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HERITAGESouth AustraliaJULY 2001 • NUMBER 1 9

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Heritage South Australia Government of South Australia

Newsletter of Heritage South Australia

Department for Environment and Heritage

ISSN 1443-9719

July 2001 Number 19

Editor Francesca Stropin

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The Editor, Heritage South Australia NewsletterGPO Box 1047 Adelaide South Australia 5001

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Front Cover: The Tea Tree Gully Institute built in 1896. Thisbuilding played an important part in the lives oflocal residents and has recently been listed in theRegister of Local Heritage Places. See page 3.

Photo courtesy: City of Tea Tree Gully.

I am pleased to announcethat as part of the 2001/2Budget, the State HeritageFund will receive an additional$500,000. This money will beshared between currentapplications and newrequests for funding. Afurther $250,000 has beencommitted over the next three years.

In South Australia our older buildings andphysical features contribute significantly tothe ambience and attractiveness of ourbuilt environment. They provide the localcommunity with a valued sense of place,and play an important role in maintaininga sense of cultural heritage.

Currently, the State Heritage Registercontains 2,155 registered places, bothpublicly and privately owned. Theprovision of small grants to the owners ofthese heritage-listed properties has been acornerstone in the State’s heritageconservation program.

These grants are allocatedfor projects such asconservation plans, repairor replacement of roofingand guttering, masonry,conservation relating to saltdamp repair and re-pointing and generalpainting and repairs.

The Heritage grants play an important role inprotecting and enhancing the heritagecharacter and tourist value of many of SouthAustralia’s towns. A number of past projectsinclude shop-front and house restorations atplaces such as Burra, Hahndorf and Goolwa.

I am pleased that this Government hascommitted $1.25million over four years forconservation of heritage listed places. Thisdemonstrates a commitment to theenhancement and sustainability of SouthAustralia’s built heritage. This in turn willassist in sustaining the long-term use ofexisting heritage infrastructure across SouthAustralia.

2 HERITAGE SOUTH AUSTRALIA • NEWSLETTER No.19 • JULY 2001

A WORD FROM THE MINISTER

for Environment and Heritage

Notice to all owners of heritage listed places.

Solver and Heritage SA have negotiated significant discounts on Solver paints andgoods, for all owners of heritage listed places. All owners of places in State HeritageAreas should contact their local Heritage Adviser for cards.

Contents

A word from the Minister / 2

Local Government Initiatives

Heritage Incentives / 3

Local Government Heritage Awards / 4

The Year of the Volunteer 2001

Volunteers at Chinamans Well / 5

Volunteer heritage groups honoured / 6

The Centenary of Federation 2001

The Federation period in Adelaide, and thearchitecture of the time / 7

New spirelets on St Andrew’s Church bell tower / 10

Heritage News / 13

Remembering our immigrant history / 14

What’s new in the State Heritage Register / 15

Heritage on the web / 16

3HERITAGE SOUTH AUSTRALIA • NEWSLETTER No.19 • JULY 2001

LOCAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

The City of Tea Tree Gully realises thatpreserving heritage is important to acommunity’s identity, to the education offuture generations and to tourism in thearea. The Council recognises theirresponsibility to future generations toprotect these places. A Register of LocalHeritage Places, an Historic (Conservation)Zone and associated urban designguidelines have recently beenincorporated into the Tea Tree GullyDevelopment Plan, and in March 2000 theCouncil launched a Heritage IncentivesPackage. This package provides assistanceand incentive to owners of local heritageitems, so that the life of buildings andtheir contribution to the local communityis maximised.

The package consists of:

• A Heritage Grants Program;

• Heritage Conservation Award;

• Architectural Heritage Advisory Service;

• Subsidising owners to attend a Home Restoration Course;

• Development Application Fee Concessions; and

• Heritage Product Discounts

Each year, owners of Local Heritage Placeswill be invited to apply to the CommunityFund for a Heritage Grant, to assist withthe financial costs of building conservationwork. Priority will be given to urgentwork, or, where a significant contributionwill be made to streetscape character. Thework will be identified by a sign at thefront of the property and will be eligiblefor a Heritage Conservation Award.Council will award these to promote andacknowledge good examples of heritageconservation work.

Owners of Local Heritage Places thinkingabout building or extending a house;adding a carport or verandah; erecting agarage; or undertaking any other buildingwork, can receive free preliminary adviceon plans from Council’s heritageconservation architect. This ArchitecturalHeritage Advisory Service ensures allrelevant heritage conservation issues havebeen worked through.

