heritage issues pertaining to North Adelaide have featured in the media lately and in that regard I urge you to read the Heritage at Risk section.

A highlight was the National Heritage Tourism Summit held in Burra at the end of April that was lead by NTSA. Keynote speakers, Dr David Kemp, chair of the Australian Heritage Council and Donovan Rypkema, US heritage economics expert inspired us and were highly instructive.

Burra turned on excellent April weather for us and its townspeople looked after the sixty attendees with abundant country hospitality.

Donovan Rypkema also spent several days in Adelaide and gave a stimulating address on heritage economics and tourism at the Adelaide Town Hall.

Rypkema took a walking tour around Adelaide and it is alarming that he reported he had never seen a greater gap between the quality of a city’s heritage assets and their utilization.

I am thrilled to announce that the Federal government has selected NTSA to lead and develop a national heritage tourism strategy in the coming year.

The election of the Marshall government in South Australia has engendered a positive working relationship between it and the NTSA. The Minister for the Environment and Water, David Speirs, acknowledges that NTSA is a leading advocate for heritage and he is committed to working in partnership with us.

Please note that the NTSA Annual General Meeting is on Saturday, 17th November and I encourage all members to attend.

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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

24 ACCOMMODATION

HERITAGE AT RISK

25 RESTORATION OF A PORT PIRIE ICON

Better planning laws can protect our heritage Local heritage in limbo Heritage or a car park?

NATURE RESERVE: HK FRY RESERVE

Walking Trails established at HK Fry Reserve

SIGNIFICANT TREE

Burke’s Burial Tree – An Unremarkable Coolibah

10 AGE OF ELEGANCE EXHIBITION

A stunning exhibition of exquisite Victorian-era fashion invites you to step into one of Sir Henry Ayers’ famous parties at Ayers House

Heritage living in Port Adelaide

26 HERITAGE PROTECTION

Glenelg Migrant Hostel nominated for State Heritage Listing

27 MARMALADE AWARDS

Calling all marmalade makers

28 CONSERVATION APPEALS

Osmond Gilles forgotten resting place Pilgrim Church needs your help

30 MEMBERSHIP 31 LIVING LEGENDS

Dawn Shaw The Tree Lady

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n this issue we feature the magnificent costume exhibition being staged at Ayers House until 29 July. Age of Elegance features more than 40 costume items from the National Trust’s own collection, many of them previously unseen. Make sure you don’t miss out on this stunning evocation of the glamorous parties once hosted by Sir Henry Ayers. You might also like to combine a visit to Ayers House with a trip to see the Colours of the Impression exhibition showing at the Art Gallery, also until 29 July, a perfect complement.

We cover some concerning issues in terms of heritage protection and introduce some of the conservation projects and fundraising appeals being undertaken by the Trust. Check out the new Citrus Festival at Beaumont House as we prepare for this year’s Australian Marmalade Awards. Meet the living legend of Overland Corner Dawn Shaw and discover creative heritage accommodation in Port Adelaide.

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How not to create a planning system OPPOS I T E :

The failure of the planning ‘reforms’ of the previous State Government to create a planning system that meets community expectations for fairness, transparency and accountability are a major challenge -and an opportunity- for the new Liberal State Government.

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outh Australia has been on a slow and tortured journey of so called ‘planning reform’ since the former Labor Government, in 2013, commissioned an Expert Panel to design a new planning system. The planning system covers all of the rules and processes governing the way decisions are made about how land is used and what can be built where.

Ideally, the planning system works to ensure planning and development decisions are made in the public interest, with genuine community participation and clear public accountability. So far, the new system is failing to meet those expectations and the emerging results are cause for concern.

The report of the Expert Panel on Planning Reform was provided to the former Minister for Planning, John Rau, at the end of 2014. What emerged from the Minister almost a year later was an unusually broad and poorly drafted bill. The legislation had a difficult passage through the Parliament, finally passing in April 2016 after hundreds of amendments.

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Top: Two apartment towers competing for light and views in the current development free-for-all in the City of Adelaide. These two newly approved developments near the corner of North Terrace and Frome Road are heading to court to resolve confusion about planning rules.

Below: A bland glass box will squat on one of our finest heritage buildings, the Adelaide GPO, in a development approved for construction by the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP) without public consultation.

One of the key problems with this legislation (the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016) is that almost all of the details of how the new system would work were left out.

We do not know whether this was because they had not been worked out, or whether the previous Government preferred to implement the system via regulation that would attract less parliamentary scrutiny.

However, the Act did establish two core features of the new planning system designed by the Labor Government. Firstly, decision making is highly centralised within the state government bureaucracy as the role of locally elected representatives is significantly diminished.

Secondly, the new system greatly reduces the rights of all citizens to a say in decisions about proposed developments, even those that directly impact upon them.

The new State Planning Commission came into being in April 2017. Thirteen hand-picked Labor Government appointments make up the Commission and the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP). All major planning and development decisions in the state, involving billions of dollars and directly and indirectly affecting all of us, are being made on the advice of these thirteen people, unelected and unaccountable to the public.

South Australia now has the most centralised, and the least publically accountable planning system in the country. It also appears to be the most secretive as well.

When pressed, Planning Commission officials say details of its operations are still being worked out, as we are in ‘transition’ to the new system. Yet this new all-powerful planning body is already making many big decisions which we all have to live with. Appeal rights for ordinary citizens against development approvals have been severely curtailed and participation in decision making has been reduced to tokenistic ‘engagement’.

Power without accountability is always dangerous, even more so when decisions are made under a cloak of secrecy.

The Marshall Liberal Government was elected with a commitment to transparency and accountability in public administration. The new planning system created by the previous government needs early attention if public confidence and respect are to be restored in the integrity of planning and development decisions.

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How better planning laws can protect our heritage MELISSA BALLANT YNE

Planning laws impact on heritage in a number of ways through development controls, key planning strategies, public consultation processes and the accountability of decision makers.

Action is required on the following measures to ensure that the new planning system supports instead of compromising heritage protection in South Australia.

Prioritising heritage in development assessment processes Heritage preservation needs to have a higher priority in development assessment processes. More often than not decision makers prioritise the alleged benefits of the overall development over the often significant impacts on a building’s heritage value. The economic, social and environmental benefits of preserving heritage must be emphasised in key planning documents such as the 30 Year Plan for Greater Adelaide.

Stronger protection for heritage streetscapes Greater protections are required for heritage streetscapes. In recent years a number of buildings have been approved in Adelaide which are totally out of character with the heritage streetscapes in which they are located.

These developments are contrary to the 30 Year Plan for Greater Adelaide which should also include recognition of important commercial heritage streetscapes.

Prescriptive planning policies We need prescriptive policies which give certainty around planning decisions. The use of ‘catalyst site’ policies which permit the pepper potting or clustering of high-rise development throughout the City of Adelaide undermine the character and amenity of the city centre and compromise heritage places and streetscapes. The ‘performance planning’ approach proposed for the new planning and design code has failed to live up to expectations in other jurisdictions, creating uncertainty and community frustration.

Holistic and integrated planning for major developments A more comprehensive master planning approach is required in the evaluation of major development proposals. Where high rise developments are involved, more sophisticated analysis and studies are required similar to those undertaken in British cities where very detailed appraisals are made of the immediate context including the likely impacts of the development on traffic movements, on the neighbourhood skyline, heritage values, the local urban grain, the existing streetscape character and important local views, prospects and panoramas.

Parliamentary oversight of key decision makers Parliament must oversee the appointment of key decision makers and control the level of discretionary power and control in the hands of the Planning Minister. Key planning bodies and agencies need to be able to operate in a truly independent manner and must be perceived as acting in the public interest.

Comprehensive community involvement in planning and development decisions We must ensure that the community have appropriate notification, consultation and review rights in the planning system. This type of approach leads to better more transparent and accountable decision making. To facilitate public confidence in decision making we need a genuine process for community participation in planning and development decisions, including in development assessments, and one which is enforceable.

Safeguards to prevent unmerited demolition It must be made difficult for demolition applications to succeed in respect of heritage places. Any application for demolition should be automatically rejected if there has been intentional neglect of a listed property.

Managing heritage listing outside the planning process All heritage listing processes should be consolidated within a single statute, which is managed independently of the planning system.

