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EDITION 02 | MAY 2014
6 THE TRADING KETCHES OF SA
8 LEAKE BROS WOOLSHED GLENCOE
9 HARRY SEIDLER BOOK REVIEW
15 HERITAGE FESTIVAL TAKES OFF
legacies
World War I Memorial Plaque (“Dead Man's Penny”) BRIAN MCMILLAN
| NTSA VICE PRESIDENT
In 1916 the British Government recognised the need to show some form of official gratitude to the next of kin of the fallen men and women of the Great War. In 1917 a competition to design a suitable plaque was announced. In 1918 the winning design was selected, from some 800 entries. Edward Carter Preston (7 July 1885-2 March 1965), the designer, a Liverpool medalist, received £250. The Memorial Plaque was also known as a ‘Dead man’s penny’ ‘Next of kin plaque’ or ‘Death plaque’ and, when sent to the family, was accompanied by a Message from King George V and a Scroll, which read He whom this scroll commemorates was numbered among those who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger, and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten. The Willunga Branch has on display at the Courthouse Museum a Memorial Plaque (pictured). On it Britannia holds a laurel wreath in her left hand over the box where the commemorated serviceman's name appears. In representation of Britain’s sea power there are two dolphins each facing Britannia. A lion stands in front
ABOVE Dead Man’s Penny. of Britannia, also facing to the left with a menacing growl. The words Photo: S Scheiffers “He died for freedom and honour” are written around the margin of the plaque. A very small lion, with his head facing to the right, can be seen underneath the larger lion’s feet, biting into a winged creature representing the German Imperial eagle1.
1,355,000 plaques were issued using 450 tonnes of bronze. 600 plaques were issued in relation to women. These plaques bear the wording, ‘She died for freedom and honour’. The Memorial Plaque pictured honours Fred Farmer Bassett, who was born on 12 April 1894, left Adelaide on HMAT Berrima on 16 December 1916 as a private in 50th Infantry Battalion, was “taken off the Army transport dangerously ill”2 and admitted to hospital on 18 February 1917, and died of cerebro-fever on 10 March 1917. He is also honoured by a Memorial Tree – a cypress – amongst the gum trees between Hill Street and Main Road Willunga near the Alma Hotel. 1 2
For more information see greatwar.co.uk Letter dated 26 March 1917 to the Matron, Military Hospital, Devonport
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Perspectives
ERIC HEAPY
CEO’s Report Each year, our organisation happily works alongside all the other National Trusts of Australia to deliver a number of programs funded by the Commonwealth Government. Close to $1M, the grant sounds fairly generous, but when shared amongst each of the State and Territory National Trusts and the Australian Council of National Trusts, the reality is that it doesn’t stretch very far. In fact, in South Australia, our share is less than $70,000 which is then invested in a number of activities. However I do feel immensely proud about what we achieve on what is truly a shoe-string budget. I thought it would interest the readers of Heritage Living to know about these funds and what we deliver with them. Some of the programs are not so much in the public eye, but are making a difference to heritage outcomes in so many other ways. Here are just a few examples:
Heritage Festival Each year the Trust participates in a national heritage festival. Ours runs from 14th April to 31st May this year and works in conjunction with History SA’s About Time program. Many of our Branches run special events to celebrate the festival and the State Office also works with Kali Hunter Enterprises to promote the importance of South Australia’s heritage. This year’s event was a very special dinner and debate entitled “Does Heritage Really Matter?” held at Rymill House on Monday 14th April.
Education We have been working closely with the Education Department to enable it to meet the requirements of the Australian History Curriculum. As a result, we have developed four educational programs giving primary school children an understanding and appreciation of Australia’s heritage in a very creative way. For instance, our Willunga Branch now has the first museum in Australia to be connected to the National Broadband Network allowing them to beam a classroom lesson from the old Bassett Boys’ Schoolroom. It’s a tactile experience for those kids lucky enough to participate, and seeing them writing on a piece of old slate is simply delightful.
Significant Trees Utilising the Commonwealth grant, the NTSA proudly headed up an Australia-wide project to establish a national register of significant trees. Work is still continuing to enable the register to go live on the Web in the not too distant future, the culmination of about two years of very hard work by each of the Trusts around the nation. It will provide the movement with an enormous amount of intelligence for advocacy campaigns, assist with the protection of these great assets and record their existence for prosperity. These projects are but a few examples of what we can achieve with so little, but of course not without the many hours of special assistance from our willing army of volunteers whom I can not thank enough.
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Celebrating 175 years Hahndorf is celebrating its 175th birthday in 2014. On 14 June 2014 the Hahndorf Town Band will mark the 40th anniversary of Musikfests in Hahndorf, with a themed cabaret evening that celebrates the anniversaries, involves local performers, and engages the audience with an entertaining musical variety performance in the Hahndorf Institute.
Mount Barker is celebrating its 175th birthday in 2014. On 4 May the Mount Barker Residents Association is conducting a Mount Barker Heritage Walk, starting at the TAFE/Library car park.
Willunga is celebrating its 175th birthday in 2014. On 4 May 2014 the Discover Willunga Fair will be held at the Willunga Recreation Park, to highlight Willunga's rich and colourful history, present activities and exciting future developments.
Gawler is celebrating its 175th birthday in 2014. During May 2014 displays in St George’s Anglican Church, home of historic stained glass and leadlight windows, will include some 200 colourful kneelers and Governor Gawler's gift of a silver Eucharist service. On 3 May 2014 the Gawler Branch will present Frock Around the Clock, a 1950s fashion parade of men and women’s clothes and accessories.