The National Trust of South Australia runsa short Home Restoration Course called‘Do it Up and Do it Right’. Over a six weekperiod, participants learn how to properlymaintain a heritage building. Owners ofheritage places can attend this course and

Council will refund 50% of the $150registration fee.

Owners of local heritage places will beprovided with Discount Cards that willenable them to purchase paints and someaccessories from Solver Paints. The extraDevelopment Application Feeassociated with some heritage work willbe waived, so that only normal fees willapply despite the Development Actprescribing higher fees.

Council anticipates that the HeritageIncentives Program will lead to thoughtfuland well designed improvements toheritage places throughout the City of TeaTree Gully. This program will enhance theheritage appeal of places valued by thecommunity, and demonstrate Council’scommitment to the ongoing preservationof the buildings and places that remind usof our history.

Further information about the IncentivesProgram can be obtained from the City ofTea Tree Gully’s City Development Team ontelephone 8397 7232 or [email protected].

Ingrid WilkshireCity of Tea Tree Gully

Heritage Incentives - The City of Tea Tree Gully’s Package

The Tea Tree Gully Steam Flour Mill was recently listed in the Register of Local Heritage Places. Built in 1853, it was the first building to be erected in thevillage part of Steenton (now Tea Tree Gully). Part still remains and is being used as a hotel and restuarant.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES


Alexandrina Council

The Alexandrina Council (comprising theformer District Councils of Port Elliot andGoolwa, Strathalbyn and portion ofWillunga), has announced HeritageAwards to persons or properties, which inthe opinion of Council, have shownexcellence in a number of categories ofheritage conservation.

These awards are presented duringHeritage Week, and National TrustBranches in the Council area atStrathalbyn, Goolwa and Port Elliot areinvited to participate in the awards.

The Heritage Advisory Committeerecommended to Council that awards bepresented for the following:

Best Conservation PracticeWritten Historical Research on a buildingor subjectContribution to StreetscapeCommercial Project using heritagebuildingsCommunity ProjectRe-use and Conservation of a Heritage building (recycling)

The Alexandrina Council Heritage AdvisoryCommittee was formed from formerCommittees of the Strathalbyn, and PortElliot & Goolwa Councils. It hasrepresentation from: Council Officers;Elected Members; Council’s HeritageAdviser; National Trust branches atStrathalbyn, Goolwa and Port Elliot; andcommunity representation fromLanghorne Creek, Milang, Strathalbyn,Port Elliot and Goolwa.

The following awards have beenmade for 2001:Best Conservation Practice;Mr. C. Magyari, North Parade Strathalbyn

Written Historical Research;Strathalbyn Naturalist Club for the book “Natural History of the Strathalbyn andGoolwa Districts”.

Contribution to Streetscape (Fence);Mr. J Gray, 18 Commercial Rd StrathalbynMr. R Petersen, 6 West Tce StrathalbynH & H Weckert 1 Ashbourne RdStrathalbyn

C & W Payne 5 West Tce StrathalbynH. Brooks Watervilla, StrathalbynMrs. D. Moore 27 West Tce StrathalbynJ & J Yard 29 Foster Place Goolwa.

Community Project;St. Andrews Church, Spirelets StrathalbynPort Elliot Railway Station InterpretiveCentre

Re-use and Conservation Mr. & Mrs. Reed, Cottage Restoration cnr Chrystal and Fenchurch Streets Goolwa.

Commercial ProjectNo award.

The awards were presented at Council’smeeting on Tuesday 3 April at Goolwa, bythe Alexandrina Council Mayor Mr. KymMcHugh, and the Chair of the AlexandrinaCouncil Heritage Advisory Committee Mr.Anthony Presgrave.

Local Government Heritage Awards

The arrival of the Royal Mail horse team outside of the Tea Tree Gully hotel. The hotel was built in 1854 and was the first hotel and one of the earliestbuildings in Steventon. This building was recently listed in the Register of Local Heritage Places.


On a sunny March afternoon volunteersenjoyed an afternoon of buckets andspades, good company and greatweather.

A number of volunteers (includingorienteers, Friends of the Coorong,National Parks and Heritage SA staff)gathered to clean out the quarries atChinamans Well, Coorong National Park.

The quarries, at the edge of salt lakesare the source of stone used to buildChinamans Well (and possibly other wellsalong the Coorong). The limestone is cutin a circular fashion one stone width’sdeep (200mm). Over years the quarrieshave become silted up and were hardlydistinguishable. The edges were carefullyidentified from an earlier archaeologicalstudy, and the silt dug out and removed inwheel barrows. The younger helpersenjoyed the barrow rides on the returnjourney.