Streamlining listing criteria to match community expectations Criteria for the listing of local heritage places should be clarified to remove ambiguities and uncertainty which have allowed arbitrary rejection of nominations for listing, contrary to public expectations that such places would be protected. Superficial alterations to buildings and other structures that are reversible should not preclude them from listing.

Safeguards to prevent the appearance or actuality of corruption Further work is required to identify and counter the risks of corruption within the new planning system. This work has been done in other jurisdictions but has not been formally addressed in South Australia.

Measures such as these will help ensure that heritage is protected, whilst allowing for development that maintains a balance between commercial and community interests.

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Local heritage in limbo DR DARREN PEACOCK

Almost two years after a controversial discussion paper on the future of local heritage was released by the former State Government, the future of protection for thousands of local heritage places remains uncertain.

Surprising recent decisions by the new State Planning Commission to reject permanent local heritage listing for nine North Adelaide buildings only add to the confusion and uncertainty.

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Two of the nine places in North Adelaide rejected for permanent local heritage protection by the State Planning Commission.

Above: Cottages on Finniss Street.

Below: Lohe Memorial Library, Ward Street.

ithout resolving any of the strategic, policy and legislative issues around the future of local heritage protection left by the previous government, the State Planning Commission has made an inglorious debut in its handling of local heritage nominations in North Adelaide put forward by the Adelaide City Council.

Just as we would not ask a Canadian to decide what has heritage significance for Australians, state government bureaucracies are not the best place to make decisions on the merit of places proposed for local heritage listing. Any new system must put local people at the centre of decision making on local heritage places and sit outside the centralised state planning system.

In their first attempt, the Commission has been found wanting in its understanding of heritage protection laws and perversely unwilling to share or explain the basis of its decisions. Rather than improving the transparency, consistency and accountability of local heritage listing decisions, the Planning Commission’s missteps have taken the system even further backwards in ways that leave the community confused, frustrated and alienated.

The slow and opaque processes established under state government administration of local heritage listings have been a source of frustration and disappointment for local communities and local Councils for more than twenty years. So far, the new system appears to only make matters worse.

It is almost four years since the Final Report of the Expert Panel on Planning Reform observed that:

“Rightly or wrongly, citizens, councils and community organisations express their distrust of ‘faceless bureaucrats’, ‘so-called experts’ and advisory committees whose opaque procedures frustrate the will of the people. Many detect the hidden hand of vested interests in decisions working to destroy places they love. They deplore ‘distant’ government ministers and political parties who, in their opinion, dance to the tune of the property and development industry – delivering short-term profits at the expense of long-term economic growth and community well-being.”

“our heritage system has become increasingly fragmented and unserviceable. It lacks focus and clear state coordination. With a few notable exceptions South Australia’s heritage frameworks, which once led the nation, are outdated and out of step with contemporary national practice. To address this, the panel believes heritage statutes should be consolidated into one integrated legislative framework; this could sit within or outside the planning system.”

Many of the gaps and inconsistencies in South Australia’s local heritage protection system are the direct result of decision making being taken away from local communities and placed in the hands of a remote planning bureaucracy. It is within local communities, and amongst the people elected to represent them, that the knowledge about the local significance of heritage places exists.

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The National Trust, in its analysis of the 183 public written submissions made in response to the former government’s 2016 discussion paper on local heritage, found:

Protection for our cherished local heritage will only be assured when decision making is returned to local communities. In the meantime we can expect only uncertainty from perverse, unexplained and unaccountable judgments made by a State Planning Commission even more disconnected from the views of the community than the broken system it seeks to replace.

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VALDIS DUNIS, CONVENOR OF FANS AND RESIDENTS OF NORTH ADELAIDE (FARONA)

It is time for all of us fans and residents of North Adelaide to mobilise once more to protect Adelaide’s heritage and quality of life. We did it before so successfully back in the 1970s when government wanted to destroy the community with a freeway that they wanted to bulldoze through the suburb, and we stopped that totally thanks to hundreds protesting.

ow new threats come from all the “large institutions” in North Adelaide - plus the new “catalyst” site legislation. This is looming to kill the community again and turn the suburb in to just a copy of the CBD full of high rises, offices and car parks.

The horrid legislation introduced recently by the last state government must to be reversed by the new Minister in charge, Stephan Knoll. More immediately, we need to save the magnificent 1850 home on 306 Ward Street from being demolished by the large institution Calvary Hospital which is next to the home.

Calvary want to wipe away this grand building and its gardens to be replaced mostly by just a car park. Before they needed community and council approval to do this. Now we have no input at all, and only bureaucrats in the state government have to tick it off for demolition.

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306 Ward Street, North Adelaide, Purchased by Calvary Hospital in 2017 for $4m, now facing demolition.

Large institutions like Calvary can now keep on buying up their neighbours at will and - like a cancer - spread their buildings and car parks across North Adelaide. The interpretation of the

new legislation even means roads are now no barriers to their expansion – lawyers say they can even buy beyond their own block across any roads and demolish under their new rights.

The good news is that the community is rising up again – in the last month or so, a new group “Fans and Residents of North Adelaide” (FARONA) has been formed to fight back with their Facebook page and petition and have over 500 backers now.

Adelaide City Council and especially Councillors Sandy Wilkinson, Sue Clearihan and Phil Martin and the Lord Mayor Martin Haese have been loud in pushing back and introducing new council resolutions to protect our heritage better, as well as lots of discussions behind the scenes with government too.

The community won before, and together we can win again to keep North Adelaide as a loved and lively historic district. North Adelaide is the current first test case of the proposed changes and demolitions. When we win in North Adelaide, it will also send a strong signal to those elsewhere that people power still works.

However, we need your support to win, so please like FARONA’s Facebook page, sign their petition, and pass the word around. https://www.facebook.com/ResidentsofNorthAdelaide/ https://www.change.org/p/stephan-knoll-reverse-john-rau-s-legislation-to-stop-destruction-of-adelaide-s-most-beautiful-buildings

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Walking Trails established at

HK Fry Reserve

CHRISTOPHER GRANR

Tucked away at Crafers West a very short drive from the Adelaide CBD, HK Fry Reserve is a hidden gem in the National Trust’s network of nature reserves. Donated to the Trust in 1959, the reserve contains 3.6 hectares of Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua) open forest over heath, a vegetation association of which less than 0.1% remains in existence.

There are some 98 plant species in the reserve including 16 native orchid species. There is also a nationally important wetland in the reserve, which is at the very top of the Brown Hill Creek catchment.

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Above: The new walking trail forms a circuit within the reserve.

Below: Volunteer Simon Lewis enjoys the view.

small group of volunteers helps maintain the reserve with working bees on the first Tuesday of each month.

Until this year, access through the reserve has been very limited and via a rough walking trail linking with an old wood-cutters track. However, all that has now changed thanks to an enthusiastic and dedicated Green Army team funded by the Australian Government. The team worked on a number of nature conservation projects in the Adelaide Hills in 2017 in a multi-faceted project involving the National Trust and other nature-based stakeholders.

At HK Fry Reserve, the Green Army team has not only upgraded the existing trail to a high standard, it has established a completely new trail from the reserve entrance down and across the gully to the creek creating a lovely circuit that explores different facets of the reserve. This greatly enhances the potential to explore and enjoy the Reserve and, just as importantly, makes access considerably easier for the HK Fry volunteers in their quest to locate and destroy weedy invaders.

As icing on the cake, a long-term and loyal volunteer Marcus Beresford donated two benches which were installed at a recent working bee. Now we have an excellent resting place for visitors and volunteers alike!

Visitors are very welcome to explore the Reserve, with access from Heath Road, Crafers West – look for the green and white timber sign on the right as you drive along Heath Road. Additional volunteers are always welcome at HK Fry Reserve so if you are interested please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the National Trust office on 8202 9200.

Finally, congratulations to the Green Army team – a job very well done!

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– An Unremarkable Coolibah DR PAMELA SMITH SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, ADJUNCT COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, FLINDERS UNIVERSIT Y

King described Burke’s final hours in the shade of this ancient coolibah: …he said to me: “I hope you will remain with me here till I am quite dead … but when I am dying it is my wish that you should place the pistol in my right hand, and that you leave me unburied as I lie.” The following morning I found him speechless, or nearly so; and about eight o’clock he expired.’

