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ith a new year just beginning, I wish you and your families a relaxing Summer season and a healthy and peaceful 2019.

We recently held the Trust’s Annual General Meeting and I was pleased to see a good level of attendance. A speaker from the SA Tourism Industry Council addressed us in light of our focus on strengthening South Australia’s heritage tourism, especially in rural areas. Awards were given to many most deserving members and volunteers.

The Trust now has a Council of 12 members (formerly 14) who are listed at the rear of this magazine. After more than 22 years collective service to Council, we farewelled John Northwood, Sue Scheiffers and Robyn Wight and Melanie Kiriacou has resigned. I thank them for their considerable work in the areas of the Trust’s finances, regional branches, volunteers and our collections.

The Trust’s financial health has continued to improve and our assets are now greater than ever before. This is largely owing to the State Government having transferred 19 built properties to the Trust, many of which we have managed and cared for since the 1960s. A key strategic challenge for us is to ensure that our properties remain economically viable and, accordingly, we review their uses and costs over time.

8 July 2018 marked 40 years of heritage protection laws in our state, but there is much work to be done to make our heritage protection laws simpler and planning decisions transparent.

Our new business arm, Australian Artisan Trades Academy, which provides training in traditional trades for heritage conservation, has carried out much needed and enhancing restoration work around the state. We are negotiating for the involvement of Indigenous persons and prisoners in AATA training. I am optimistic that AATA is going to play a major role in the Trust’s future operations.

In this my first year as President I have made it my business to meet NTSA members and volunteers outside the metropolitan area and have travelled to Kangaroo Island, Overland Corner, Renmark, Moonta, Tumby Bay, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie and Burra with repeat visits to KI, the Riverland and Burra. Next year I plan to visit our members in other areas.

On behalf of the Council I thank you for your ongoing support as members of the Trust and I acknowledge our sincere appreciation of the ongoing commitment by those of you who do volunteer work on behalf of this organisation.

Contents 4 ADVOCACY

End of the line for Mount Gambier railway roundhouse

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ARTISAN ACADEMY

New lease of life for Jacka House in Burra

BRANCH SPOTLIGHT

Penola celebrates 50 years, looking to the future and a proud past

PIONEER WOMEN'S TRAIL WALK 2019 SIGNIFICANT TREES

The Olive Tree Avenue,Sylvan Park, Mclaren Vale

NATURE RESERVE

Full steam ahead for Brinkworth Reserve

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Saving Shed 26 in Port Adelaide

11 HERITAGE INQUIRY

Parliamentary Inquiry examines South Australia’s heritage protection system

12 PLANNING AND HERITAGE

Character vs heritage: the planning bureaucrats‘ bait and switch

14 HERITAGE TOURISM

National Trust Heritage Tourism Initiative Our vision for developing Australia’s Heritage Tourism Sector Future Visitor Trends Developing new experiences: eight ways to connect with our heritage Moving Forward Strategic Directions

22 PROPERTIES

Ours at last! 19 properties transfer to National Trust ownership

29 THE 2018 AUSTRALIAN MARMALADE AWARDS 30 MEMBERSHIP 31 2018 NTSA VOLUNTEER AWARDS 32 CONSERVATION APPEAL Pilgrim Uniting Church

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A last ditch effort to preserve an important part of the State’s railway heritage has failed to stop its destruction by the State Government Members of the Mount Gambier community were advocating a creative solution to reusing and activating a public asset that has been sorely neglected by the government over many years. But their requests have fallen on deaf ears and an unresponsive government agency. Chair of the Mount Gambier branch of the National Trust, Nathan Woodruff said,

espite a strong campaign by local National Trust members, Mount Gambier’s former railway roundhouse was demolished by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) in November.

Calls for an innovative repurposing of the site were ignored. After failing to secure State Heritage protection in October, the roundhouse structure was flattened two weeks later, leaving behind an ugly and derelict site.

As the wrecking crew moved in, Chief Executive of DPTI, Mr Tony BraxtonSmith, said he,“was not in a position to review the decision” to demolish the roundhouse structure. Nor was he prepared to meet with local community members interested in proposing an alternative future to rehabilitate and activate the site.