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Then and Now
Connections and Threads BRIAN MCMILLAN
| NTSA VICE PRESIDENT
Each of the multitude of objects in the collections of the National Trust of South Australia leads visitors to at least one story, about some aspect of a person or of an event, or both. Usually this is quite readily apparent. But often there are links to other people, and to other events, which are not immediately apparent, but which, when unveiled, are of interest to our visitors. Here is an example. The stories to which the Willunga Museum’s Dead Man’s Penny lead directly are told elsewhere in this edition (see World War I Memorial Plaque (“Dead Man's Penny”)). Who were the grandparents of that dead soldier? What were their stories? The grandparents of Fred Farmer Bassett were James Bailey Bassett (1810-1875) and Mary Murrell Bassett (1820-1889), and Inspector Richard Palmer Pettinger (18301862) and Charlotte Pettinger (nee Aldam) (1826-1864). James and Ann Bassett were the first teachers in Willunga, arriving in 1847 and then starting a school in Buckland House, which still stands. Ann Bassett died in 1851. James and Mary Bassett married in 1853. James Bassett built the Bassett Boys’ Schoolroom – now a National Trust Museum - next door to Buckland House in 1862.
Richard Pettinger joined the South Australian Police in 1852 and was promoted to inspector in 1861. On 4 February 1862 Inspector Pettinger was murdered whilst on duty at Government House by John Seaver, a disgruntled former policeman. Seaver’s application for leave, in January 1862, had been refused by the Inspector: subsequently Seaver was dismissed (not by the Inspector) for being drunk on duty. Seaver took revenge by murdering the Inspector. Seaver’s trial took place in the Supreme Court of South Australia before his Honour the Chief Justice, [Sir] Richard Hanson, on 24 February 1862: the Jury, after a ten minute retirement, brought
BACKGROUND Bassett
Boys' Schoolroom, Willunga, c. 1865. Photo: Willunga National Trust 26-1-6a House, Mrs Bassett's girls' school, c 1867. Photo: courtesy M Dunstan TOP RIGHT Bassett Memorial Tree, Hill Street Willunga. Photo: Willunga National Trust CENTRE Buckland
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in a verdict of guilty. Seaver was hanged on 11 March 1862. His execution took place within the confines of Adelaide Gaol, public hangings having been abolished in 1858. The Gums, 10 Bishop Street Willunga, was built in 1862 by the Government for the widow of the Inspector: the Aldam family, of which she was a member, was prominent in Willunga. Branches are invited to identify objects with similar connections or threads, and submit their stories for publication.
On the water
The Trading Ketches of South Australia Part 2 CRAIG WHYTE
| NTSA MEMBER
For more than a century, ketches were the seagoing, wind-driven ‘trucks’ of South Australia, ferrying vital freight to and from the state’s vast farmlands. Port Adelaide was the ketch fleet’s homeport. Sometimes they lay two or three deep against the wharf awaiting orders from shipping agents, the Frickers or the Crouches. Some ketches traded to only one port and in a single commodity - one, for example, carried shell grit from Long Spit to the Port Adelaide glass works; others were dispatched as far as Ceduna. A ketch working the two gulfs (Spencer and St Vincent) might be away for three months at a time. Skippers had favourite ports. Stansbury, for example, was sheltered. Arno Bay, on the other hand, was unpopular because of a dangerous tidal surge.
assisting technology, skippers relied on a barometer and their own experience to predict weather. The type and movement of clouds could help - if there was haze over the Mount Lofty Range conditions would be settled, but if their outline was crisp there was a change in the air. In the 1930s many vessels had auxiliary engines fitted to assist close to port and in calm conditions, but some skippers resisted, continuing to rely on wind alone. In those days, there was no wheelhouse covering the man at the helm. Some older skippers liked it so
because they could feel any change of wind on their faces. By 1955, the ketch trade was dwindling. Russell’s, a sailmaker in Port Adelaide, served just 20 ketches, whereas a generation before there had been 80. The development of bulk trade spelled decline for the ketch. Increasingly, grain was stored in large silos and removed in bulk by larger vessels or by road. In the early 1980s, the iron-hulled diesel ketch Nelcebee and the Falie (originally a motor schooner) were the last ketches still operating commercially in South Australia,
The gulfs of South Australia could present challenging conditions for ketches. On one trip, the skipper’s brother-in-law was lost overboard, leaving a pregnant wife ashore. In the absence of
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“mosquito fleet”: Ketches at Birkenhead, 1937 Photo: State Library of SA B9697 the deck of the Falie Photo: Craig Whyte CENTRE RIGHT Falie re-enactment 1986. Photo: Sue Scheiffers BOTTOM Nelcebee at Dock Two, Port Adelaide Photo: Craig Whyte CENTRE On
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sailing to Kangaroo Island and, in the case of the Falie, shipping gypsum from Stenhouse Bay. Both survive today, the Falie owned by the SA government, the Nelcebee in dry dock near the South Australian Maritime Museum at Port Adelaide. The Annie Watt, built in 1870 in Tasmania, was the last wooden ketch to operate and is still stored by the Museum. These three vessels serve as memorials to a proud and vital trade.
On the water WORLD WAR I – THE CHEER-UP SOCIETY
Oral History Project of Boat and Ship Construction in Port Adelaide ADAM PATERSON AND SHARON HOLMES
Port of Adelaide National Trust Branch (PoANT), was successful in gaining a Community Heritage Grant and a Community Development Grant from Port Adelaide Enfield Council to undertake an oral history project during 2013 about the boat and ship construction in Port Adelaide: A visit to the opposite bank: Stories of boat and ship construction in Port Adelaide, South Australia. The project tells the story of the boatyards through recording and publicly disseminating oral histories that focussed on several themes including: • operations and methods of ship/boat construction and repair; • the boat building yards as a social environment; • boat and ship building during World War II; • multiculturalism in the boat building workforce; • the role of the boat building yards in fostering community connectedness. The stories have been explored and recorded by Alan O’Connor, Joan O’Connor and Michael Weir (members of PoANT) and Kayla Mallon and Willow Shaw (two Year 10 students from Le Fevre High School) with the expertise and experience of June Edwards and Madeleine Regan (oral historians). This project has provided an important opportunity to partner with the local high school and engage students in learning about and contributing to the heritage and history of Port Adelaide. The students’ participation developed a diverse range of skills for them to be actively involved in documenting the history and heritage of the local area and connected them with the experiences of the interviewees. Adam Paterson (committee member of PoANT and archaeologist) was instrumental in applying for the grant and has strengthened links between PoANT, the South Australian Maritime Museum and the local community including liaising with Sharon Holmes (recently retired teacher at Le Fevre High School), who worked with the students and the oral historians.