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF VOLUNTEERS 2001

Chinamans Well is one of over 70 stateheritage places within the reserve systemand was constructed to facilitate overlandtravel by Chinese miners from PortAdelaide to Victorian gold fields during1855-7. The route was used to evadeVictoria’s discriminatory legislation. Theoverland telegraph line passed throughthe area in 1857, and a nearby eatinghouse was in occupation until 1907which was later demolished to provideroad building material.

A new Chinese Heritage Centre (GumSan) has just opened in Ararat, Victoria onthe site of Lead Canton, one of theworld’s richest alluvial goldfields. It bringsto life the miner’s journey from China tothe Victorian goldfields and gives aninsight into the travelling and livingconditions. For more details seewww.gumsan.com.au.

Alison RadfordSenior Heritage Officer

Volunteers cleaning out the quarries at Chinamans Well.

Volunteers at Chinamans Well

Marking the edges


INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF VOLUNTEERS 2001

Volunteer groups working to preserve andhighlight heritage sites in SA werehonoured at a breakfast on Monday, 26February. The breakfast was part of thecelebrations of the International Year ofthe Volunteer.

Ninety people attended, and appreciated,a relaxed breakfast in the cultivatedsurroundings of the Botanic GardensRestaurant.

The Minister for Environment andHeritage, Mr Iain Evans – who is also theMinister responsible for Volunteers –presented IYV certificates of appreciationto representatives of eight heritage groups.

These groups were: Society forUnderwater Historical Research; NationalParks Heritage Committee; Adelaide Gaol

Preservation Society; Friends of OldGovernment House; Fort GlanvilleHistorical Association; Friends of MarbleHill; Friends of Martindale HallConservation Park; and Kingston HouseDevelopment Committee.

The breakfast was coordinated byHeritage SA and the Community LiaisonBranch of National Parks & Wildlife SA.Other heritage groups around the statewill be honoured at regional celebrationsthroughout the International Year ofVolunteers.

Although State and local governmentscare for heritage places governmentscan’t do it all, and the work by volunteersis crucial to the protection and ongoingcare of heritage places. Volunteers repairheritage places, apply for funding, guide

The Hon Iain Evans, Minister for Environment and Heritage presenting an award to Trevor Porter for the Adelaide Gaol Preservation Society, at the BotanicGardens restaurant.

visitors around the site, and createinterpretive signage.

In addition buildings such as OldGovernment House, Marble Hill, FortGlanville, Kingston House and theAdelaide Gaol are open to the publiclargely through the work of volunteers.

This breakfast is one way in which tothank volunteers for their consistent, andconsiderable efforts.

Volunteer heritage groups honoured


THE CENTENARY OF FEDERATION 2001

The Federation period in Adelaide, and the architecture of the time

In this year of celebrating the centenary ofFederation it is interesting to consider thebuilt environment of the time. The periodimmediately before and after the actualpolitical act of Federation on January 1,1901 was a time of intense considerationof identity and character throughoutAustralia, in both the social and physicalrealms. Each state approached Federationdifferently, and in South Australia, a welldocumented sense of conservatism wasreflected in the social and physicalenvironment. Regional differences due tomaterials, climate and social attitude arediscernible in the architecture of theperiod in the other states also.

The years leading up to 1901, particularlythe 1890s, had seen great changes in thesources of architectural design, with theconsequent development of a range ofarchitectural styles which continued to beused for the next 20 years. The strictadherence to the Victorian Gothic/Classicpossibilities was widened to includedesigns which originated in othervernacular, aesthetic and historic streams,most of which developed in Britain andEurope but also some from America.

Architectural trends were based on theprinciples of academic and free classicismas well as Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau,Old English, Queen Anne and other formsof architecture. This had a direct result ontaste and fashion both in houses and alsoin larger commercial and institutionalbuildings constructed in the yearsspanning the old and new centuries, asAustralian architects interpreted andadapted the new styles. The change wasessentially from an austere regularsymmetrical form to a more exuberantbold appearance which reflected a changein both planning and materials.

The buildings of the Victorian period wereregular in elevation and plan. The newdesigns were much freer and more‘picturesque’. The period also saw adistinct change in the use of materials anddetailing as well as form. The buildings ofthe Federation period are most particularlyidentifiable by elements such as terracottaroof tiles rather than slate or corrugatediron, face red brick walls with bands ofrender not stone, timber fretwork ratherthan cast iron verandah details, gables andhalf gables with timber strapping, tallbrick chimneys and often corner towers orturrets creating a complicated rather thanregular roof line.