Alfred Howitt led a recovery expedition from Melbourne to Cooper Creek, where he found Burke in the care of the local Yandruwandha people. King directed Howitt to where Burke’s body lay, and on 21st September 1861 King recorded Burke’s burial in his diary: ‘We interred the remains wrapped in a Union Jack …’. The following inscription was cut into a Coolibah at the head of the grave: R.O’H.B. 21/9/61. A.H.’

Above: Burke’s Burial tree, photographed in 1887 for Alf Walker (on the left in the photo), manager of Innamincka Station 1882-1908. Source: State Library of Victoria 702714195.

An unremarkable Coolibah (Eucalyptus coolabah) on the bank of Cooper Creek near Innamincka recently received State listing status on the National Trusts of Australia Significant Tree Register. Burke’s Burial Tree, not the more famous Dig Tree in Queensland, is where Robert O’Hara Burke, leader of the fateful Burke and Wills expedition, died on 28 June 1861.

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n 1860 Burke led an expedition to find a north-south route across Australia, following the Darling River and Cooper’s Creek. Burke made a serious error by splitting the expedition and leaving most of the provisions at Menindie when he and

three of his men, William Wills, John King and Charles Gray, travelled north from the Dig Tree to find the Gulf of Carpentaria. Consequently Burke, Wills and Gray died on the return journey, leaving King the sole survivor.

Shifting sands along Cooper Creek and many floods raised the ground level by almost one metre and the 1887 and 1920 photographs of Burke’s Burial Tree were the last to illustrate Howitt’s inscription in a blaze at the foot of the tree.

The Burial Tree was not Robert O’Hara Burke’s final resting place. Howitt returned his body to Melbourne where it lay in state for a month. On 21 January 1863 forty thousand people farewelled the explorer whose funeral procession travelled to the Melbourne cemetery.

This Coolibah tree, known as Burke’s Burial Tree, unremarkable in itself, stands as a testament to early exploration. It is an important landmark, tourist attraction and a living memento to an important historical story.

References Clark, I.D. and Cahir, F. (eds) 2013 The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills. Forgotten Narratives. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Colwell, M. 1971, The Journey of Burke and Wills. Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd, Sydney.

Murgatroyd, S. 2010 The Dig Tree: The Story of Burke and Wills. Penuin Books Australia, Sydney.

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FA SH ION A BL E L IVIN G IN VIC TORIA N A D E L A IDE

The Victorian era is often characterised as a period of somber formality, embodied in the figure of Queen Victoria herself. But in Adelaide, where the founding of the colony and the City of Adelaide coincided with the start of her reign, the Victorian era, particularly the twenty years from 1865-1884, was a period of economic and cultural exuberance which saw the birth of modern fashion.

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he magnificent Adelaide Town Hall, an impressive symbol of civic pride and growing prosperity, was formally opened in June 1866 with a banquet and ball for 800 people. James Shaw immortalised those attending the event in a painting that incorporates portraits created from photographs of the most notable guests and shows in some detail the magnificent ball gowns of the women attending.

Also opened in that same year was a drapery store on Rundle Street that would later become John Martin’s famous department store. Adelaide’s citizens were increasingly aware of their social status and how to wear it. Public displays of wealth and taste were becoming more important.

Homes were being built on a grander scale and entertaining became a bigger part of domestic life.

At the same time, on the other side of the globe, the modern fashion industry was coming into being. English designer Charles Worth first sewed his name into a garment in Paris in 1858, marking the start of the fashion design industry. At this time, almost all fashion garments were made to measure by anonymous dressmakers, seamstresses and tailors.

Adelaide Town Hall Opening Ball, James Shaw, 1866. Image courtesy Adelaide City Council.

With Worth, the age of haute couture had begun. Clothing had become an art form.

Fashion was also a key fascination in the dramatic innovations in the art world made by the French Impressionist painters of the same period. “The latest fashion... is absolutely necessary for a painting,” declared artist Édouard Manet.

Fashion, art and social life were merging as never before.

In Adelaide, the era of fashionable living was just beginning.

The Age of Elegance exhibition reveals how Adelaide’s leading citizens discovered fashion for themselves and stayed in touch with the latest styles and trends from London and Paris in the Victorian era and beyond. It also shows the important role of parties in the social life of the colony’s elites.

Age of Elegance brings together the best examples of Victorian era fashion ever seen in Adelaide in ten immersive scenes. The costumes from the National Trust of South Australia’s own collection include some of the most spectacular evening wear and delicate day wear worn by Adelaide’s most fashionable women at the height of the city’s boom time decades. page

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Left: Ayers House ceiling Right: Sir Henry Ayers, c1860 SLSA B10797 Centre left: Upon accepting a knighthood in 1872 Henry adopted a personal crest featuring three doves and the Latin motto Laeto Aere Forent meaning “they flourish in the free air” Bottom right: Ayers House, 1870 SLSA B8473

Henry Ayers,

entertainer extraordinaire WALTER MARSH

Sir Henry Ayers built his handsome North Terrace residence in stages over 20 years. As his wealth grew, so did the grandeur of his home. Its Georgian style architecture and exquisite painted decoration make it one of the most significant houses built in Adelaide during the Victorian era.

Henry’s house was built for entertaining, with large reception rooms at the front, flanked by a ballroom on one side and a grand State Dining room for formal entertaining at the other end.

Having grown fabulously wealthy from investments in the Burra Burra copper mine, the five time Premier of South Australia regularly hosted civic functions and private parties of a scale rarely seen in 19th century Adelaide. The annual balls held at North Terrace were the highlight of Adelaide’s social calendar through the 1870s and 1880s.

Balls were an opportunity for hosts to show off their hospitality and wealth, and for guests to make an impression with their decorum and fashion sense. Smaller parties and gatherings also oiled the wheels of Victorian society, from gossip-filled afternoon teas and garden parties to brandy-fuelled drawing rooms where one’s personal and business connections could be furthered. Within a few decades, the colonists had established a thriving community with a growing middle class able to contemplate leisure pursuits and not just survival.

Age of Elegance invites you to step into the glamourous world of the parties and soirees as they were enjoyed in Henry Ayers’ North Terrace home through this immersive multi-sensory experience.

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Keeping up with the times in

Victorian-era Adelaide Wedding Gown by Mrs Eeles, 1897. Photo: Sia Duff

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ressing well was a matter of good taste, good sense and refinement. A person’s clothing had to be appropriate to both their physical appearance and station in life.

For women, one’s attire also had to be suitable for the occasion and to the time of day.

Women migrating to the Australian colonies were advised to equip themselves with more durable clothing instead of silks, but this certainly did not stop ladies from packing their latest and most fashionable formal wear. New arrivals were scrutinised for their fashion sense as soon as they stepped off the boat, with new trends and fashions quickly copied by local dressmakers and ladies themselves. Families back in England were often asked to send fashionable garments out to early colonial women, keeping their fingers on the pulse from 10,000 miles away!

A GOWN FOR A SPECIAL OCCASSION One local dressmaker was Mrs Eeles, who was the go-to designer for Melbourne’s high society for over 30 years. From her workshop on Collins Street, Eeles serviced an exclusive clientele that at one time included Dame Nellie Melba – although the two

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The ways people dressed in the 19th century were beholden not only to the whims of fashion but also the rules of social etiquette. Amongst the emerging middle and upper classes of colonial South Australia, respecting the rituals of dress was a social necessity, dutifully observed. reportedly butted heads during fittings!

Mrs Eeles’ advertisements boasted that she produced original designs for not only brides and bridesmaids’ dresses, but also specialized in balls, fetes, and garden party gowns. Mrs Eeles regularly toured London and Paris to ensure her customers were being shown the most up-to-date styles from across Europe.

At one stage Mrs Eeles employed over 40 female staff in her factory and showrooms, and dressmakers who had previously worked for her would advertise that they were “late of Mrs Eeles” as proof of their credentials.

As the social pages of the time noted: “It was generally remarked at all the entertainments that Mrs. Eeles’ dresses were the prettiest in the room. Lady Clarke was several times asked what English dressmaker she got her gowns from, as they fitted so well and were such good style. So in Victoria, after all, we are not in the least behind the times.”

The Australasian, 27 March 1892 The first costume that greets visitors to the exhibition (above image) was custom designed by Mrs. Eeles’ workshop. A creme figured satin gown with rich pearl and bead decorations, it was worn by Mary Ann Stevenson on her wedding day in Adelaide on 11 November 1897.