At its meeting in October, the State Heritage Council decided not to uphold provisional State Heritage listing for the roundhouse and turntable, although recognising their local heritage significance as part of the railway heritage of Mount Gambier and the South East.

The Mount Gambier roundhouse was one of only three remaining in South Australia. The former roundhouse in Peterborough has been transformed

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into a significant tourism destination as Steamtown. In other states, similar structures have been afforded full heritage protection and have been restored and reused as a driver for tourism and community wellbeing.

National Trust CEO Dr Darren Peacock said, “It is disappointing that the Department was unwilling to listen to the community’s ideas about how to make Mount Gambier’s roundhouse a valuable asset for public use.

In pursuing demolition instead of rehabilitation the Department has destroyed a potential asset and left behind an unremediated contaminated site with the heritage listed turntable sitting derelict in isolation from the structure that was integral to its purpose. Such vandalism makes no sense.”

“For years correspondence with the Department about the future of the roundhouse has gone unanswered. In recent months we sought to engage the department on some exciting reuse possibilities, but there has been no response. We provided alternative engineering advice and identified materials for the restoration of the roundhouse but the department appeared uninterested in anything other than demolition. Mount Gambier has lost an irreplaceable part of its heritage and the chance to create something new with significant tourism potential.”

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Top: The turntable in use.

Left: The railway roundhouse and turntable before and (right) after the roundhouse is obliterated.

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New lease of life for Jacka House in Burra In a just-in-time rescue, a 150 year old miner’s cottage in Burra has been saved from certain collapse and brought back to life by participants in an Artisan Academy onsite workshop.

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n September, a team of eighteen tradespeople and willing apprentices had the chance to learn about the traditional materials and skills used to create one of the last standing stone houses in the lost village of Hampton, outside of Burra, as they worked to save and restore Jacka House, a miner’s cottage from the 1860s.

In partnership with the Regional Council of Goyder, Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Applied Building Construction Training (ABCT) our new Australian Artisan Trades Academy ran a five day intensive learning program, where participants were guided in a range of traditional building construction and restoration techniques as they worked to prevent the loss of this last remaining stone home standing in the former village of Hampton.

Burra was the home of the 'Monster' copper mine which boomed in the periods both before and after the gold rushes in the eastern states had begun to fade. Hampton Village was established in 1857 on the outskirts of the Burra settlements. The village ultimately comprised around

30 houses, with its own church and a quarry, which provided the building materials for the humble miners’ dwellings. Today, only one, Jacka House, remains partly intact, one of the last to be occupied when the township was finally abandoned in the 1960s.

In 2017, the Burra township was added to the National Heritage List because of its significance in the history of Australia. Preserving the remaining physical fabric of these places ensures that the stories of the miners and their ingenious use of local materials for building can be carried into the future.

Over five days, participants dismantled and rebuilt walls and a chimney, matching and replacing lime mortars and reapplying internal renders. The finished result has given this 1860s treasure a new lease of life.

The Australian Artisan Trades Academy is a new body established by the National Trust to ensure that we have the skills in a new generation of tradespeople to conserve our heritage buildings. We would like to thank the Regional Council of Goyder, owner of Jacka House, for their vision and commitment to preserving Burra’s remarkable heritage.

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Top left: Wall on the verge of collapse, propped up with concrete block.

Top right: After the works, safe and sound!

Above: Getting to work applying fresh mortar.

In 2019, as well as running more on site conservation workshops, we will be launching training courses and seminars for home owners on caring for heritage houses at the Artisan Academy located in the former Z Ward building at Glenside in Adelaide.

You can register for information about upcoming workshops and courses via email to: register@artisanacademy.org.au

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Above: Anniversary speeches at Petticoat Lane.

Left: Kerry DeGaris, Evelynne Bowden and Peter Balnaves explore the mobile app.

Below: Sharam Cottage on Petticoat Lane features in the app.