Wests Coffee PalaceBuilt in 1903 as shops and a warehouse, later the building operated as a ‘coffee palace’ a popularalternative to hotels after the growth of the temperance movement. The paired and turretedtowers, projecting gables, red brick and render walls, ‘Byzantine’ details and steep terracotta tiledroof are characteristic of the Federation period.

THE CENTENARY OF FEDERATION 2001


In Adelaide, these new trends can clearlybe seen by comparing the elevations oftwo buildings in Rundle/Hindley Street.The Austral Hotel and its attached shops,with horizontal parapet line and centralpediment, classically derived details,regular divisions along the stone elevationto the street and traditional terraceappearance, represents the old Victorianapproach. In contrast, Wests CoffeePalace ( first known as the Austral Stores),is an example of the new Federationapproach. The paired and turretedtowers, projecting gables, red brick andrender walls, ‘Byzantine’ details and steepterracotta tiled roof (constructed insections not continuously along the wholefrontage) highlight the changes inarchitecture which had occurred between1880 and 1903, even though the use ofthe two buildings was essentially thesame.

In the late 1880s and 1890s, the changesto come in style and fashion were initiallyflagged in the work of two older architectsDaniel Garlick and Edward J Woods. In1886, Garlick designed the building at150-154 Rundle Street, which is now oneof the few surviving examples of EnglishQueen Anne architecture in SouthAustralia. Woods, who was the grand oldman of South Australian architecture bythis time, designed the very un-VictorianSpringhill Lodge, at 410 Carrington Streetin 1897.

As the new styles moved into themainstream of architectural practiceduring the Federation period, many morearchitects began producing designs whichdisplayed the new sense of picturesqueasymmetry. John Quinton Bruce designedCarclew, on Montefiore Hill, NorthAdelaide, with a round Germanic towerand timbered half gables, balconies andverandahs. Other architects including F WDancker (Attunga, Burnside), Albert SConrad (Wests Coffee Palace), Henry JCowell (Adelaide Fruit and ProduceExchange) and many others designedbuildings which were a far cry from thecontrolled Italianate structures so belovedby earlier generations.

The East End of the city is a good place toview some of Adelaide’s most distinctivebuildings of the Federation period,including the Stag Hotel, the marketfrontages, Tandanya (which was a powerstation run by the Adelaide Electric SupplyCo), and the former Producers Hotel in

sections initially owned by the SouthAustralian Company which was divestingitself of land at this time).

Many new large houses and mansionswere also built in the hills and by the sea,such as Adare at Victor Harbour (designedby F W Dancker) and Kalyra at Belair(designed by Charles Good). Smaller

Federation doorway, Kent TownThe asymmetrical setting of the door in the opening, and the use of ornate timber rather than castiron are features of Federation construction.

Grenfell Street, as well as a number ofsmaller shops in Rundle Street. The areaswhich display the greatest concentrationof houses from the early twentieth centuryare North Adelaide and the suburbsfronting the Parklands such as Medindie,Unley, Rose Park, Mile End and other areasbeing subdivided from farm land andagricultural use, (particularly the large


houses, though more modest in size thanthe North Adelaide mansions, stilldisplayed the terracotta tiles, gabled roofsand timber fretwork around theverandahs which the grander houses had.Many of the architects working inAdelaide at the turn of the century areincluded in the Cyclopedia of SouthAustralia which was published in 1909.

As a reflection of South Australianconservatism, sometimes the domesticarchitecture of the suburbs was slow toembrace the new styles, and the earlystages of the period resulted in somestrange mixtures of Italianate andFederation styling in both the city and thesuburbs, which are best described astransitional examples. As in all areas ofstylistic development, there werearchitects, designers and builders whocontinued to use old familiar elementsblended with the new, sometimesbecause their clients demanded it, or theywanted to retain some sense of tradition.

In South Australia, rock faced sandstoneproved as popular as red brick for walling,and cast iron verandah detailing hung onwell into the twentieth century. The useof nationalistic symbols which weredistinctly Australian was more subdued inAdelaide, in contrast to Sydney orMelbourne where gum leaves, wattle andkangaroos were all the fashion. There areisolated examples of stained glass whichincorporate native flora, such as TaylorHouse, Brougham Place, built in 1908 anddesigned by Davies and Rutt. Generallyhowever, the degree of decoration addedto the tiled roofs by terracotta finials wasrestricted to goosenecks and balls ratherthan the dragons and gargoyles to beseen in Melbourne and Sydney. It isinteresting to note, by the end of theperiod, a move towards a proto-bungalow style of house whichincorporated a more horizontal form andthe rock faced sandstone which hadbecome so popular in Adelaide duringthis time.