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Above: Evelyn Ayers, 1860 SLSA PRG 67/54/159 Below: Complementing the period costumes are a series of headpieces and accessories created by costume designers Marion Boyce and Gareth Blaha. This bag was made from a small scrap of fabric donated with the dress, inventively repurposed to bring the piece to life.

Photo: Sia Duff

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THE BALL Balls were the high point of Adelaide’s social calendar. Sir Henry and Lady Anne Ayers loved to entertain and held balls every year in September and October, inviting friends and dignitaries from around the colony.

It takes an entire household to throw a Victorian ball, and no detail could be overlooked when preparing the house for Sir Henry’s guests. The huge Moreton Bay fig trees that stood in front of the house would be festooned with coloured lights, and the vast cedar floors washed with milk to create a smooth surface fit for dancing feet to glide across.

It could take an entire week for the dazzling crystal chandeliers to be taken down, disassembled and hand polished piece by piece, with new wax candles put in place.

This was an important detail, as Sir Henry would order the hands on the mantelpiece clock be set to midnight – therefore it was only when the candles had burned out that the night would truly be over. Perhaps unsurprisingly, these balls could often last until 4am!

And for music? On the night of a ball the local postman might trade his red coat for more formal tails and play violin for the assembled dancers.

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Above left: Beautiful detailed decoration of sequins, faux pearls and bugle beads adorns a c1900 evening gown.

Pictured above (Left to right): Mushroom Coloured Edwardian Evening Gown, 1912-13. Embroidered satin with net and glass beaded decoration.

Black and Pale Pink Evening Gown, 1910-1914. Pale pink taffeta with an overlay of black net adorned with French jet beads and sequins.

Black Silk Evening Gown Black Beading, 1910. Black silk taffeta with sleeves in beaded tulle and heavily beaded bertha square bertha at neckline.

Apricot Evening Gown, 1900. Heavy pale apricot satin with tulle overlay, decorated with sequins, faux pearls, and bugle beads in love knots and bows.

Cream Silk Satin Evening Gown, 1910. Cream silk satin under lining and a black net overlay embroidered in cream.

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RISE OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE The Victorian-era also popularised a staple of the modern fashion industry: the department store. Buckley & Nunn co-founder Mars Buckley arrived in Victoria in 1851 from Ireland, with a plan to sell goods in the goldfields. He turned the profits of that venture into a store in Bourke Street with English- born partner Crumpton Nunn. Buckley & Nunn soon became one of Melbourne’s biggest retailers, with its illustrated catalogues allowing women around the country to read about the latest trending items and order their own by mail. A black silk evening gown with heavy black beading in The Ball scence is a fine example of their products.

Gentlemen had to look sharp too - an Edwardian gentleman’s evening tails can also be found in The Ball scene. It was worn by Ralph Norman Beckwith on the day of his 6 June 1913 wedding to Euphemia Katie Clark. It was made by local tailor and ladies’ costumier, E. Wiener, of Grenfell Street, Adelaide.

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Top Left: Black and Gold Satin Reception Gown 1885-1888 Top Right: Gentleman’s Black Evening Tails, 1913 Bottom Left: Buckley & Nunn Evening Gown, 1910 Bottom Right (L-R): Evening Gown in Grey and Gold Thread with scalloped hem, 1912-1915.

Reception Gown in Coffee Voile and Gold Ruched Satin, 1885-1888 Black and Gold Satin Reception Gown, 1885-1888 Photos: Sia Duff Opposite: Buckley & Nunn advertisement featured in The Graphic of Australia, 4 February 1916

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AFTERNOON TEA PARTY As well as evening parties, it was fashionable for Adelaideans in the Victorian era to hold afternoon tea parties. Young women would wear special ‘tea dresses’ for such occasions.

These events were often described in great detail in the local newspapers, including the refreshments served, the elaborate table decorations and the sumptuous gowns and accessories worn by the guests.

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Top: Afternoon Tea Party, 1910 SLSA PRG280-1-13-448 Top Right: A detailed view of a Summer Day Dress in cotton net embroidered with floral motif, 1905-1910 Left: Afternoon party gown in cream organza with purple floral motifs, 1880 Right: Afternoon Gown in Blue Silk, 1905-1910 Photos: Sia Duff

TOWN LIVING A striking 1880s afternoon garden party gown in cream organza with purple floral motifs invites visitors to stop and smell the roses in the Afternoon Tea Party scene. This colourful gown is believed to have been worn by Caroline Emily Clark, who arrived in South Australia with her parents and siblings in June 1850. Between 1853 and 1914 the Clark family lived on the 45 acre Hazelwood Park estate, which they opened up to the community for recreational purposes - a great spot for an afternoon tea party! Now owned by the South Australian Government, it remains a public park today.

Caroline Emily Clark was a philanthropist and champion of child welfare, and later in life wrote a memoir about her time in Adelaide stretching from the 1850s to the turn of the century. Now held in the State Library of South Australia, one early memory tells of her first impressions of her new home: “The city was much better and much worse than I expected. It was a surprise to find so many good shops and houses where we thought we should only find log huts and stores, but I was quite unprepared for the mud, and the wretched hovels close to the well-built residences gave a most incongruous appearance to the streets. The mud was so bad that my Mother lost her shoe when crossing Pulteney Street and we had to pick our way round puddles and over uneven places as if we were on an English common instead of a city street.” – Caroline Emily Clark

Caroline Emily Clark, 1903, SLSA PRG 331/1/1

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Opposite (L-R): Summer Day Dress in cotton net embroidered with floral motif in black1905-1910 Afternoon Gown in cream crepe de chene with blue lined detail and pink floral embroidery, 1908 Garden Party Dress in cream net with scallops of metallic braid, 1905-1910 Below: Pink Satin Gown with fine cream net, 1915 Photos: Sia Duff

COUNTRY LIVING Although much of Adelaide’s high society lived in fine houses in and around metropolitan Adelaide, the colony’s burgeoning agricultural industry created many wealthy pastoralists with impressive estates – and expensive tastes – around the country. Three dresses in the Afternoon Tea Party Scene belonged to Lily Owen-Smyth or her mother Emily. Emily was the wife of Sir John Melrose, a well-known South Australian pastoralist, and from 1884 the pair were based at Ulooloo station in South Australia’s mid-north, which he ran on behalf of his father before purchasing himself.

Although based in Ulooloo, Lily regularly featured in the local newspaper’s social sections, travelling from mid-north to the city to attend weddings, dances and other society functions. These gowns are part of over two dozen significant costume items donated to the National Trust of South Australia by a descendant of Owen-Smythe’s. Lily married her husband Arthur Gaynor Owen-Smythe in 1938 and they continued to live at Ulooloo until their deaths in the 1970s.

One gown is particularly significant as it was made by Australia’s oldest department store, David Jones. The first store David Jones opened in Sydney in 1838, and by the early 1900s when Emily purchased this dress, the store’s mail order department was sending goods and parcels all across the country.

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As people’s lives grew more urban and industrialised, Victorian society became increasingly fascinated by the natural world. New scientific discoveries captured the imaginations of children and adults alike, while beachcombing for shells or exploring gardens and forests for interesting and beautiful specimens became a popular leisure activity.

In the Park Lands Scene, visitors will see how the colour palette of nature also found its way into people’s fashion. The vivid green of a 1870s silk check day gown comes from the aniline dyes used from the 1850s onwards. It is likely this gown was created in the midnineteenth century and later remodelled to fit the 1870s fashion trends.

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Above Left: Botanic Gardens, 1901 SLSA B-9485 Above Right: Edwardian Crème Lace Walking Dress, 1901-1903 Left (L-R): Buckley & Nunn Cream Silk Bodice and Skirt with Black Lace Overlay, 1900-1905 Green Silk Day Gown, 1870s Photos: Sia Duff Below: Examples of Gibson Girl illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson

A GIBSON GIRL The “Gibson Girl” look is named after Charles Dana Gibson, a Life Magazine illustrator whose fanciful illustrations inadvertently created a new idealised style of Edwardian fashion. American women in particular, tried to emulate this look through the early Edwardian era up to the beginning of the First World War. The Gibson Girl was defined as an emancipated post-Victorian era woman, who wore daringly tight corsets to create an hourglass figure. She wore her hair long, and pulled it back into an updo bouffant or pompadour style.