Penola celebrates 50 years, looking to the future and a proud past WALTER MARSH

It takes dedication, foresight and a strong community spirit for any grassroots organisation to reach a half-century. In November, our Penola Branch became the latest to each this remarkable milestone.

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ith a rich collection of nineteenth century buildings and an abundance of fascinating stories to share, Penola has long been a popular destination for visitors to the Limestone Coast in the state’s South East. Home to Australia’s first saint Mary MacKillop, and with strong ties to the Coonawarra wine industry for which the region is so well known, the town is perfectly positioned to lead the way in twenty-first century heritage tourism.

Over 50 years, the Penola Branch of the National Trust has been an effective advocate for heritage protection and has managed multiple properties. Handsome and significant buildings like the former Mechanics’ Institute and Ulva Cottage remain standing thanks to the passionate advocacy of branch members. The audacious move to take ownership of the beautiful cottages of Petticoat Lane has created a colourful and immersive experience unique in the state – a literal walk down memory lane!

But perhaps most impressively, they have led the way in making Penola’s distinctive heritage a key focus of the town’s appeal, valued by tourists, residents and government alike.

But the heritage wins of the past are only as important as their preservation into the future, and the Penola Branch

have proved themselves to be very forward thinking in their embrace of some of the new opportunities available to us. The latest of these projects is a new digital tour Penola: Walk With History, an app-based experience that brings the rich stories, imagery and legacies of the town into visitors’ pockets. As the pilot site for the National Trust’s new SA Heritage mobile app that will showcase the best of the state, Penola branch members have embraced the possibilities of the new medium by working with our public programs team to research, write and digitise content for the new app which guides visitors through Penola’s history and heritage in fresh and engaging ways.

Launched on Saturday 24 November as part of the branch’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, this digital experience not only highlights Penola’s history, but provides a great example for all towns of how digital tools can be used to help tell our stories and connect with the community. I would like to thank the efforts of Penola Branch Chair Peter Balnaves and members Evelynne Bowden, Kerry DeGaris and Margaret Muller for all their work bringing this new experience to fruition, and applaud all past and present branch members on reaching this significant milestone.

Experience Penola: Walk With History by downloading the SA Heritage app from the Apple or Google app stores.

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Pioneer Women’s Trail Walk 2019 LOUISE HARRIS

180 years ago newly arrived German women set out from their settlement in the hills to make the long journey to market their farm produce in Adelaide.

A walking trail following their route from Hahndorf to Beaumont was established by the National Trust in 1980.

Every year hundreds of people walk in their footsteps along the 26 km trail and enjoy a harvest celebration at Beaumont House.

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he annual Pioneer Women’s Trail Walk in May celebrates the tenacity and endurance of these early settlers. At midnight, the women would bundle up their butter, eggs and vegetables and set off barefoot into the Old Stringybark Forest. Following paths used by the local Kaurna and Peramangk people, the 30km journey to Adelaide was treacherous, but soon these women and girls – some barely in their teens – would make the journey twice a week.

On the way they passed the notorious Crafers Inn, known for bushrangers and other unsavoury characters, and walked through the Beaumont foothills where they rested their feet in the cool waters of a creek. After selling their wares in town, the women would head back to the hills lugging two bricks each for the construction of St Michael’s Lutheran Church in Hahndorf.

In April 1980 the trail walked by the women was resurrected by a dedicated team of National Trust members. A map from 1841 was recovered, and a route was adapted to suit modern building developments. “We felt like explorers covering new ground,” explains Lyndell Allen, a committee

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Above: Pioneer Women’s Trail Walk 2018 participants, photo: Russell Millard.

Right: George French Angas’ 1846 illustration of German migrant life in early South Australia.

member of the Hahndorf National Trust branch and one of five participants to first undertake the recreated walk in March 1980. “We felt we were creating something that connected the past and the future.”

The first staging of the walk was a success with around 150 participants, including descendants of the original 54 founding families of Hahndorf. Kathie Anderson, a relation by marriage of the Jaeschke family, recalls how the walk inspired her to investigate their family history. “Since the walk, it has piqued our interest in my husband’s accessory,” she says. “We have been able to visit the museum in Hahndorf and find the plot where they actually lived. It’s just amazing, we can take the kids and grandkids and say here’s the place, it’s still here”.