By 1920 the wonderful range ofarchitecture styles of the Federationperiod had been overtaken by the realityof war and the consequent social changesin Australia. The dominant design sourcefor housing became the CalifornianBungalow, imported from America butvery quickly adapted to Australianhousing requirements. In many buildingtypes such as offices and shops newmodernist principles of economy inmaterials and detail prevailed, as SouthAustralia settled down to the period afterWorld War One.

Many of the larger houses and buildingsfrom the Federation period are included inthe State Heritage Register, and some ofthe more modest houses and shops arenow on local heritage lists of suburbanand country Councils.

Katrina McDougallHistorianMcDougall & VinesConservation and heritage consultantsPhotos courtesy McDougall & Vines

Taylor House, North AdelaideThe irregular roofline of this house, red brick feature walls, terracotta roof and timber fretwork characterise the Federation period.

In February 2001, four spirelets werereinstated on top of the Bell Tower at StAndrew’s Church in Strathalbyn, returninga significant landmark in the area to itsformer glory.

Associated with early Scottish settlers to thearea in the early 1800’s, the St Andrew’sChurch has significant historical significance.Included in the State Heritage Register,building of the original church began in1844, and after a period of additions andalterations was completed in its currentform in 1868. The bell tower added in 1869is a focal point of the area. A clock wasinstalled within the tower in 1895.

The 21 m high bell tower with a plan areaof approximately 4.6 m x 4.6 m isconstructed of random rubble walls withrendered quoins. A timber-framed metalclad roof is set behind parapet walls of thetower. Tower crenellations and originalspirelets were of rendered brickconstruction. In 1956, two originalspirelets were blown off the tower in awinter storm, the remaining two spireletswere then considered unsafe andsubsequently removed. In 1994 the

Church Restoration Committee wasformed to organise replacing the spireletsto the bell tower.

PPK Environment & Infrastructure Pty Ltdwas engaged as project structuralengineer to detail the new spirelets, anddesign a support system to ensure theywould remain secure under wind andearthquake loading requirements ofcurrent Australian design standards.Considering site conditions includinglimited available safe access and workingspace at the top of the bell tower, and theaim to minimise work required at thislevel, led to the design of a support framethat enabled all four spirelets to be erectedin one main lift.

A large portion of work including fixing ofspirelets and alignment of crosses wastherefore able to be carried out nearground level. The final arrangementconsists of reinforced concrete spireletsbolted to a steel support frame connectingall four spirelets together. Fixing points ofthe frame to the tower masonry werereadily accessible from within the parapetwalls of the tower.

The Support Frame

The support frame had a dual purpose. Inthe first instance as a lifting frame forerecting all four spirelets together andsecondly, to secure the new spirelets tothe existing bell tower. The frame issquare in plan consisting of four universalI-beams connected to corner upright postswhich in turn support the spirelets using agussetted baseplate arrangement.

Computer aided design was used to carryout a detailed analysis of the frame for allstages of the lifting sequence and the finalerected condition. For the main lift, tierods were fixed across each face betweenthe corner posts to limit spread of theframe. These rods were detailed to enablethem to be later removed, after thespirelets were in place on the tower. Fourcorner lift points near the bottom of theframe were positioned to allow easyaccess for derigging from within the belltower once erected. In its final position,the main frame is concealed behind theparapet walls of the bell tower.


NEW SPIRELETS ON ST ANDREW’S CHURCH BELL TOWER

St Andrews Church, Strathalbyn c.1880. The spirelets on the left were damaged in 1956 during a winter storm. (Courtesy Mortlock Library)

Exposed surfaces of the steel frame wereprotected against corrosion by gritblasting and applying a single coat of highquality inorganic zinc silicate coating. Theframe was fabricated by ‘StrathFabrication and Machining Services’.

The Spirelets

Consulting with Heritage SA, profiledimensions of the spirelets weredetermined using photographs anddocuments from heritage archives. Afterconsidering several options, concrete in afinish to simulate traditional render was


considered to provide a durable form ofconstruction with minimal maintenanceimplications.