The gown is typical of that worn by a young woman in the afternoon, either at a garden party or day time gathering. It would be normally worn with a swept up hair style known as a tea pot which would support a large brimmed hat lavishly decorated with feathers, ribbons, veiling, lace, flowers. It is typical of the Gibson Girl look of the period. The gown would be worn with short gloves and a long handled parasol, never opened, but used for posing.

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ROMANCE IN THE FITTING ROOM One striking blue and grey silk taffeta gown in the Park Lands Scene was created by Adelaide firm Miller Anderson for a very special occasion: the wedding of their own worker Miss Laura Mary Knight. Laura married Tea Tree Gully widow Mr Perrin Birdsey in December 1878, having met when Laura was fitting him with a customary mourning band following the death in childbirth of his first wife. A surprising whirlwind courtship led to the couple’s marriage, with Laura walking down the aisle wearing a gift from her employers.

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Above Left: John and Richard Dutton with their mother Emily, 1915 Above Right: Above (Right): A detailed view of Laura Mary Knight’s blue and grey silk taffeta wedding gown Right (Left-Right): Edwardian Creme Lace Walking Dress, 1901-1903 Boys Summer Sailor Suits, 1915. Worn by Richard and John Dutton, the two young sons of Henry Hampden Dutton and Emily Dutton of Anlaby Station near Kapunda.

Green and Champagne Silk Gown with pink tasselled trim, 1880 Blue and Grey Silk Taffeta Gown, 1878 Photos: Sia Duff

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DEBUTANTES The children of Victorian high society could live quite separate lives to their parents, so stepping up into their nurseries and playrooms could be quite like stepping into another world.

As their parents danced the night away downstairs, the youngest members of the household staged their own parties with dressing up, toys and games. Young girls dreamed of debutante balls and anxious nannies struggles to contain the excitement stirred from the sights and sounds below.

The artistry of Victorian fashion encompassed many different skill sets, shown with this yellow silk sash. The butterflies and flowers are painted by hand directly onto the silk, a delicate and skillful procedure.

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Top Right: Two Young Girls, 1905 SLSA B 55244 Above: Girl’s Cream Net Gown with Yellow Flowers Below: Painted Silk Sash Right: Cream Satin Evening Gown, 1910 Photos: Sia Duff

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NURSERY Henry and Anne had eight children, six of whom lived to adulthood. When they moved to Ayers House in 1855 they had five children, with their youngest Lucy born there. A nursery room such as this would have kept the children occupied out of sight and mind of their parents.

The date and owners of these pristine cream cotton dresses have been lost, but are a beautiful example of well-to-do young girls’ outfits in the late 19th century that illustrate the fine needlework typical of the period.

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Top Left and Right: Cream cotton dresses for little girls Photos: Sia Duff Left: Three children of Frederic and Evelyn Ayers SLSA PRG 67-54-165A

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Behind The Scenes Beneath the glamourous lifestyles of Adelaide’s high society existed an intricate network of busy servants and workers who laboured tirelessly to ensure important events such as balls went off without a hitch.

REFRESHMENT ROOM Catering for the ball was all important. A dedicated refreshment room provided hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, sandwiches and other finger food as well as rich desserts.

Champagne flowed freely, along with other wines and spirits, alongside punchbowls infused with fresh fruit. And of course, a diligent and sharply dressed butler or footman to ensure all guests are well catered for.

It was customary for the butler when serving in the evening to wear evening wear as depicted. During the day a Butler would wear a morning coat and striped trousers.

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Top: Edwardian suit, 1913 Far Left: Edwardian era domestic servants Ada and Ethel, 1900 SLSA B-60802 Left: Victorian Gown in Black Raw Silk, 1895-1900

HOUSEKEEPER’S STATION Housekeeper was considered to be management in a large household. A symbol of her position is the cut steel chatelaine at her belt on which the keys to the pantry are held – it could also hold scissors or other utensils at a given time. A housekeeper wore a black dress with a lace collar and often a cameo brooch or other jewelry to show her managerial status. It was not usual for a housekeeper to wear an apron; however the model is depicted in a parlor apron, worn not for working use, but purely for decoration.

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Creating the exhibition Marion Boyce wowed us with her flamboyant dresses for Kate Winslet, Sarah Snook and Phryne Fisher, covering Australian fashion from the 1920s and 1950s. Now she is taking us back to the 80s, the 1880s, in a stunning new fashion installation showing at Ayers House on North Terrace until 31 July.

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resented by the National Trust of South Australia, Age of Elegance: Fashionable Living in Victorian Adelaide was inspired by the huge success of the Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and The Dressmaker exhibitions, which featured costumes designed by Boyce.

For this new exhibition the acclaimed designer and curator has brought to life some of the marvellous creations made by dressmakers up to 150 years ago and carefully preserved by the National Trust.

Many of the costumes are very rare and fragile. Visitors will be surprised and delighted with the skill of their design and the vibrancy of the colours used, contrary to perceptions of Victorian fashion as sombre and dark. The exhibition also coincides with the Art Gallery of South Australia’s Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay exhibition covering France’s Impressionist painters of the same period – and Boyce can see many connections. “We followed what they did in Europe and the UK,” she said. “At the time, Adelaide was an incredibly wealthy society and it was really up there with the world fashions of the period.”

Both exhibitions are exclusive to Adelaide.

In recreating one of Henry’s famous evening balls, the room is heavily decorated with gold, and “the whole thing just glitters,” says Boyce. “The most important thing is to transport people back and to use the house the way Henry did: to bring it alive. We do that using all the senses including smell, sound and lighting- to create an immersive experience of being at of Henry’s fabulous parties.”

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Caring for Treasures You would be forgiven for thinking that many of the costumes in Age of Elegance were made only yesterday and not a century and half ago. Many of the beautiful garments on display in the exhibition are in pristine condition. The National Trust of South Australia worked closely with Adelaide textile expert, Mary Jose, to prepare these special treasures for display. For over 30 years, Mary has worked with textiles held by museums, galleries, private institutions and collectors from around the world, including the Art Gallery of South Australia, Australian National Gallery, and the National Museum of Scotland. She studied fine arts in Australia before travelling overseas and completing a post-graduate diploma in textile conservation at the University of London. On return to Adelaide, she worked at Artlab Australia for several years before opening her own private practice, Fabric of Life.

Of her work for the Age of Elegance show, Mary says, “It has been a pleasure to work to stabilise some of the gowns to enable them to once again shine in the historic and glamorous surroundings of Ayers House.”

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Above Left: Acclaimed costume designer Marion Boyce selected 40 pieces from the National Trust’s collection to make up the exhibition.

Centre: Rare and fragile dresses out of storage and into the light.

Above Right: Textile conservator Mary Jose

Y O U ’ R E I N V I T E D T O A P A R T Y. 150 YEARS AGO.

FA S H I O N A B L E L I V I N G I N V I C T O R I A N A D E L A I D E Be swept into a lost and magical world in this immersive fashion installation by acclaimed costume designer Marion Boyce.

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Peter Johnson and Karen James have restored this former warehouse into contemporary short term accommodation in Port Adelaide.

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Refurbishment of an 1880s era warehouse into a two-bedroom apartment and artist’s studio is a welcome contribution to the continuing restoration and revitalisation of Port Adelaide.

n the 1880’s the warehouse was occupied by a wine merchant and supplier of felt used in the shipping industry. It is located in the heart of Port Adelaide’s State Heritage precinct, close by historic Lipson Street and the South Australian Maritime Museum. The building is now known as Gaff Studio Apartment to reflect its contemporary setting as a living and studio space within a preserved, maritime warehouse.

From the outset National Trust members Karen James and Peter Johnson, in conjunction with Nic Salvati (architect) and Lachie Lade (builder), have sought to preserve, restore and incorporate the integrity of the building.

Peter and Karen purchased and repaired the warehouse they named as Gaff Studio, in 1996. At that time there was evidence of significant water and fire damage, a number of missing floor boards and much rubbish dumped in its cellar. A gaff hook was found during the clean-up and adopted as the name for the building.

The renovation process has provided an opportunity to demonstrate, through adaptive re-use, how a derelict historic warehouse, can not only be preserved and transformed to incorporate a contemporary living area, but also create economic, environmental and social benefits through the provision of short term accommodation for visiting tourists, workers and artists.

The re-design maintains and enhances much of the warehouse’s 1880s architecture.

Concealed elements of the structure such as an addition of a corrugated iron structure (pre-1996), at the rear of the building, were removed to reveal the original stone walls and red brick ‘King’s arches’ surrounding the doorway and windows.