Recent years have seen the Pioneer Women’s Trail Walk from Hahndorf to Beaumont House grow to become a highlight of the Australian Heritage Festival and South Australia’s History Festival, with more than 650 walkers making the trek last year. Participants set out from Hahndorf, Bridgewater, Stirling or Eagle on the Hill, before winding their way down to Beaumont House to celebrate local produce at the Heritage Harvest Festival, a fun public event open to everyone, with plenty of food and wine stalls, a range of demonstrations of traditional skills and crafts, live music and massage tables for weary legs and feet!

2019 marks 180 years since the establishment of Hahndorf, the perfect time to try one of South Australia’s great walking experiences.

Join us on Sunday 19 May for the Pioneer Women’s Trail Walk 2019 and Heritage Harvest Festival.

Walker registrations are now open at www.trybooking.com/ZIUU For more information visit www.nationaltrust.org.au/event/2019-pioneer-womens-walk/ or Facebook facebook.com/ pioneerwomenstrail or join the mailing list by emailing: pioneerwomenstrail@nationaltrustsa.org.au H E R I TAG E L I V I NG

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The Olive Tree Avenue, Sylvan Park, Mclaren Vale, May 2018 MICHAEL HEATH

In 1839 two Devonshire farmer friends, William Colton and Charles Thomas Hewitt, were the first to purchase land later called McLaren Vale. In 1858 William’s son Thomas built a stone and slate-roofed homestead known as Sylvan Park, now Gemmel Tassie Memorial Garden.

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uccessful vigneron Cyril Eustace Pridmore acquired Sylvan Park in February 1904, and ‘immediately built a driveway lined with olive trees to the gates of the property’.

In 2018, this 114 year-old, closedcanopy avenue, has 126 trees arranged in two rows on one side of a driveway with a single row on the other.

The double row of trees is planted alternately, not in parallel. This is an impressive and unusual arrangement of olive trees used as a landscape feature.

Olives arrived in other colonies before South Australia, whose climate is one of the world’s most favorable for olivegrowing. The oil is superior to the best in Southern France and Italy, propelling South Australia into the historic centre of the Australia’s olive industry.

HMS Buffalo landed in Adelaide in1836.

In 1837 Governor John Hindmarsh planted olives from its cargo in the Adelaide Parklands, having grown them on in his garden. More olive cuttings arrived in 1839.

George Stevenson was an early advocate of olive cultivation. In 1844 he

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Above: Olive Avenue, 2 Sylvan Park 2018.

Photo: Michael Heath.

Left: Vignerons of the McLaren Vale area, South Australia 1900. (Cyril Pridmore front row, right). Photo: Courtesy of City of Onkaparinga Libraries.

imported olives for the South Australia Company, grown in John Bailey's Hackney Nursery, on North Terrace.

In 1855 botanist George Francis, later Director of Adelaide Botanic Gardens, designed and planted the city’s major squares and parks, using olives as shady ornamental trees.

In 1862 the Tintara Vineyard Company became the first winery in the McLaren Vale region. It was purchased by medical physician and prominent winemaker, Alexander Kelly.

Several early settlers in South Australia were initial investors in the McLaren Vale Winery, including the founder of the University of Adelaide, Walter Watson Hughes, landowner Samuel Davenport and politician Thomas Elder.

Thomas Hardy purchased the Tintara Winery in 1877. He and Samuel Davenport promoted the olive industry enthusiastically, actively encouraging new plantations, including at Beaumont House. Olives at Sylvan Park were planted for decorative purposes, but nonetheless they became productive trees. Their prominent location may well have influenced other growers to plant them for culinary use.

Cyril Pridmore, a prominent local vigneron, planted the olive avenue at Sylvan Park in 1904. He and others were long-term investors in a European tree now dominating much of the rolling slopes of the southern vales.