On 4 January 1919, under the heading ANZACS AT WILLUNGA, the following appeared in The Register (at page 8): Twenty of the original artillerymen who left this State for active service in October 1914, visited Willunga on Monday at the invitation of the Willunga Cheer-up Society, and were lavishly entertained by that body. They were received by the President (Mrs. Longbottom), secretary (Miss Lottie Aldam), and members in the district hall, where luncheon was provided, at which 60 people sat down. The Rev. Wood presided, and after the loyal toast, proposed the health of the visitors. Lieut. Col. W. C. N. Waite, D.S.O., M.C., responded, and later proposed the health of the Willunga Cheer-up Society. After lunch the gunners were driven to Port Willunga, where tea was served at Mrs. McAllister's by the Aldinga Cheer-up ladies, and a musical programme was provided. The soldiers returned to Willunga for dinner, and in the evening a social was held, attended by several hundreds of people. A first class musical programme was provided, also dancing. Col. Waite thanked the 'Cheer-ups' for their hospitality.
The stories are rich in the history of Port Adelaide and remain an important part of the cultural heritage of the local community. We thank the following interviewees for their time and their stories: Alan Beswick, Neil Cormack, Kingsley Haskett, Donald Lucas, Andrew McFarlane, Bryan Mellor, Bill Porter, Daphne Robertson, Wayne Rosenzweig and Lee Salvemini.
The 'boys' were billeted on the people of Willunga for the night, and, in spite of the early departure next morning, many friends were at the station to say 'Au revoir' to the departing guests.
The recordings are in the process of being posted on Port of Adelaide National Trust’s web site http://www.poant.org/ , Le Fevre High School’s web site http://www.lefevrehs.sa.edu.au/ and JD Somerville Oral History Collection at the State Library of South Australia where they will be publicly available.
In the August edition of Heritage Living we will be providing more about the work of the Cheer-up Society during World War I.
LEFT Boatyards RIGHT Moored
Photo: Sandra Elms Harts Mill Photo: Sandra Elms
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Then and Now
Leake Bros Woolshed, Glencoe, South Australia HEATHER KELLAS | NTSA MOUNT GAMBIER BRANCH*
In November 2013, the Glencoe community in the South East proudly celebrated the 150th anniversary of the historic Glencoe Woolshed. The Glencoe district was first settled as a sheep station in 1844 by brothers Robert and Edward Leake. They named the settlement after Glen Coe in Scotland. Originally from Tasmania, they brought Saxon Merino sheep with them. Their holding at Glencoe consisted of 90,000 acres stretching from Mount Muirhead near Millicent, and taking in the Mount Gambier region to the Penola Road. They built their first homestead near Lake Leake. The timbers were morticed and the bark roof was laced to the purlins with greenhide. No nails were used during construction. In 1855, Robert bought Edward's share of the partnership after Edward's lack of commitment and drinking sprees caused trouble. Edward retired to Nelson on the Glenelg River and married Mandy, the wife of a local bullocky. It is said that to marry Mandy, Edward paid the bullocky a substantial amount of money to disappear. After Robert's death in 1860, Edward returned to Glencoe with Mandy and daughter Letitia to claim his inheritance of the Glencoe run. Edward was a huge man, lazy, eccentric and ignorant of economic management, and the Glencoe run soon showed signs of deterioration. Edward was more interested in spending money than making it, and enjoyed a life of comfort and luxury. However he did build the Glencoe Woolshed, the best money could buy, and employed architect W. T. Gore to design it. The size, proportions and arched windows of the woolshed led to it being
described as having "something of the appearance of a church." In November l863, Edward celebrated its completion by holding a ball for his workers. The woolshed had cost 1500 pounds and was described as a "commodious and handsome building" with huge Blackwood columns and handadzed curved timber braces giving a touch of refinement and elegance. It had every modern improvement and was said to be unequalled in the colonies for convenience, superior workmanship and perfect arrangement. Interestingly, overhead shearing gear was never installed in the shed, with blade shearing being the method used until recently. A drying shed at the rear had low walls and was not fully enclosed to allow breezes to dry out sheep in wet weather. The drying shed was later purchased by nearby Coola Station and survives as their shearing shed today. The present Glencoe public hall was formerly the shearers’ quarters, built using the same stone and design features, resulting in one
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Photo: Ron Hughes Woolshed exterior. Photo: Ron Hughes BOTTOM Interior Glencoe Woolshed. Photo: Sue Scheiffers NTSA Vice President CENTRE Glencoe
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of the most impressive complexes in the South East. Edward died in April 1867, and Glencoe Station was left to his young daughter Letitia. The property was eventually sold in 1882 to George Riddoch. More recently, the woolshed was acquired by Scotty Kennedy, who very kindly donated it to the National Trust in 1967. After repairs, it was officially opened in October 1978. The Mount Gambier Branch of the National Trust has recently renewed the interpretative panels and signage, giving the visitor an updated experience of how the woolshed operated 150 years ago. Reference: Hill, Les R., Mount Gambier District pictorial, 1854-1947, Blackwood, S.A.: Lynton Publications, 1975. * This is an abridged version of a longer article by the author.