Spirelets were constructed by ‘StoneformPty Ltd’. In the first instance a full-sizepositive timber mould was made, fromwhich negative fibreglass moulds werethen fabricated. A trial dummy castingwas then formed which highlightedminor problems in casting. These wereovercome by adjusting the coarseaggregate size of the concrete mix andconcrete placement techniques.

All spirelets were cast vertically. Duringcasting, the top half of the mould was notplaced until concrete in the bottom halfwas nearing completion. Moulds werevibrated externally to achieve goodcompaction of the fresh concrete.Incorporated in each spirelet was a grouttube to enable site placement of crosses,an internal void further to reduce weightand recessed lifting inserts for siteplacement of the spirelet onto thesupport frame.

Two new crosses were fabricated tomatch two original salvaged wrought ironcrosses. All crosses were then hot-dippgalvanised. Spirelet construction includedprovision for positive earthing connectionof the crosses to the support frame forlightning protection.

Erection of Spirelets

Prior to erection, some remedial workswere carried out on the four cornercrenels of the bell tower to provide a firmbearing for the new spirelets. Otherpreparation works included a trial fit ofthe steel support frame to checkclearances and alignment, and enablepackers placed on top of each cornercrenel of the tower to be leveled. Thebare support frame orientation wasmarked and then placed on a leveled areaadjacent to the tower at ground level.Main stages that led to the successfulerection of the spirelets included:

• Initially, Ccounterweights were placedon two diagonally opposite corners ofthe support frame to allow twospirelets to be installed on the othercorners of the frame.

• Once all four spirelets were boltedsecurely to the frame, counterweightswere removed.

• Crosses were then placed in the grouttubes provided within each spirelet.The crosses were then aligned andgrouted in place.

• Recessed pockets at lifting inserts oneach individual spirelet were thengrouted over, and each spirelet given arendered coat finish to achieve bettercolour matching.

• With the crane in position and allrigging attached, the whole structureweight of 11.2 tonnes was then liftedinto place with the load slowlytransferred to the four corner crenelsof the bell tower.

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• Once in place, final grouting under thebearing plates at each corner creneland fixing of the frame to the towerparapet walls was then completed.

Completion of the new lightningprotection system could then take place.Using mainly local contractors andcommunity businesses, the new spireletswere finally erected on 8 February 2001.Overall cost of the project wasapproximately $45,000 with funding fromlocal community, local businesses and aState Government Heritage grant of$8,000.

The installation of the spirelets has been along-term project for the RestorationCommittee and the local Strathalbyncommunity. The continued dedication ofmembers of the committee and alltradepersons involved is to becommended.

Peter StattonSenior Structural EngineerPPK Environment & Infrastructure Pty Ltd


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Birdsville & Strzelecki TracksHeritage Survey

Heritage SA, in partnership with theAustralian Heritage Commission, hasrecently commissioned a heritage surveyof the Birdsville & Strzelecki Tracks in thefar north-east of South Australia. Apartfrom areas surrounding the tracks in SouthAustralia, it will also include areas ofsouth-west Queensland associated withthe two tracks.

Together with the recently completedOodnadatta Track Heritage Survey, theBirdsville & Strzelecki Tracks project is part ofa much larger undertaking entitled theInland Rivers - Outback Tracks : a regionalheritage tourism strategy for the Lake EyreBasin. In addition to assessing anddocumenting the heritage resources of theBirdsville and Strzelecki Tracks, the finalreport will provide recommendations aboutthe potential and suitability of heritageplaces for use in heritage tourism itineraries.The documentation from this heritagesurvey will be suitable for use in developingheritage tourism products as part of theInland Rivers - Outback Tracks project.

DEBATING THE NEW AND THE OLD

Free Public Debate 29 November 2001

Is it better to live in an old house or a new one?

In November six speakers will entertain and inform on a stimulating topic about theplaces we live in, the loves and hates, the benefits and the frustrations of old andnew houses.

Speakers include Adelaide writers Peter Goldsworthy and Tony Shillitoe, theeminent Barry Jones, University of South Australia lecturer Jenny Lee, Chair of theCentenary of Federation, Jane Jose, and a mystery guest.

Well known Barrister and speaker Anthony Durkin, will once more adjudicate in aheritage debate, and will bring his lively and witty words to the event.

The debate is part of the national ICOMOS conference on 20th century heritage tobe held 28 November to 1 December. For further information on the debate phone: 08 8204 9243, or email: [email protected]

Pioneer regional surveys come to a close

In 1981, only three years after heritage legislation was enacted, the South AustralianGovernment pioneered a systematic program of regional heritage surveys of the wholeState, which was divided into fourteen regions. The final incorporated region of the State,the Upper North, has just been completed.