References Adelaide Chronicle, Saturday 28 May 1904, page 7; Kelly Dyer, Library Officer: Local History, City of Onkaparinga Libraries, pers. Comm., June 2018; Barbara Santich, “McLaren Vale Sea and Vines”, Wakefield Press, 1998; Barbara Santich, pers.comm., 12 July 2018;

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Craig Hill, extracts from an incomplete Doctoral thesis, 2002; Craig Hill, pers.comm., 17 july 2018; Adele Pridmore, “The rich valley”, McLaren Vale Institute Committee, 1949; Registrar General, SA Government, Certificate of Title, 25 February, 1904;

Alf Martin, “McLaren Vale from the beginning, 1951; A.Ansaar, “The story of Sylvan Park”; Ann Lund, “The History of Adelaide's Olive Trees”.

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Above: New entry signange at Brinkworth Reserve.

Left: Peter Southam has led the Brinkworth volunteer group to develop new visitor facilities and signage for the reserve.

Full steam ahead for Brinkworth

Reserve

CHRIS GRANT

Brinkworth Reserve on Winter Hill Road near Port Lincoln is delightful recreation park with beautiful views and space for the family to run around. It has free picnic facilities which include electric barbeques, a playground, toilets and a walking trail. It is a dog-friendly reserve that is very popular with locals.

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t also has an excellent remnant of once-widespread Drooping Sheoak and mixed Eucalypt Woodland and very old, dense Yacka/Tates Grasstree growth (Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp tateana), of the type that once supported the local Yacka Gum industry in this area.

We have much to thank the Brinkworth volunteers for in their tireless efforts over the years looking after this reserve. In addition to their usual work mowing lawns, pruning, removing dead trees and controlling weeds, in the past year the Brinkworth volunteers have made substantial improvements.

The entrance to the reserve was totally revamped when a tired and rather agricultural barb-wire fence was replaced with rustic posts and recycled power-cable. A stone wall was built and a new sign announcing Brinkworth Reserve ensure passers-by were aware this is open to the public.

Over 130 ton of rubble was laid down on the entrance road and parking area to ensure all-weather access. Finally the playground was revamped with old pine bark soft-fall being removed and replaced with soft sand.

The improvement to appearances was immediate, and visitor numbers have

increased noticeably, showing the reserve is now much more welcoming to locals. The results are a testament to the efforts of our volunteers, and our hard-working team at Brinkworth are to be congratulated. In the coming year are plans to construct more picnic shelters and signage to inform visitors about the reserve.

We would like to acknowledge very generous support from the Port Lincoln Rotary Club, the Port Lincoln Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank, and the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.

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Saving Shed 26 in Port Adelaide ANTHONY COUPE • K AREN JAMES • TONY KEARNEY

A decision by developer Cedar Woods to seek to demolish a former workshop facility known as ‘Shed 26’ at Glanville has triggered highly visible community activity to save and adapt the building.

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ocated on the waterfront in the northwest corner of the Port River, the former Marine and Harbors facility was erected in the 1950s and is a large, steel-framed ‘sawtooth shed’ that was used for maintenance and repair of a range of marine infrastructure and vessels.

Why is it happening?

Following years of community consultation through previous redevelopment attempts that date back to the early 2000s, Shed 26 was identified as having inherent value for re-use, and as one of the last physical remnants of that type of industrial activity in Port Adelaide and the State. As such it was noted in the Development Plan, and written into the developer’s contract that re-use should be investigated.

Until very recently, it appeared on all of the published development proposals.

Such a seemingly quick change of approach without any explanation or consultation has inevitably caused distress in a good section of the community.

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The ongoing debate As a response to the impending demolition, a nomination for inclusion on the State Heritage register was prepared in the background of more highly visible public awareness activity.

The South Australian Heritage Council provisionally entered Shed 26 on the State Heritage register on 6 December 2018.

In many ways the community concern is with the loss of potential: potential to create something special that reflects the identity of the place. Buildings such as this incorporate inherent values as symbols of community, of working practices and provide associations within a new context.