Book review
A Singular Vision Harry Seidler Helen O’Neill, Harper Collins Publishers 2013, $49.95; REVIEWED
| BY MARCUS BERESFORD, NATIONAL TRUST OF SA
This fascinating, extensively illustrated and well written new book raises all sorts of questions about the heritage of modernist buildings. Author Helen O’Neill had access to Seidler’s papers, his wife Penelope (nee Evatt) and surviving colleagues and has produced a compelling biography of this controversial architect. Some might have liked a more critical discussion of Seidler’s work and the role he played in late 20th century building development, particularly in Sydney, but the book nevertheless provides an excellent basis for that discussion now to take place. Not everyone will know Seidler spent a difficult 17 months in prison camps in Britain and Canada because of his German passport, although he was an Austrian Jew escaping from the Nazi occupation of his home country. However, he studied architecture at Manitoba University on release, then did postgraduate study at Yale under leading modernist Walter Gropius. Despite wanting to stay in America to practise, Seidler was lured by his mother to Australia, where the rest of his (surviving) family now were, with a commission for a family house. This is the superb and much celebrated Rose Seidler House in northern Sydney, now a public museum. His own later home at Killara is possibly his and his wife’s attempt to create Australia’s answer to American Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous house “Fallingwater” (Penelope switched to study of architecture after meeting him). However it is difficult to love, falling more into the brutalist category, even though it is nestled into a slope and thick vegetation. Other TOP LEFT Australia
domestic architecture discussed in the book is more interesting. Seidler designed many landmarks in Sydney, as well as large buildings in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Vienna. Perhaps the finest remains “Australia Square” in Sydney, although nearby “Grosvenor Place” is impressive and 9 Castlereagh Street is this reviewer’s personal favourite. Seidler always included contemporary artworks in his commissions, and devoted a sizable proportion of each site to public space. Some (such as the fortress-like MLC Centre) are already dating and requiring major maintenance or repair work. More controversial is the often reviled, utilitarian Blues Point Tower, at McMahon’s Point on the north shore. In Seidler’s defence, he led a group of architects who successfully opposed the proposed rezoning of the point for industrial development. O’Neill presents this story dispassionately, pointing out that the local residents asked Seidler to help (only to find he proposed demolition of their 19th century houses!), that the façade of the building attempts to create variety with unusual window placement and is inspired by a Josef Albers painting. The building is argued to have pioneered strata titles in Australia and the world. Seidler’s own multi-storey office and apartments at 2-2A Glen St Milson’s Point is a more fluid design but the concrete has become rather stained with time and it is again
rather brutalist. He and Penelope fought to prevent redevelopment of the Luna Park site nearby, and a Harry Seidler memorial garden (purchased from a would-bedeveloper for $5million) is now in place adjacent. Seidler publicly took up the case for Jorn Utzon when the latter was dismissed from his Opera House work, not bad when Seidler himself had entered the competition unsuccessfully. This mixture of good and bad design, genius and opportunism, generosity and cynicism runs throughout the story. People born after the Second World War may find themselves relating the Seidler story to their own parents’ attitudes. The images by photographer Max Dupain (a close friend of Seidler) and of Harry and Penelope throughout the book are stunning and give the book an unusual vibrancy. Although readers may form varying opinions on how important Seidler is to Australia’s architectural heritage of the second half of the 20th century, the book will stimulate visits to the buildings and re-evaluation of the architect’s career. The actual design of the book is also very fine. Information: harpercollins.com.au
Square foyer with Sol Lewit paintings, Blues Point tower and Horizon Apartments. Photos: Marcus Beresford
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legacies
War Recruitment SUE SCHEIFFERS
| NTSA VICE PRESIDENT
For Australia, World War One began when Britain and Germany went to war in August 1914, and Prime Minister Andrew Fisher pledged Australia’s full support. This was greeted with great public enthusiasm. Australia relied solely on voluntary recruits to serve in the AIF. Compulsory military service, or conscription, for eligible men was in force in Australia from 1911. However, these forces were for home defence and could not be used to serve in a war overseas. In response to the initial overwhelming number of volunteers, the authorities set exacting physical standards for recruits and only men between the ages of 19 and 38; at least 5 foot 6 inches tall (168 cm) with chest measurements of at least 34 inches (87 cm) were accepted. In the last five months of 1914, 4,812 men enlisted. In 1915 a further 13,597 joined. This was the peak. In 1916 enlistment numbers fell to 10,043; in 1917 to 4,298 and in 1918 to 2,209. The total of South Australian volunteers comprised 38 per cent of the state's men aged 18-44 years and was approximately one ninth of the Australian forces.
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But the authorities were not satisfied and in December 1915, Prime Minister Hughes appealed directly to all eligible men. The pressure on eligible men to enlist was enormous and took many forms, including posters, poetry, newspaper editorials, letters and pressure from private individuals. By 1916 when there were insufficient recruits to meet the numbers required for reinforcements, Prime Minister Hughes attempted to introduce conscription in August 1916. A majority of South Australians voted “no” to the proposal. A second referendum of 1917 was also defeated.
Cheap, easy to mass-produce and highly visible, Australian First World War propaganda posters were created at the commencement of the war by state recruiting committees. But later in the war the posters were issued by the Federal government.
By 1917 people were becoming war weary as casualties mounted and the Government had to work harder to persuade men to enlist.
The other main strategy to recruit men was that serving military personnel would go and speak to groups seeking men to enlist.
One response to the shortfall in enlistments was to modify requirements for service. Many who were rejected in the first wave were later accepted when standards were revised. Another strategy was the production of posters.
For Australia, the First World War was a costly conflict in terms of deaths and casualties. From a population of fewer than five million, 416,809 men enlisted, of whom over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner.
displayed this small poster to celebrate their family member's enlistment. Photo: Sue Scheiffers
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recruits for Army service during World War I. A group of new recruits for Army service, still wearing civilian clothing in charge of two soldiers outside a grandstand in South Australia ca.1917. Image: State Library of SA PRG 280/1/15/340. New recruits for army service during World War I. Large group of new recruits for army service during World War I assembled outside a grandstand in South Australia, most still wear civilian clothing ca.1917. Image: State Library of SA PRG 280/1/15/342. Army Recruiting Office staff, World War, 1914-1918. Men of the Army Recruiting Office staff in Adelaide during World War I ca.1917. Image: State Library of SA PRG 280/1/9/199. Group of soldiers in South Australia. Three rows of uniformed soldiers sitting with their arms folded in South Australia; a large flag with the inscription E Coy is draped in front of them; names not known ca.1916. Image: State Library of SA PRG 280/1/39/14 New recruits for the Army during World War. New civilian recruits for Army service during World War I marching along a road in South Australia escorted by a uniformed soldier; four of their number stand in the front, three holding bugles up to their mouths and the fourth playing a small drum ca.1917 .Image: State Library of SA PRG 280/1/15/435
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legacies
Street names in Whyalla There are many ways in which a community honours its fallen. These can include massive and impressive monuments, plaques, gardens and honour boards, some of which display the names of people who enlisted from a particular church, school, and football club. Whyalla’s town fathers honoured some of the men who ‘made the supreme sacrifice’ by giving their names to the streets of the town. The name Whyalla was gazetted to replace the former Hummock Hill in April 1914. At the outbreak of World War One, Whyalla was a small port where the iron ore mined at Iron Knob was loaded into barges and shipped across the Spencer’s Gulf to Port Pirie. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) acquired leases to work the ore in November 1899 to be used for flux in the Company’s smelter in Port Pirie. That iron ore subsequently increased in importance when it was shipped to the Newcastle steel works which opened in 1915 when Whyalla's population increased substantially although it did not reach 1,000 until 1920.