Over nearly twenty years the Regional Heritage Survey Program has systematicallyidentified much of the State’s non-aboriginal heritage resources, including thedocumentation and evaluation of individual places and areas. Survey reports including siteplans, photographs and maps create a valuable asset for councils and communitiesinterested in conserving their heritage. They can be viewed by the public and are locatedat the offices of Heritage SA.

The Upper North Heritage Survey was managed by Heritage SA, which is part of theDepartment for Environment and Heritage, and funded by State and Federal Governments,with contributions by Port Pirie and Mount Remarkable Councils. It was researched andwritten by a team of professional historians, archaeologists and architects.

The report includes an overview of the Upper North’s history from its early pastoral andagricultural developments, to the shrinking of the population in the twentieth centurythrough technological innovation and the clamour for economic efficiencies sought byindustry.

The Upper North survey recommends the inclusion of 43 places in the State HeritageRegister. These include places such as remnants from an Aircraft Fuel Depot used duringWorld War Two; Old Canowie Station; remnants from Spring Creek Mine and WirrabaraForest Reserve. These recommendations are considered by the State Heritage Authority,which is responsible for the listing of places in the State Heritage Register.

And the completion of this report is not the end of the line in heritage surveys. Thematicsurveys of the State are now underway. A survey of the Oodnadatta Track in the State’s FarNorth is due for completion this year, and a survey of the Birdsville and Strzelecki Trackshas commenced. Next year there are plans for documenting the architecture of thetwentieth century. Local councils also continue to identify and document their heritage.

HERITAGE NEWS

20th Century Heritage:Our Recent Cultural legacy

National ICOMOS (International Councilon Monuments and Sites) ConferenceWednesday 28 November – Saturday 1December 2001

This conference looks at the heritage of thelast 100 years, considering questions such as:

How do we identify heritage and how dowe save it?What are the things we want to keep? Are there different issues involved in theprotection of our recent heritage?

From architecture to roads, gardens, artinstallations and archaeological sites, thisconference opens up debate on preservingand identifying our recent cultural legacy.

A registration form with conferenceprogram and logistical details is nowavailable. The registration fee isapproximately $350.

For further information contact AllOccasions Management on 08 8354 2285or email on [email protected]


In the years following World War Two,refugees and immigrants migrating toAustralia from Europe dramaticallyincreased the cultural diversity of ournation. From the 1970s, Australia alsoaccepted immigrants and refugees from avariety of other regions, including Asia,the Middle East, Africa, South Americaand the Pacific countries. In the year 2000,25% of Australians were born overseas, itis important therefore to recognise andprotect this immigrant heritage.

In 1981 a report recommended that theSouth Australian Government establish amuseum to reflect the cultural diversity ofSouth Australia’s population. In 1982 theMigration Museum was established, and in1986 opened its doors to the public. Themuseum presents the history and culturaltraditions of immigrants through itscollections, exhibitions and public programs.

Another significant step in recognising ourimmigrant heritage, and more specificallyrecognising refugee groups who faced thehorrors of war and displacement, is theestablishment of the program calledReasons to Remember. To givecommunities an opportunity to record theoppression of the past, and commemoratehistories of escape and survival, aMemorial Wall was set up at the museum.Published information is also made

available by the communities to explainand record their histories. To date, theMemorial Wall has attracted plaques fromthe Polish, Serbian, Slovenian, Ukrainian,Jewish, Tatar Bashkurt, Vietnamese andHungarian communities and the formerBritish Child Migrants.

The concept of the Memorial Wall beganin 1992, when the Baltic CommunitiesCouncil came to the museum becausethey wanted to find a way to tellAustralians their reasons for migrating toAustralia. The story they told struck achord because it was the kind ofexperience shared by many refugeegroups. In 1941 the Soviet Union invadedthe Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia andLithuania. In lightning strikes over thenights of the 13 and 14 June hundreds ofthousands of people were arrested andsent to certain death in Siberia. Many whoavoided arrest escaped to the West intoGermany, where they mostly worked forthe duration of the war in Labour Camps.In 1945, unable to return to their homes,which were now under Soviet rule theycame to Australia as Displaced Persons.

