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The Pilgrim Uniting Church building, dedicated in 1867 as Stow Memorial Congregational Church, is a beautiful example of ‘Revival Gothic’ architecture. The magnificent organ, originally installed in the Pirie Street Methodist Church in 1855, was the largest in the colony and has been continually upgraded since then. It was rebuiltmore
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The National Heritage Tourism Summit in Burra, South Australia brought together industry leaders from heritage and tourism from across Australia for two days in April 2018. The summit was convened by the National Trusts of Australia, in partnership with the Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy to advance themore
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Osmond Gilles (1788-1866) was one of the most significant and colourful of the early South Australian colonists. Prior to coming to South Australia, Osmond Gilles had been a merchant in Hamburg from 1816-1833; during this time he married Patience Oakden, who died without issue and he did not remarry. Hemore
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY I am physically fit, in good health, and adequately prepared to participate in this event. I will withdraw if I succumb to any injury or illness from which I have not fully recovered by the time of the event. I realise that I am participatingmore
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Can anyone do the walk? Yes, indeed, we encourage all people to participate in this event. Starting times – How does this work? The event will have a rolling start so as soon as you have checked in you can commence walking. Please arrive at your selected start location (Hahndorf,more
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AT THE STARTS Bring ticket on paper or mobile phone as check-in will be electronic You may start walking as soon as you have checked in and received your lanyard Take your mobile phone with you in case of emergency Carry a map: download and print, or pick one upmore
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The historic trail The Pioneer Women’s Trail honours the early Europeans who settled in Hahndorf, and supplied Adelaide with fresh produce at a time when most foodstuffs had to be imported into South Australia. Within weeks of their arrival in 189 the women and girls were walking the rough bushmore
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I am physically fit, in good health, and adequately prepared to participate in this event. I will withdraw if I succumb to any injury or illness from which I have not fully recovered by the time of the event. I realise that I am participating in this event entirely atmore
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The winners of the Australian Marmalade Awards were announced on Sunday at Beaumont House as part of the Festival of Marmalade. Jane Hasell-McCosh of the World’s Original Marmalade Awards UK, and Stephen Downes, Head Cook of Beerenberg, presented the awards to a packed audience. Home-made Competition From almost 200more
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The Pioneer Women’s Trail honours the early Hahndorf settlers who supplied Adelaide with fresh produce at a time when most foodstuffs had to be imported into South Australia. The National Trust of South Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land who walked for millennia these tracks on whichmore
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In partnership with the Town of Gawler, we are supporting the Gawler Connect project to restore the Town Hall and Institute Building, both significant State Heritage listed buildings from the 1870s. The restoration of these buildings will return these important civic spaces to their original splendour and provide a suitable more
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It created Australian history when it became the first offshore Australian lighthouse to be meticulously dismantled and re-erected on land. It now stands on the foreshore at Kingston. Since 1976, the Kingston Branch of National Trust has been entrusted with its care, maintenance and ultimately its preservation. Maintenance work mustmore
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Stage one of the restoration is now complete. This involved an upgrade of the roof at the northern end of the Cathedral, renovation of the loft gallery and restoration and installation of the 1927 Casavant Frères Pipe organ. Consisting of just under 3500 pipes and weighing 16 tonnes, themore
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The Payneham Road Uniting Church is prominently located on Payneham Road at its intersection with Lower Portrush Road. The church (built in 1882) and the adjacent hall (built in 1905), are listed in the SA Heritage Register as a pair of fine Gothic revival buildings of outstanding architectural importance. Theymore
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The Capri Theatre is an iconic South Australian venue which was added to the State Heritage list in 1991. Originally opened in 1941 as the Goodwood Star Theatre and later purchased by the Theatre Organ Society of Australia (TOSA) SA in 1978, it is an independent not-for-profit cinema run bymore
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One of the most unusual and significant items cared for by the National Trust is an early domestic pipe organ built by the renowned London organ builder, Henry Bevington. Bevington founded one of the most famous organ building enterprises of the nineteenth century. It appears, from the nameplate, that thismore
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St Peter’s church was “on the very spot where … the glad tidings of the Gospel truth were first proclaimed in the colony” (The Register) at the first service in the colony led by Rev. C.B. Howard on 1st January 1837. That first church proved too small and a new church, designed bymore
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Adare House at Victor Harbor, 75 km south of Adelaide, is a grand home completed in 1893 now owned by the Uniting Church of Australia. It is located on the outskirts of the town along the banks of the Hindmarsh River, but with views to the ocean. For more thanmore
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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 Patriciamore