The people of Whyalla enlisted with the same enthusiasm as the entire Australian population. Inevitably many of them did not return and the war memorial was erected to record their service and acknowledge their losses. Mr Essington Lewis, Managing Director of BHP travelled across the Gulf in a special tug to perform the opening of the handsome white obelisk outside the Whyalla Institute in 1920. This memorial records that a total of almost 50 men served. In addition to the static monument, fourteen of the men who ‘made the supreme sacrifice’ were also remembered as the streets of the growing town bore their names.
The list of these men includes HK Forsyth, J M C Neagle, RW Wood, R Whitehead, CT Roberts, RL Broadbent, D Donaldson, all of whom are listed on the memorial. An additional 7 men were similarly recognised but are not listed on the memorial possibly because they did not originate from Whyalla. Some gave addresses on their enlistment papers as Iron Knob, Nonning, Port Pirie and Port Augusta. One example of the men honoured is Private Andrew Gay. Gay Street was one of the first streets adjoining the BHP lease at the head of the jetty. 35 year old Private Gay, a labourer at the Nonning pastoral property, served on the Western Front and died of wounds sustained there in April 1917.
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Gates, Whyalla. Photo: S Scheiffers War memorial at Whyalla. Image: State Library of SA B62481 INSERT Private Andrew Gay. Image: Australian War Memorial P09291.273 BOTTOM RIGHT Soldier’s
Patron List as at 31.3.14 Patron-in-Chief His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce, AC, CSC, RANR Governor of South Australia Sir George Kingston Patron $5,000 and above Mrs. Joan Beer Cavill Power Products Pty Ltd Prof Norman Etherington AM and Prof Peggy Brock Mrs. Anne Jolly Mr Hugh MacLachlan & Mrs. Fiona MacLachlan OAM The Hon. Rod Matheson AM QC & Mrs. Leonie Matheson
Mr H. Edwin Michell Dr Patricia A Michell Mrs. Susan Morgan Mr Robert (Bob) Piper AO & Mrs. Margaret Piper Pitcher Partners Lady Porter Mrs. Eve Shannon-Cullity Mr Ian Wall OAM Mrs. Pamela Wall OAM Mrs. Marion W Wells Edmund Wright Patron $3,000 - $4,999 Mr Alastair & Mrs. Janet Angas Mrs. Margaret Bennett
Mrs. Rosemary de Meyrick Mrs. Skye McGregor Mr Antony & Mrs. Mary Lou Simpson Colonel William Light Patron $1,500 - $2,999 Mr Michael Abbott AO QC His Honour Judge Michael Boylan QC & Mrs. Deborah Morgan Mr Clive Brooks Mrs. Kali Hunter Constantine Mr Robin & Mrs. Helen Greenslade Mr Richard Harvey AM & Mrs.
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Cecily Harvey Mr Chris Hughes Mr Anthony Hurl The Hon. Dr Diana Laidlaw AM Mrs. Margaret Lee Mr Skip & Mrs. Lilly Lipman Mr Ian H Lloyd Mr John P Maddern Mr Peter Morgan The Hon. Dr. Kemeri Murray AO
Mr John Phillips Mrs. M P Schroder Mrs. Sue Tweddell Mr Cedric Wells OAM Mr R J Whitington QC Mrs. Pamela Yule
Out ‘n’ About MAY THE NATIONAL TRUST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA ¼¼ Fabulous fire engines at Beaumont House
Come to Beaumont House and experience a display of beautifully restored old fire engines including the oldest from Burra, presented alongside lovingly restored vehicles from around the state. There will be craft stalls and refreshments available
Sunday 25th May Time: 10.00am-3.00pm Cost: $5.00 per person, Children free Beaumont House will be open for guided tours from 11.00am-3.00pm Enquiries: S Scheiffers Mob: 0402 039 013 ARDROSSAN MUSEUM ¼¼ A “Hands on” demonstration and exhibition
Try your hand at some old ways of doing things in the kitchen and laundry. Hear an old tractor roar to life and imagine driving it, watch a DVD of the first bulk load of grain delivered in 1952. Compare before and after photos of some of Ardrossan's notable sites
Sunday 4th, 11th & 18th May Time: 2.00pm-4.00pm Cost: $3.00 per person, $1.00 children Place: 16 Fifth Street, Ardrossan Enquiries: (08) 8837 3939 Mob: 0419 857 288 AYERS HOUSE MUSEUM ¼¼ Everything But The Kitchen Sink – Exhibition Using the National Heritage Festival theme - Journeys, everything but the kitchen sink explores a time when packing an overnight bag meant your dresses took up 35 trunks. Experience the challenges of a simple journey before planes, trains and fast cars! View this exhibition as part of a normal tour of Ayers House Museum - mention this advertisement and receive discounted admission rates (1st - 31st May only)
29th April – 31st May Cost: Adult: $10.00, Concession: $8.00 Child: $5.00 ¼¼ Open House
Ayers House will open its doors as part of Open Houses Adelaide. There has been plenty of activity in the past 12 months and there are new rooms to see. There will be a vintage market on the front lawn and refreshments available to purchase
Sunday 4th May Time: 10.00am-4.00pm Place: 288 North Tce, Adelaide
¼¼ Ayers House After Dark
Step back in time to 1876. Join Mr Wilkins (Butler), Mrs Galvin (Housekeeper) and Mrs Jenkins (Cook) on this special visit to Ayers House. The Master and Lady are out for the evening and the staff are ready to show you through the house as they prepare for an upcoming State Dinner. Conducted by candlelight: low heel, comfortable shoes recommended
Wednesday – 14th & 28th May, Friday – 16th & 30th May Time: 7.00-8.00pm Place: 288 North Tce, Adelaide Cost: Adult: $16.00 Concession: $14.00 Child: $10.00 Family: $45.00 Member: $12.00 ¼¼ Old Adelaide Treasury Open Day Explore the Old Adelaide Treasury, one of Adelaide's oldest and most significant historical sites. The tour includes the former Cabinet Room of the South Australian Government that is in its original condition, underground tunnel areas original to the building and much more!