The Wall has become a significant site. Amoving ceremony was held for eachcommunity group when their plaque wasmounted. For many individuals, such asthe British Child Migrants their Reasons

for Remembering recalls great sadness atthe way in which they were taken fromtheir families in Britain, and sent to anoften lonely and uncertain future inAustralia. All of the community groupshave painful memories and stories ofheartbreaking tragedy. Perhaps this is whymany of the community groups who arerepresented on the wall come every yearto hold a small service. They lay wreathsand flowers on their plaques as a way ofremembering their family members andfriends who did not survive.

The museum was once Adelaide’sdestitute asylum which housed SouthAustralia’s poor and homeless from 1852to 1918. The museum is part of our state’srich heritage, and for these historicalreasons it is registered in the StateHeritage Register. The former destituteasylum has also become important in itsrole as a museum which remembers andcelebrates migrant heritage. The MemorialWall is yet another significant milestone inthe museum’s history.

Sources:Viv Szekeres, Director Migration MuseumKate Walsh, Curator Migration MuseumMigration Museum website:www.history.sa.gov.au

REMEMBERING OUR IMMIGRANT HISTORY

Unveiling of Vietnamese plaque on the Memorial Wall at the Migration Museum. Sunday 18 April 1999.


The Memorial Wall, Migration Museum

Memorial Wall plaque for the Vietnameserefugees and boat people.

The entries of the following places in theState Heritage Register have beenconfirmed this year.

Coober Pedy

Three roomed dugout, including the groundwithin two metres of the dugout space.

Gawler (right)

Former Victoria Mill Counting House,Office, Weighbridge Office and Stone Wall.This site is one of the few survivingadministrative complexes associated withmilling in South Australia and is associatedwith the earliest mill in Gawler, a townwhich was the second largest milling townin South Australia for most of the 19thcentury. The site is associated with WalterDuffield, one of the State's mostsuccessful millers and also noted as apastoralist and politician. The Victoria Millwas the first of Duffield's mills and theremaining buildings of this complex givean insight into the scale and operations ofearly flour milling in South Australia whichis not well represented elsewhere.

Report by Sarah Lawrence

Tailem Bend

Former Tailem Bend Ferry landing.Tailem Bend Turntable.

What’s new in the State Heritage Register

Victor Harbor

St Augustine’s Anglican Church(cruciform-plan church with louvred belltower only).


HERITAGE ON THE WEB

South Australian

Department for Environment and Heritage www.environment.sa.gov.au

Heritage SA www.heritage.sa.gov.au

Historical Society of SA www.history.sa.gov.au/hssa/

History Trust of SA www.history.sa.gov.au

Saunders’ Architectural Index www.arch.adelaide.edu.au/~saunders

State Library of SA www.slsa.sa.gov.au

Other Australian

Archives of Australia www.archivenet.gov.au

Australia ICOMOS www.icomos.org/australia

Australia’s Cultural Network www.acn.net.au

Australian Heritage Bibliography www.heritage.gov.au/heraindex.html

Australian Heritage Commission www.environment.gov.au/heritage

Australian Heritage Places Inventory www.heritage.gov.au/ahpi/index.html

Australian Heritage Web Sites www.heritage.gov.au

Australian Museums On Line (AMOL) amol.org.au

Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au

Australian Science Archives Project www.asap.unimelb.edu.au

Department of the Environment and Heritage (Commonwealth) www.environment.gov.au

Ian Evans’ World of Old Houses www.oldhouses.com.au

National Archives of Australia www.naa.gov.au

National Centre for Australian Studies www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/

National Library of Australia www.nla.gov.au

National Museum of Australia www.nma.gov.au

Picture Australia www.pictureaustralia.org

Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts www.nla.gov.au/raam

With a large proportion of SouthAustralians now having Internet accessfrom home, and schools and librariesproviding access for those who don’t,Heritage SA has decided it’s time to expandthe resources available on its website.

Our early efforts were devoted toproviding basic information about ourand the State Heritage Authority’s work,as well as links to many of ourpublications. We then adopted aprogram of incremental improvement.

Additions have included our Newsletter, alink to selected fields from the StateHeritage Register, lists of the heritagesurveys and conservation managementplans that we hold, and several maritimeheritage trails in portable documentformat (pdf) files, which means they canbe viewed and printed using AcrobatReader software (which can bedownloaded for free) regardless of whatoperating system your computer has.

Now we are working on a major additionto our maritime material, Ships’Graveyards of South Australia, and theinclusion of an Education and Researchsection. Both should be completed thiscalendar year.

The following are a selection of URLs forother heritage sites, most of which arealso on the Links page of our web site<www.heritage.sa.gov.au>.

Brian SamuelsPrincipal Heritage Officer

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