New materials used in the refurbishment were carefully selected to reflect the warehouse’s maritime history, through the use of western red cedar timber windows, black butt and iron bark floorboards and corten steel for the balcony.

GAFF STUDIO APARTMENT 25 Divett Street, Port Adelaide, SA 5015 Contact: Peter Johnson and Karen James Mobile: 0421 770 090 Email: gaffstudio@adam.com.au Web: www.gaffstudioapartment.com.au

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The apartment is available for short term rental and offers guests comfortable and spacious accommodation over two levels with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open living kitchen & dining, R/C air conditioning, balconies front and rear of the building and a fully equipped kitchen.

It is fortunate that Port Adelaide has retained many of its impressive 19th century buildings. Visitors staying in the apartment can enjoy, at first hand, the many fine heritage buildings that the precinct has to offer or alternatively can wander along the Port river loop walk, visit the Railway, Aviation and Maritime museums, local galleries, hotels and restaurants, that are all located within easy walking distance.

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Left: The imposing Port Pirie Railway Station on Ellen Street.

Below: Participants from the Austrlian Artisan Trades Academy get to work removing paint from the stonework.

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a Port Pirie icon Participants from the Australian Artisan Trades Academy were out in force at Port Pirie in March as they began the task of restoring one of the State’s most elegant railway stations.

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ort Pirie’s Ellen Street Railway Station is one of the finest in South Australia. Completed in 1902, the building is a landmark and one of five properties in the town owned by the National Trust. The Railway Station is built in a flamboyant Victorian pavilion style with a clock tower and large domes at each end.

A key part of the masterplan is to return the station to its original glory.

This fine stone building, has over the years, been subject to many coats of paint with a number of unintended consequences. Stone that is painted is unable to breathe so is often subject to significant salt damp as water cannot escape from the paint layer.

The original station was built on this site in the 1870s, linking Port Pirie to Crystal Brook, then to Jamestown and later to Adelaide. By 1885, Port Pirie was connected as far inland as Broken Hill and soon became one of the busiest rail lines in the world carrying enormous quantities of silver and lead for smelting and export. The station we see today was constructed at the height of the Broken Hill mining boom which gave birth to one of Australia’s largest corporations BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary Company).

The first, and major effort in the building restoration is to remove the many layers of paint from the stone façade. Fortunately, through a partnership with the Dulux group, the Academy is able to access some of the world’s best paint removal products and the expertise to apply them correctly

In 1970 when a new station was built, the National Trust purchased the 1902 building and has since operated it as an historic museum. Members of the Port Pirie branch have been working on a new master plan for the site, including the adjacent Customs House building which has recently been transferred into Trust ownership by the State Government.

to suit the particular requirements of the building. Over five days a team of 15 workshop participants were able to make a significant dent on the paint removal task, restore the damp course to reverse the rising damp and replace lime mortars. The next steps will be applying the same treatments to the rest of the stone work so it can breathe again. New paint will be applied to the graceful timber and metalwork decoration on the ornate verandah, once again with the generous assistance of Dulux.

UPCOMING CONSERVATION WORKSHOPS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ARTISAN TRADES ACADEMY Learn traditional building skills and help save our heritage by joining one of our upcoming heritage conservation workshops. These five day on site workshops provide hands on training in a range of traditional building skills including stonemasonry, carpentry, painting and metal work in an applied setting. All skill levels are welcome. Builders registered with the Construction Industry Training Board are eligible for subsidised participation. Includes all meals and accommodation.

Penola, 27-31 August, working on the old Bond Store and Ulva Cottage

Burra, 24- 28 September, working on Jacka House in Hampton village

For more information and to register email register@artisanacademy.com.au Stay in touch for news on further workshops in Adelaide at Beaumont and Z Ward (Glenside) Angaston (Collingrove Homestead) Robe and Port Pirie.

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nominated for State Heritage Listing DR SHARON MOSLER

Two stone gateposts and a transportable Nissen hut are all that remain of the former Glenelg Migrant Hostel at the northern end of Adelaide Airport. The National Trust is nominating them for listing on the State Heritage Register as a reminder of the historic immigration programs introduced after World War II to increase Australia’s population for economic development and defense purposes under the slogan ‘populate or perish’.

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rom 1947 refugees who were dislocated during the war in Europe were selected from displaced person camps. The Menzies government added Assisted Passage schemes in the 1950s to bring to Australia ‘ten pound Poms’ and migrants from other countries. They were brought to hostels for temporary accommodation around Australia and launched our multicultural society.

Sixteen migrant hostels were erected in South Australia. In 1949 the first group of 480 DPs was transferred from the Woodville Migrant Hostel to stay in Nissen huts brought from the old RAAF station at Port Pirie to create the Glenelg hostel.

Many of the migrants arrived in family groups. Children attended local schools while English language lessons were provided for adults at the camp. Socials and film evenings were also held at the camp, and the Glenelg council provided

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the Town Hall banqueting room for concerts. Its proximity to the Glenelg Beach was an added benefit to the temporary residents. In 1967 the Glenelg North Hostel won the Commonwealth ‘Hostel of the Year’ award.

Hostel accommodation was temporary.

Jobs were plentiful in that era of full employment, and migrants were encouraged to move to more permanent housing, some provided by the SA Housing Trust.

The Good Neighbour Council, the YWCA and other community groups visited hostels to promote the assimilation of migrants into Australian culture. However, by the 1960s it was obvious that European migrants could not easily be transformed into Aussies.

The Whitlam Government set up the Department of Multicultural Affairs in recognition of the pluralist society Australia had become.

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Nissen Huts were used to accommodate newly arrived migrants after World War II. This hut and the gates are all that remain from hostel that hosted thousands of migrants upon arrival into Australia.

The Glenelg Hostel closed permanently in 1972 and the remaining 580 migrants were accommodated elsewhere. State Heritage listing would ensure their story is not forgotten.

It is hoped the Glenelg site will be used for educational purposes, with signage telling the migrant story, so that interested groups can learn more about its part in Australia’s cultural history.

The Nissen hut could be furnished for accommodation as displayed in an exhibition formerly at the Migration Museum, and the walking trail at the rear of the site might add to the visitors’ experience.

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The third annual Australian Marmalade Awards kick off on 29 July with a new event to showcase our state’s citrus industry. The awards are conducted by the National Trust in partnership with the Dalemain World’s Original Marmalade Awards UK. Since our first Australian awards in 2016, hundreds of people from across Australia have entered their creations in this annual competition to find the nation’s best marmalade. This is your chance to shine as Australia’s greatest marmalade maker!

The English (and the Scots!) may know how to make a mean marmalade, but no-one grows better citrus than South Australia.

This year, we want to show Australia and the world just how the best citrus and most ingenious recipes can produce world class marmalade down under.

To launch this year’s competition we are showcasing the best citrus in the state with a special one day Citrus Festival at Beaumont House in Adelaide on Sunday 29 July from 11am. Come along and get your hands on freshly picked local citrus fruit for a gold coin donation and learn about the art of marmalade making. Find out about growing citrus in your own backyard with South Australia’s guru of citrus Ian Tolley OAM. Try some of the winning marmalades from last year’s Australian and world competitions.

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Above: Tasting the winning marmalades Left: Ian Tolley OAM, Australia’s citrus guru

If you have citrus on your home trees that’s going to waste, let us know and we will try and collect it and pass it on to a would-be marmalade champion at the Citrus Festival.

There are two competitions in this year’s Australian Marmalade Awards: one for home-made marmalade and one for artisan (small scale) commercial producers.

The home-made competition categories are: Seville Orange, Any Citrus, Marmalade with a Twist, Gardener’s Marmalade, Children’s Marmalade, Man Made Marmalade, Beaumont Kitchen Marmalade, Octagenarian and upwards and Heritage Marmalade.

Artisan entrant categories are: Seville orange, Any Citrus, Marmalade with a Twist, Dark and Chunky and Savoury Marmalade.

Guidelines and category definitions can be found with the competition entry form on the National Trust website www.nationaltrust.org.au/marmalade or by emailing marmalade@nationaltrustsa.org.au Competition entries close on at 5pm on Friday 21 September.

Winners will be announced and awards presented at the Australian Festival of Marmalade to be held at Beaumont House on Sunday 7 October.