Sunday 18th May Time: 11.00am and 1.00pm Cost: $5.00 per person All Ayers House Museum event enquiries: Tel: (08) 8223 1234 Email: ayershousemuseum@ nationaltrustsa.org.au BURNSIDE & HAHNDORF BRANCHES ¼¼ 175th Anniversary of the Hahndorf Pioneer Women’s Trail Walk/Run
Burnside & Hahndorf Branches in association with SA Road Runners Club will be hosting the Beaumont House finish of the 175th Anniversary of the Hahndorf Pioneer Women’s Trail Walk/Run with Farmers Market, entertainment, barbeque, food and refreshments. All interested walkers are welcome to participate in this special anniversary event. (Registration required)
Sunday 18th May Time: 8.00am-5.00pm. Official start at Hahndorf 8.30am (Bridgewater 9.15am; Stirling 9.45am; Eagle on the Hill 10.15am) Enquiries: Email: hahndorfnationaltrust@gmail.com Annette Oien 0451 030 357 Lyndell Davidge (08) 8388 7495 About Time History Festival program: www.abouttime.sa.gov.au SA Road Runners Club for online registration: www.sarrc.asn.au Beaumont House will be open for guided tours from 11am – 3.00pm
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entry $5.00 per person Enquiries: Theo Ellenbroek Phone (08) 8353 4556 or email theoell@optusnet.com.au BURRA BRANCH ¼¼ Burra Passport
Burra Visitor Centre. The Passport provides you with a key and guide book (yours to keep) to an historic 11 km self-guided trail around Burra. The key allows you to access 9 locked historic sites along the route, including the Redruth Gaol, Miner's Dugouts and Brewery Cellars
Throughout May Time: week days 9.00am-5.00pm, weekends 10am-4.00pm Place: 2 Market Square, Burra Cost: $25 per person, Conc $20, children free Enquiries: (08) 8892 2154 CENTRAL YORKE PENINSULA BRANCH ¼¼ Memories of Maitland and district
Maitland Museum is located in the former Maitland School, opened in 1878. Learn about the early history of the area, discover how the town and district grew, changed, and prospered over time
Sunday 4th & 18th May Place: Corner, Gardiner and Kilkerran Terraces, Maitland Time: 2.00pm-4.00pm Enquiries: (08) 8832 2220 COROMANDEL VALLEY & DISTRICTS BRANCH ¼¼ Community Open Day
Branch guided tours of the Winns Rd Precinct, storytelling, displays, and plans for future developments
Sunday 4th May Time: 10.00am-4.00pm Place: Centred from 360 Main Rd, Coromandel Valley ¼¼ Bus Tour
A Discovery Guided Bus Tour unlocks the stories of a community's development. The story of Coromandel Valley starts from 1837 and on this interactive tour you will discover many of the places and people that shaped the community over time. A knowledgeable guide will share a treasure trove of stories and encourage you to ask questions. There are short walk options during the tour
Wednesday 7th May & Sunday 25th May Time: 10.00 am-4.00pm Cost: $28 per person, Lunch included
Out ‘n’ About MAY ¼¼ Gamble Cottage and Garden open A glimpse into early living and the pleasure of cottage garden surrounds
Sunday 18th May Time: 2.00 pm-4.00pm Place: Dorham Rd, Blackwood (off main Coromandel Valley Rd) Cost: Entry by donation, Afternoon tea available ¼¼ Winns Bakehouse Museum
A window into the life of the pioneer baker and stories
Sunday 18th May Time: 2.00 pm-4.00pm Place: On Winns Rd near Sturt River Cost: Entry by donation ¼¼ Guided Walk, (Northern)
“Pleasure Walking", a great experience for the senses
Tuesday 20th May Time: start 1.00 pm, 3 hour duration Place: Frank Smith Park, Coromandel Valley Cost: $15.00 per person ¼¼ Guided Walk, (Southern)
"Pleasure Walking”, see and hear history first hand
Wednesday 21st May Time: start 1.00 pm, 3 hour duration Place: Weymouth Oval, Coromandel Valley Cost: $15.00 per person ¼¼ Spotlight sessions Living History
Stories revealed and future local searching facilities on display. This evening will focus on outcomes from our Stories Project, displaying research and contributions collected
Friday 30th May Time: 7.00-10.00pm Place: Coromandel Community Centre, 244 Main Rd, Coromandel Valley Cost: $5.00 per person, All Coromandel Valley & Districts Branch event enquiries: Trevor Conlon, Tel: (08) 8270 5686, Email: ntcoro2@bigpond.com, or National Trust Liaison Officer, Tel: 0474 066 776 GAWLER BRANCH ¼¼ Migration and Time
Come and view the many displays which have been placed on show such as the foundry era, John McKinlay room, several interesting musical instruments including a working Orchestrelle (110 years old organ)
During the month of May Tuesdays to Fridays Time: 1.00pm Cost: $3.00 or $2.50 Concession Place: 59 Murray Street, Gawler
¼¼ Frock around the clock, a 1950's Fashion Parade
Catwalk Connections featuring genuine male and female clothes and accessories geared towards events in Australia, with music and song. 1950s-style dress optional (prizes for best-dressed). Supper provided, parking available
Saturday 3rd May Time: 7.00pm – 10.30pm Place: to be held at the Gawler Elderly Centre Enquiries: Tickets available from Bev Thom (08) 8522 2823 Bookings Essential ¼¼ Pioneer Cemetery walk
A guided tour of the Willaston Cemetery, visit the resting places of many of the pioneers who helped form the basis of Gawler. A commentary is included
Tue 6th 20th & 27th May Time: 2.00pm Cost: $5.00 which will include a voucher to visit the Museum Place: Meet at the Willaston Cemetery Gates, Dawkins Avenue, Willaston ¼¼ International Museum Day Migration curriculum for adults.