Its removal would mean another loss of opportunity for Port Adelaide to become an iconic destination for local and interstate visitors, international tourists and new residents. Situated between Semaphore Road and the Port itself, the shed provides an important hinge connection that is so important in urban design, wayfinding, and general connectivity.

On a more building-based level, there are many examples, lessons, case studies - within Australia and elsewhere that point to the fact that redeveloping these types of places with contemporary functionality and mixed use, produces much more vibrant and economically and socially successful outcomes – both in the short and long term. Pointing to Hobart’s waterfront redevelopments, Sydney’s Cockatoo Island and its various wharf shed conversions offers clear insights into

Portside Messenger 12th Dec 2018, Advertiser 24th Nov. 2018,

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what might be possible if the place is adapted imaginatively. Recent developments at both Tonsley and Bowden, underline the success of retention – of considering the structure innovatively – whether it be a building, artwork or a simple roof. The urban environment is embedded with stories, values and identity and there should always be room for an approach that builds on narrative: It is invaluable. It is also evident in the success of the Hart’s Mill work in Port Adelaide, which was recently recognised by UNESCO Asia Pacific as an exemplar of new design in heritage contexts.

While there’s an acknowledgement that new development is complex and challenging there is a strong community feeling that the potential loss of Shed 26 reflects a short term and short-sighted approach and missed opportunity for a ‘win-win’ whereby new development and historical character can meld together in partnership to create a contemporary visual and physical continuity between the past and future.

Public outcry against the threatened demoltion has produced a series of articles in the Messenger and Advertiser1, interviews on ABC Radio, site-based protests, and the publishing of a web site.

You can find out more about saving Shed 26 for a new adaptive use at www.shed26.org

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Parliamentary Inquiry

examines South Australia’s heritage protection system MELISSA BALLANT YNE

Heritage protection is always under threat. Those who wish to see heritage protections reduced or removed are continually seeking ways to limit or dismantle the hard won protections secured over the last 40 years.

A current Parliamentary Inquiry is another opportunity to promote the benefits of our heritage protection system and also to argue for simplifying and streamlining its operation.

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n July, State Parliament’s Environment, Resources and Development Committee began an Inquiry into the operation of the heritage system in South Australia. The Committee is examining the existing arrangements and desirable reforms for local, state and national heritage listings including criteria for listing, management of listings, community rights, decision makers and reviews.

There has been a strong public response to the Inquiry, despite the limited publicity for it and the short notice for submissions. The Committee has received approximately 150 written submissions and has invited various individuals and organisations to appear before it, including the National Trust. Many submissions mirror those provided in 2016 to the Department for Planning in response to proposed changes outlined in a Discussion Paper on local heritage. Those submissions were later summarised in a report published by the Trust in 2017.1 They clearly demonstrate the value of heritage to local communities but also a desire for a simplified and better resourced system of protection.

The National Trust submission to the Inquiry reiterates the evidence about the value of heritage protection economically, socially, culturally and environmentally, but also argues that the State’s heritage protection laws and their administration can be improved. Most importantly, South Australia needs a clear, simple, open and transparent listing regime for all types of heritage. Our specific recommendations include having an integrated listing system under a single heritage statute, simplified

local heritage listing criteria, an open nomination system (including a right to be heard), automatic interim protection upon nomination of heritage places/ items, listing to proceed automatically in the event that a nomination is not dealt with within a specific time frame, public release of reasons for listing or non listing and review of listings only to ensure information is consistent and meets a certain standard.

It is expected that the Committee’s report will be released early in the new year. All written submissions (and a summary of these) together with transcripts of hearings are available at:

Whilst the Inquiry has a focus on heritage listing processes, the Trust has also emphasised the importance of greater support for owners of heritage places and the critical need for development proposals in and around listed properties to properly take into account their heritage values.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/wpcontent/uploads/2018/10/Inquiry-intoHeritage-Submission-from-NationalTrust-of-South-Australia-.pdf

Key issues to emerge from the Committee’s discussions with witnesses include better defining local heritage, how to simplify the system and who should make listing decisions.

http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/ committees/pages/committees. aspx?CTid=5&Cid=174 The National Trust submission is also available at

We encourage you to take the time to read some of the submissions and to become familiar with the issues, which will continue to be debated in the context of the State's new planning regulations. There’s never been a more important time to stand up for our heritage protection system.