Winners in this year’s Australian competition receive free entry to the world championship of marmalade at Dalemain, England in March 2019 and may have their winning marmalade produced for sale by South Australia’s very own Beerenberg Farm.

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Osmond Gilles forgotten resting place ROSS BOTH, BURNSIDE HISTORICAL SOCIET Y

The National Trust has launched a fundraising appeal to restore the grave of an important but forgotten founding father of South Australia

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for his generosity in aiding the establishment of numerous churches, cultural societies and charitable institutions. He also subscribed to Special Surveys beyond city limits, is credited with encouraging Germans to settle and facilitated the development of early industries. Prior to arrival he was responsible with others for securing the Adelaide parklands, which are enjoyed by all today. Many sites in South Australia bear his name, including the suburb of Glen Osmond, Gilles Street, Gilles Plains and O.G. Road, to name just a few.

smond Gilles (1788-1866), widely known as ‘O.G.’, was one of the most significant and colourful of the early South Australian colonists. Prior to coming to South Australia he had been a merchant in Hamburg from 1816-1833; during this time he married Patience Oakden, who died without issue and he did not remarry.

Prior to his arrival with Governor Hindmarsh in HMS Buffalo in December 1836, Gilles had already invested in the new colony of South Australia and was appointed Colonial Treasurer. The fledgling colony struggled financially and the Treasury relied on personal loans from Gilles. In October 1839 Hindmarsh’s replacement, Governor Gawler, unable to obtain satisfactory statements of accounts, caused Gilles to resign his offices of Treasurer and Accountant-General. Loans to the Treasury amounting to almost 12,000 were repaid to Gilles.

In contrast to his performance in public office, Gilles was an astute and successful businessman, with interests in land, stock, money-lending and general trading. He was an early importer of sheep into the colony. The Glen Osmond silver-lead mine (18421851) on his property was one of the

first metalliferous mines in Australia.

In 1858 he commenced the planting of vines on his property and developed a winery, later known as Woodley Winery. St Saviour’s Church at Glen Osmond and its adjacent cemetery were established on land donated to the Anglican Church by Gilles.

Although a controversial figure, with a quick temper when excited or provoked, Gilles was highly regarded

He died in September 1866 and was buried in West Terrace Cemetery. His obituary in The Adelaide Observer described him as ‘one of our oldest and best known colonists … [whose] name … is so intimately connected with the history of the colony from its foundation’.

It further commented that ‘Mr. Gilles’s strongest and most enduring tie to the world was his benevolence’.

Gilles’ grave is in a sad state of neglect and in urgent need of conservation and restoration. He had no descendants, so public donation is required. As an historically significant monument, work will be done in accordance with the report by the Adelaide Cemeteries Authority (ACA).

The National Trust and the Burnside Historical Society have launched an appeal to support restoration of the grave.

A tax deductible donation can be made by visiting www.nationaltrust.org.au/donate-sa

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Pilgrim Church needs your help The National Trust has launched a new fundraising appeal with the Pilgrim Uniting Church to fund conservation works on this beautiful church in the heart of Adelaide

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ilgrim Uniting Church is a beautiful example of ‘Revival Gothic’ architecture, a style quite rare in South Australia.

Its architect, Mr Robert George Thomas, also designed Flinders Street Baptist Church.

Pilgrim Uniting Church traces its roots back to Adelaide’s early Wesleyans and Congregationalists. A Wesleyan chapel in Pirie Street was opened in 1851 and became known as the Pirie Street Methodist Church. Stow Memorial Congregational Church, in Flinders Street, was dedicated in 1867. The two churches were backto-back and were divided by a high stone wall with the two congregations began a dialogue which led Union Church in the City, and the gate was to Pilgrim Uniting Church with the inauguration of When the Pirie Street Methodist Church was plaques, stained glass windows, wood panelling were moved to the Stow Church building, along glass windows of Pilgrim Church include the Church windows, eleven re-sited from Pirie some later additions. These additions include the windows from a church demolished in the north to commemorate the 150th anniversaries of the Methodist Churches in Adelaide in 1837. The Pilgrim Uniting Church comprise the Uniting Church symbol and three windows by Adelaide artist Cedar Prest, including the Millennium Window in the Eastern transept (a rose window using an abstract design). The anointing of Jesus’ feet and Women at the Crucifixion were commissioned in 1990 to flank the Easter morning window from the Pirie Street Church.

a locked gate. During the 1960s to a decision in 1969 to become unlocked! The name was changed the Uniting Church in Australia.

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Above: Walker Tower, Festival Plaza, Adelaide.

Right: Catalyst site, August Towers, Hutt Street, Adelaide.

demolished, significant memorial from the pulpit and the large organ with the people. The stained original eighteen Stow Memorial Street Methodist Church, plus Pilgrim’s Progress series of six of England which were purchased founding Congregational and windows commissioned for

The Pilgrim Uniting Church building is in use at least six days a week because the Pilgrim Congregation believes it is important to share this wonderful heritage facility with others. This is why we are in partnership with the Chinese (SA) Christian Church and enable other groups to use the church on a regular or irregular basis.

For example, on weekdays Open Church provides a contemplative space, interesting architecture and a display of historic artefacts and information. Because the acoustics are so good Recitals Australia and ABRSM Music Examinations use the church, and regular Organ Concerts are held in the church. Art and Photographic Exhibitions, Fringe events and special community services (e.g. NAIDOC and Workers’ Memorial Services) are also held in the church.

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he had come to the Riverland as a young woman with her girlfriend to work in the Berri Hotel and met her future husband Lesley Anthony Shaw (“Mick”) at the Cobdogla dance. They were married in 1953 and lived with Mick’s parents on their farm at Overland Corner for a short while before buying the disused run-down Overland Corner Police Station.

“The “Overlanders” have always been recognised for their toughness and determination in overcoming the hazards associated with the trail through Overland Corner. Tales abound of the “Stony Pinch Track”, bushrangers, extreme temperatures, and just plain old gut wrenching toil, as they herded their precious animals towards their destination in Adelaide.

Dawn’s agility belies her 87 years. She hates to be ‘cooped up’ inside and nothing gives her greater pleasure than to stroll around her garden with visitors, talking about the native plants she has nurtured from seed, and the reptiles and birds that visit to drink from the many water dishes. She was brought up by her grandparents Fred and Florence Schottelius on Cold and Wet Station in the Coonalpyn district. They were great animal lovers and her grandfather kept a large vegetable garden and also grew flowers.

So, it is not inappropriate that a current members of Overland Corner National Trust, Dawn Shaw, be recognised for her generous contributions to the environment, her passion for the River Murray, and the determination and grit with which she goes about her personal mission in life.

Dawn, as a new bride, settled in Overland Corner in the 1950’s, and moved into the old Police Station homestead, built in the 1800’s, in an era when the river was watched for other reasons. Dawn was astounded at the bareness around her new home, and immediately started planting trees. Thus began the passion that saw her her recognised as “The Tree Lady” of Overland Corner.

Dead gum trees on the floodplain at Overland Corner are silent indicators of the influence of white settlement, and are reminders of the need for action, lest all the trees suffer the same fate. Dawn has always been a walker, on the floodplain, beside the silent river, and along the cliffs bordering the valley. It was during these walks that she decided on her plan to improve the health of the Murray – she would gather seed, propagate trees, and plant them out, on the floodplain and surrounds, but also out on the dry country, which has been cleared considerably since white settlement.

She knows that trees prevent a rising water table, and increased salinity.

Thousands of trees grown from local seed are now evident around Overland Corner, and, just like Dawn’s reputation, are spreading further afield. Dawn galvanises the local population (and OC Branch) into tree planting exercises, and the slopes and plains at Overland Corner are bristling with trees of varying maturity. An indication of the respect that the locals have for her is evident at “Dawn’s Hill”, which has a bench dedicated to her efforts, overlooking her beloved River Murray, and from which, on her walks, she can rest and view the trees she has seen evolve from tiny seed to a flourishing, living thing.

The Shaw family, who continue to farm the land away from the Murray, are mindful of the need to keep land aside for the future. They have committed substantial acreage to Heritage, not to be farmed, where the trees, as well as the other native flora and fauna, can flourish, away from the plough. Dawn continues to plant trees in windbreaks along the paddocks, and loves taking anyone who can spare the time, to the Heritage block, to collect seed, explain the bush and to just plain enjoy the outing.