A chance for adults, with an interest in post-war migration through Gawler, to review the special migration curriculum project developed for year 5 students
Sunday 18th May Time: 10.00am Place: 59 Murray Street, Gawler Cost: $5.00 per person All Gawler Branch event enquiries: (08) 8523 1082 (exception Frock around the clock fashion parade) JAMESTOWN BRANCH ¼¼ Jamestown Local History Centre
Housed in the former Primary School the Centre has a wide collection of local business and community records and copies of local newspapers from 1878 with lots more for family historians to research
Sunday 4th, 11th, 18th, & 25th May Time: 1.30pm-4.30pm Place: Doon Terrace, Jamestown Cost: Donation Enquiries: (08) 8665 203 KADINA BRANCH ¼¼ Farm Shed Museum
Sowing the seed Just completed, this interpretive display explores the human response to the challenges of farming in Australia's low rainfall areas. Innovation on Yorke Peninsula goes far beyond the stump jump plough,
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there is something for everyone
1st of May to 31st May Time: Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00 pm, Sat & Sun 10.00am-3.30pm Place: 50 Moonta Rd, Kadina Cost: $8.00 Adults, $3.00 Students, Family $20.00 Enquiries: (08) 8821 1870 MILLICENT BRANCH ¼¼ May History Week Toy Display a joint venture with South East Family History Group
¼¼ Helen Hughes Costume Collection Opening from 2.00pm Friday 2nd May ¼¼ The Great National Car Rally
- Veteran and Sporting Car Clubs of Adelaide
Wednesday 7th May Place: 1 Mount Gambier Rd, Millicent Cost: Free All Millicent Branch event enquiries: email: 37luckylu@ gmail.com, lohy@internode.on.net, cfhammat@internode.on.net MOUNT BARKER BRANCH ¼¼ Talk: Lorraine Scott, sharing her experiences with the Mount Barker Caledonian Society Tuesday 6th May Time: 1:30 pm Place: Uniting Church Hall ¼¼ Historical Walk
Walk down Gawler Street, the main street of Mt Barker and learn about the history of some buildings and hear old stories. The tour will conclude at the Police Station and lasts about 90 min.
Sat 24th and Sun 25th May Time: 1.00 pm Place: CBA, Gawler St Mt Barker All Mount Barker Branch event enquiries: Secretary: Triss Wales, (08) 8389 9281 MOUNT GAMBIER BRANCH ¼¼ 'Guilty indulgence' a luncheon celebrating International Museum Day will also be a fundraiser for floor refurbishment. Guest speaker: Lawyer Mr Bill Degaris entertains from the Judge's Bench. Book the Robing, Jury & Sherrifs rooms for 'private affairs' or join the gallery in main courtroom. Dine on local produce, BYO drinks Place: Old Courthouse, Bay Road, Mount Gambier Cost: Three course luncheon, $50 pp, limited tickets available Sunday 18th May Time: 12.30pm for 1.00pm Enquiries: 0466 155 848
Out ‘n’ About MAY PENOLA BRANCH ¼¼ A Guided tour of Penola's historic Petticoat Lane The State Heritage precinct of Petticoat Lane is home to the Woods MacKillop Schoolhouse, Sharam, Wilson & Gammon cottages. This tour will give you an insight into some of Penola's early history
Sunday 25th May Time: 10.00am Place: 5 Petticoat Lane, Penola Enquiries: 0421 710 902 PENNESHAW BRANCH ¼¼ Plaque unveiling ceremony
Penneshaw Maritime & Folk Museum ceremonial unveiling of a commemorative plaque by schoolchildren from Hog Bay Public School
Sunday 18th May Time: 2.00pm – 5.00pm Place: 52 Howard Dve, Penneshaw Enquiries: G Trethewey Tel: (08) 8553 1109, Leo Sexton Mob: 0414 908 452 ROBE BRANCH ¼¼ Our Obelisk
Robe's loved icon has played a role in the maritime history of the area in the past and has current significance
Saturday 17th May Time: 10.00am-3.00pm Place: Royal Circus, Robe Enquiries: (08) 8768 2419 STRATHALBYN BRANCH ¼¼ Strathalbyn at War - Home & Away Display Strathalbyn District Heritage Centre (museum), previously a police station and courtroom, has great displays such as Pioneering Families, Police, Jail cells, Early Industries and old farm machinery, memorabilia period rooms. These all add to the picture of Strathalbyn's heritage
Throughout May: Tues, Wed, Thu, Sat, & Sun Time: 1.30pm-4.00pm Place: Strathalbyn District Heritage Centre, 1 Rankine Street, Strathalbyn Enquiries: (08) 8536 2656 TEA TREE GULLY BRANCH ¼¼ Curious Collections
Most people collect something, do you? Come along and see the quaint and quirky, brassy and bizarre items people have collected over the years. With over 30 collections on display you will enjoy meeting the collectors. Tea and coffee available
Sunday 18th May Time: 10.00am-4.00pm Place: Old Highercombe Hotel
Museum, 3 Perseverance Rd, Tea Tree Gully Enquiries: Jan Dolling Tel: (08) 8367 5296 Email: dollingjan66@gmail.com, Gill Starks (08) 8251 3499, Email: starksg@adam.com.au TUMBY BAY BRANCH ¼¼ Our brave boys
To mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, our museum will display a great collection of photos, books and memorabilia, on our Cheer Up Society's large table
Sunday 25th May Time: 10.00am-5.00pm Place: Corner West Tce and Lipson Road, Tumby Bay Enquiries: (08) 8688 2760 VICTOR HARBOR BRANCH ¼¼ Encounter Coast Discovery Centre & Museum
A display of nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs showing people and events in Victor Harbor. These photos have not been on display before
Sunday 4th May & 25th May Time: 11.00am-4.00pm (Museum opens every day 1.00pm-4.00pm) Cost: Gold coin on Open Days Place: 2 Flinders Pde, Victor Harbor Enquiries: (08) 8552 5388 WALLAROO BRANCH ¼¼ About Time a special display Wallaroo copper smelters 1861-1923. Photos, copper ingots items used at Smelter During the month of May Time: open daily 10.00am-4.00pm Place: Wallaroo Museum, Jetty Rd, Wallaroo ¼¼ Haunted Guided Tour
Wallaroo's haunted tales - guided walking tour. A 90-minute walking tour of historic Wallaroo featuring our ghost stories and the copper smelter