1 South Australian Community Consultation on Local Heritage available at: https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SA-CommunityConsultation-on-Local-Heritage-.pdf

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Character vs heritage:

the planning bureaucrats’ bait and switch PROFESSOR NORMAN ETHERINGTON, AM

A persistent and confusing muddling of the terms ‘heritage’ and ‘character’ by State Government planners threatens to undermine our system of heritage protection.

Don’t be fooled!

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ur new Planning Minister, Stephen Knoll, made a very welcome public appearance at last month’s Annual General Meeting of the Community Alliance, an umbrella organisation representing some 26 community associations, including many residents’ societies and the National Trust. During my five years as President of the National Trust I met the leaders of all political parties – except Premier Weatherill – and every member of parliament involved in heritage issues – except Planning Minister John Rau. So, full credit to Stephen Knoll for taking us seriously and fronting up.

The one troubling point in his address was a reference to ‘heritage’ and ‘character’ as alternative tools for achieving good residential planning outcomes. I have no doubt that his prepared remarks came straight from the bureaucrats in his department who have been banging on about this subject for years. In their view, when South Australians speak about conserving heritage in their neighbourhood ‘what they really mean’ is that they want to preserve its character. How, you may ask, do they know what you really mean? The fact is there is not a single study showing that we prefer character controls to heritage preservation. On the contrary, there is a very significant study – the 2016 Consultation on Local Heritage – that proves South Australians do know the difference, and that heritage preservation is what they want.

What exactly is character? Perhaps it encompasses things like residential building scale, plot ratio, street trees and open space – but that’s just guessing because no one I know has yet come up with a meaningful definition.

According to government planners in this state, character preservation achieves exactly what heritage preservation aims to deliver, only in a simpler, more straightforward process free of messy regulations.

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The real thing (left) and a poor 'character' substitute at right.

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Left: Strangways Place in 1970 when it was dense, diverse and affordable.

Right: Replacement of the small Victorian cottages that formerly stood in Strangways Place North Adelaide with large new houses reduced density, character and affordability.

Don’t believe it. Dumping heritage in favour of character is what retailers know as the old ‘bait and switch’. Bait the customers with advertisements promising quality merchandise and then present them with a trashy substitute when they walk through the door. A professional planner speaking for the North Adelaide Society put it very well: The confusion between “heritage” and “character” has for years been a frustrating construct of the [Planning] Department. There should be no confusion. Areas with heritage character have that character because of heritage qualities (either of individual places or areas). Remove these historic

qualities/ heritage assets/ local heritage places and you have no character.* As the consultation on Local Heritage showed, South Australians know heritage when they see it. It is the irreplaceable material legacy in brick and stone of bygone eras. Through their local councils they identified Local Heritage places and Contributory Items that we want to keep. Letting the newly constituted State Planning Commission substitute ‘character’ controls for genuine heritage protection would destroy all the good work done over the last 40 years.

North Adelaide provides prime examples of what happens when planners substitute character control for real heritage. In designated historic conservation zones, real heritage has been swept away in favour of a dreary sameness of undistinguished large two-storey houses. That not only destroys the charm of old buildings, it lessens housing diversity, affordability and density. Have a look at these examples? Can you tell the difference between character and heritage? Can you think of anyone anywhere who has got excited over character and formed a character preservation society? Would you fall for the bait and switch?

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Historical re-enactment at Clarendon Estate, Nile, Tasmania.

Heritage Tourism Initiative The National Trusts of Australia are working with the Australian Government to develop a vision and a plan to develop our heritage tourism industry, promoting authentic heritage experiences and destinations around the country. Here we explore some of the benefits and opportunities of heritage tourism.