Dawn is an active member of the local branch, and is widely renowned for the “smoko” she brings to branch activities, flasks of hot water for tea and coffee, and delicious freshly baked scones with jam and cream. She also keeps an eye on plants and trees around our Riverfront Cottage, and keeps us all in line with whats needed.

Salt of the earth, a real trooper, and typical of a dedicated Trust member in the country – Dawn Shaw!

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Ayers House Museum

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Age of Elegance is an immersive fashion installation in one of Adelaide’s most beautiful heritage homes. Be swept into the spirit of Adelaide high society during the Victorian era. Ayers House, home of Sir Henry Ayers during South Australia’s most glittering decades, will be alive again with the sights, sounds and smells of the most lavish parties ever seen in Adelaide.

Acclaimed costumier Marion Boyce has created a unique experience with more than 30 authentic period costumes organised into breathtaking tableaux that invite you to immerse yourself in a whimsical age of elegant living in Adelaide’s grandest Victorian home.

Ends Sunday 29 July Time: 10am - 4pm (Please note opening times Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 4pm, Fridays late till 9pm) Cost: $20 adult, $18 concession, $15 National Trust members, Family (2 adults, up to 3 children) $50, Student, $12 (15+), Children (5-15) $10, under 5 free.

Place: Ayers House museum, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide.

Enquiries: telephone (08) 8223 1234, email bookings@nationaltrustsa.org.au Book online at www.trybooking.com/UBGW

The Citrus Festival is the official launch of the 2018 Australian Marmalade Awards. The competition is now open!

We have made it easy for you by making Beaumont House a one-shop stop for all your marmalade making needs: bags of locally sourced citrus, including the elusive Seville orange, will be available to the public for a gold coin donation! While you are collecting your fruit, pick up some recipes and top tips from culinary historian, Allison Reynolds, who has a passion for marmalade and was one of our judges last year.

Marmalade tastings and sales will also be available. Try a winning artisan marmalade and see how high the bar has been set! For those of you interested in growing citrus, join us for a presentation by renowned Riverland citrus expert, Ian Tolley OAM. Collect a competition entry form and enter our raffle to win a preserve-making kit, which will be drawn during the Festival of Marmalade at Beaumont House on Sunday 7 October.

Sunday 29 July Time: 11am - 4pm Cost: Free entry.

Place: Beaumont House, 631 Glynburn Road Beaumont.

Enquiries: telephone (08) 8202 9200, email marmalade@nationaltrustsa.org.au, www.nationaltrust.org.au/marmalade

Titjikala exhibition. Tjungu Pakani Together We Rise As part of the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival, Ayers House is proud to present an exhibition of the unique silk screening and batik practice of women from the Titjkala community of central Australia from 8 August to 8 September.

The exhibition opens with a special choral event on 8 August.

The acclaimed multi-lingual Central Australian Womens’ Choir, the Titjikala Womens’ Choir enjoys a rich choral tradition that celebrates their traditional and Lutheran heritage through performance in Pitjantjatjara. They are also gifted artists, achieving acclaimfor their artwork. Tjungu Pakani will celebrate both this heritage and cultural exchange.

Concert Wednesday 8 August Time: 6 for 6.30 - 8pm Cost: $40, Concession $20.

Place: Ayers House museum, 288 North Terrace Adelaide.

Enquiries: Ayers House museum telephone (08) 8223 1234, www.trybooking.com/WAYE

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Open Garden Day Come along and discover the lovingly restored gardens, enjoy the Spring colour, and learn about the early history of these experimental gardens and the remnant olive grove. Guided tours of the garden will be available.

Devonshire teas will be served on the veranda, there will be displays of garden sculptures, a working blacksmith, plant sales, garden raffle and much more…..

Sunday 23 September Time: 10am - 4pm Cost: Entry at the gate is $8, concession $6, and young people 15 and under are free.

Place: Beaumont House, 631 Glynburn Road Beaumont.

Enquiries: Further information available on the website www.nationaltrust.org.au/sa or contact us at events@nationaltrustsa.org.au or on 8202 9200.

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Mount Lofty Branch

Beaumont House Open Day Beaumont House is a State Heritage listed property built in 1849 by Augustus Short, the first Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, then the home of Sir Samuel Davenport, politician, horticulturist & pioneer of the olive oil industry in SA. Burnside Branch guided tours.

Sunday 1 July, 5 August, 2 September Time: 2 - 4.30pm Cost: Adults $10, including afternoon tea.

Open Day with activities for children.

Sunday 22 July Time: 1 - 4pm Cost: $5 entry, children under 14 free, with Cornish tea available.

Place: Stangate House, 3 Edgeware Road Aldgate.

Talk: A miraculous escape to Australia: a convict story 1789 - Millie Nicholls Friday 14 September Time: 7 - 10pm Cost: Adult $10 and bring a supper plate to share Place: Beaumont House, 631 Glynburn Rd Beaumont.

All Burnside Branch enquiries: telephone (08) 8362 3036 or m 0411 036 491, email perriamci@bigpond.com.au

Mount Barker Branch Talk: Allison Russell a highly motivated and inspirational speaker from History Trust.

Tuesday 3 July Time: 1.30 - 2.30 pm Place: Dunn Uniting Church, 13 Mann Street Mount Barker.

AGM and Talk Talk: Dr Ruth Vasey, Cultural Historian.

Afternoon tea to follow.

Tuesday 7 August Time: 1.30 - 2.30 pm Place: Dunn Uniting Church, 13 Mann Street Mount Barker.

Mount Barker Branch with SA Pioneer Association Come along to Stangate House and bring a friend.

Tuesday 4 September Time: 1.30 - 2.30 pm All Mount Barker Branch enquiries: telephone (08) 8388 7133

Open Day with Camellias in bloom and spring arriving.

Sunday 26 August Time: 1 - 4pm Cost: $5 entry, children under 14 free with Cornish tea available.

Place: Stangate House, 3 Edgeware Road Aldgate.

All Mount Lofty Branch enquiries: m 0408 081 124, email enquiries@stangatehouse.org.au

Tea Tree Gully Branch Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum School Holiday Event: Teddy Bear Tales/Tails What do Museum teddies do all day and all night?

This delightful experience features teddies up to all sorts of mischief. Discover the tales of some famous bears and celebrate Paddington’s 60th anniversary year. Handson activities and craft = fun for people of all ages and their teddies.

Wednesday 11 July to Sunday 15 July Time: 10am - 2pm Cost: $3 per person.

Heritage on Sunday Enjoy the afternoon as you visit 13 rooms in the building, 4 pavilions, working blacksmith, police cell and laundry.

Surrounded in a beautiful garden setting take time to wander, explore and be entertained.

Devonshire tea is available and the Gift Shop is a delight.

Visit www.nationaltrust.org.au/sa for more event information.

One Day Only: Crafty Confessions This event provides a glimpse into nearly forgotten past crafts. Watch and be inspired as you see lace makers, spinners and weavers, tatting, embroiderers and more weave their crafty creations. View the Museum’s vintage craft collection.

Sunday 19 August Time: 1 - 4pm Cost: Adult $5, Conc $4, Children Free.

One Day Only: Boys & Their Toys On display planes, trains, automobiles, motor bikes, woodwork and much more. Members of the Adelaide Hills Motor Restorers’ Club will display their working vintage stationary engines. Men, hobbies, spare time, an intriguing blend – so come and discover!

Sunday 16 September Time: 1 - 4pm Cost: Adult $5, Conc $4, Children Free.

Place: Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum, 3 Perseverance Road Tea Tree Gully All Tea Tree Gully branch enquiries: telephone (08) 8251 3499, www.ttgmuseum.on.net

NOTICE TO NTSA MEMBERS

Nominations for membership of Council Nominations for positions as members of the Council of The National Trust of South Australia are now open.

All current adult members of the Trust are eligible for nomination.

The Council is the governing body of the Trust, responsible for its strategic direction and good governance.

Councillors will be appointed for a two-year term commencing from the Annual General Meeting in November 2018.

Nominations will close at 5pm on Friday, 24 August.

According to the NTSA Rules, should the number of nominations received exceed the number of vacant positions, a ballot of all adult NTSA members will be conducted in order to determine which nominees are appointed to the Council.

For more information and nomination forms contact: executiveadmin@nationaltrustsa.org.au

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TREES • FRUIT • MARMALADE MAKING

Sunday 29 July 11am - 4pm Beaumont House 631 Glynburn Road Beaumont

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