Sunday 18th May Time: 2.00pm departs from Wallaroo Museum Cost: Adults $6.00 child $3.00 All Wallaroo Branch event enquiries: Bookings phone (08) 8823 3015 WILLUNGA BRANCH ¼¼ Cemetery Walks
A guided tour in Willunga Anglican Cemetery. Learn about our pioneers and hear details of their life stories, see how the past can inform the present
Saturday 17th May Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Place: Anglican Church Cemetery (Aldinga Rd) Cost: Free ¼¼ Cemetery Walks
A guided tour of Willunga Uniting Church Cemetery. Learn about our pioneers and hear details of their life stories, see how the past can inform the present
Sunday 18th May Time: 10am-12noon Place: Uniting Church Cemetery (St. Andrews and St Judes Terrace, Willunga) Cost: Free ¼¼ Cemetery Walks
A guided tour of Willunga Roman Catholic Cemetery. Learn about our pioneers and hear details of their life stories, see how the past can inform the present
Sunday 18th May Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm Place: Roman Catholic Church Cemetery (St Judes St) followed by Afternoon Tea ($5 charge) at Church Hall All Willunga Branch event enquiries: Mob: 0402 122 470 DRY STONE WALLING WORKSHOP ¼¼ The City of Onkaparinga will hold a Dry Stone Walling Workshop Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May Place: Willunga Courthouse Museum, 61 High Street, Willunga Cost: Free Enquiries: contact Divya Bali Dogra, Planner - Built Heritage, (08) 8384 0552, for details of participation ¼¼ The 2014 History & Heritage Awards & launch of Willunga Heritage App
The City of Onkaparinga will present the 2014 History & Heritage Awards. Following the Awards the National Trust of S.A. will launch the Willunga Heritage App - Mobile interactive Walking Tour using digital plaques which the Branch, with State Office, is developing, funded through the "Your Community Heritage Program" of the Commonwealth of Australia
Sunday 25th May Time: from 12.00 noon, refreshments will be provided Place: Willunga Courthouse Museum, 61 High Street, Willunga Cost: Free Enquiries: contact Divya Bali Dogra, Planner – Built Heritage, (08) 8384 0552, for details of participation
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Heritage Festival takes off DR DARREN PEACOCK
| NTSA EXECUTIVE OFFICER
The 2014 National Trust Heritage Festival is under way with events across the nation to celebrate Australia’s heritage and the efforts of those who preserve and promote it. There are hundreds of activities and events that you can enjoy at heritage places and museums including talks, walks, exhibitions and demonstrations. The Festival commenced with Australian Heritage Week from April 13-21 and runs through to May 31. For a program of events you can visit the Festival website at http://www.nationaltrustfestival. org.au/. In South Australia the Festival coincides with SA History month during May (www.abouttime.sa.gov.au). Highlights include the annual Hahndorf Pioneer Women’s Walk from Hahndorf to Beaumont House on May 18 where you can retrace the journeys made by the women and girls of the pioneer German settlement to carry their farm produce to markets in Adelaide. At midnight they left Hahndorf with laden baskets to walk barefoot the 35 km journey over the hills into Adelaide. Join the many people who have taken this commemorative walk/run since it was first re-enacted by the National Trust in 1980. Fire Engines from across the state will also be making their way to Beaumont House the following weekend (Sunday May 25) for a spectacular rally event. The historic vehicles have been lovingly restored by enthusiastic owners who take great pride in them. A special participant will be the 1950s Fire Chief’s Jaguar. There is also to be a display of uniforms and
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other memorabilia and a huge photographic display of hundreds of fire appliances across SA. Food and refreshments will be on offer. Visitors can also take guided tour of the historic Beaumont House.
To find out more please call 08 8202 9200 or email admin@nationaltrustsa.org.au. Also on May 24 and 25, at the Willunga Courthouse and Police Station, there will be a demonstration of dry stone walling techniques as a stone fence is erected on the site. This event will also include the launch of the Willunga Walks mobile app providing self-guided tours of heritage sites in the town of Willunga for mobile phones and tablet devices. This initiative has been funded through the Commonwealth Government’s Your Community Heritage program.
Model Ford owned by Burra Branch. Photo: Sue Scheiffers
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Chief’s Jaguar XK120. Photo: Jo Scheiffers
Ayers House will explore the theme with an exhibition entitled “Everything but the Kitchen Sink”. Installed throughout the House until the end of May this exhibition will reflect on the word ‘Journey’ by asking the question – what does this word mean to you? Is it travel, having a family, working? The good times? The bad times? Life? Most of all these things add up to memories and that is where this journey will take you. Back in time to the horse and cart, the sailing ships of the nineteenth century and the introduction of the automobile in the early twentieth century.
Building history matters to us
In 1955, three of the founders of Santos helped to establish the National Trust in South Australia. Today, as the new Principal Partner of the Trust, Santos looks forward to once again contributing to preserving our State’s history. This latest pledge continues a Santos tradition of backing South Australian community organisations and events; a commitment which last year alone reached $6 million. Like Sir Douglas Mawson, John Langdon Bonython and George Symes 58 years ago, we at Santos continue to believe that protecting our heritage and supporting South Australia’s diverse communities is well worth the effort. Because we’re not just an energy company, we’re a company with energy.