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lobally, heritage tourism has become one of the largest and fastest- growing tourism sectors with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation estimating that more than 50% of tourists worldwide are now motivated by a desire to experience a country’s culture and heritage.1

Gains from heritage tourism are amplified throughout the global economy with economic, social and environmental benefits generally much larger than direct spending levels.

Research indicates that visitors to heritage-based activities are more likely to seek high value experiences and deliver a higher spend than nature-based activities.2 A dedicated national research program is needed to support policy and product development and to better understand changing consumer needs and expectations.

Visitor Potential Of all international visitors to Australia in 2017, 43% participated in a cultural activity and 33.9% in a heritage activity. Cultural and heritage segments have grown at 7.5% and 11.2% respectively over the past four years. These growth rates and the spend per visitor night demonstrate the enormous potential for further growth if attractive new products and experiences can be established to meet the needs of visitor markets. Heritage tourism activities contribute to longer stays, as well as attracting new visitor markets to regional Australia.

Activity and experience based tourism Tourism across the globe is becoming more about journeys and experiences than simply viewing or visiting places.

Research has repeatedly found that what encourages a visitor to a certain destination is the opportunity to engage in unforgettable and truly inspiring experiences that touch visitors in an emotional way and connect them with special places, people and cultures.3 Excelling in the art of storytelling and using innovative presentation skills to connect the visitor to a desired time and place are essential for Australia’s heritage tourism attractions to compete on a global scale.

1 Tourism Research Australia, IVS YE September 2017; 2 United Nations World Trade Organisation, 2016 Annual Report.

2 Tourism & Transport Forum Australia, Built Heritage and the Visitor Economy- The case for adaptive re-use of heritage assets (2017).

3 Tropical Tablelands Tourism, Hero Experiences Guidebook (2015).

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for developing Australia’s Heritage Tourism Sector GUIDING PRINCIPLES Successful heritage tourism creates an environment where: •

Authenticity and significance of heritage places can be conserved, protected and shared by investing in people and place;

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Heritage can deepen, drive and strengthen the tourism story;

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Mutually beneficial partnerships can be fostered and grown.

Enjoyable and enriching visitor experiences can be delivered through: •

Engaging story telling;

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Customers being embraced at all levels as our greatest ambassadors;

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Commercially robust products, services and sustainable business models; and

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PROFILE OF A HERITAGE VISITOR

CHARACTERISTICS: Sense of self-reflection Well-educated, Well travelled

Most likely to be aged 50-54 years (10.5%), 20-25 years (9.6%) and 30-34 years (10.3%)

AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY: International: 42.2 Days Domestic 5.1 Days

Most travel by Self-Drive Vehicle (72.8%), Aircraft (18.9%) and Other Transport (eg. cycling & walking, 9.9%)

AVERAGE SPEND: International spend/night: $93 Domestic spend/night: $173 Day spend: $112

Most likely Domestic Overnight (44.1%) followed by Domestic Day (43.4%), and International (12.5%)

Characteristics of the typical heritage visitor (TRA NVS and IVS YE September 2017)

Skills and capacity being nurtured and fostered, particularly in regional Australia.

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FAST FACTS: THE CULTURAL HERITAGE MARKET IN AUSTRALIA

The heritage and cultural markets contribute 34.6 million national visitors per year

261.2 million national visitor nights p.a.

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The total heritage and cultural market in Australia was worth $32.2 billion in 2017 International visitors provide roughly $17 billion of this

National Pennyfarthing Championship bicycle racing, Evandale, Tasmania.

Cultural heritage visitors aged 25-29 have increased the most since 2013

Average length of stay of 13.3 nights

Roughly half of all international visitors undertake more than one cultural and heritage activity on average

44.1% are domestic overnight visitors

43.4% are domestic day visitors

GROWTH OF ACTIVITY MARKET (5 YEAR TREND)

Domestic visitors represent just over $15 billion

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Future Visitor Trends HERITAGE AND CULTURE GROWTH Forecasted growth to 2022 for heritage and culture combined continues to outstrip that of nature-based tourism, at 18% and 10% respectively (Figure 5), and with a total value in excess of $50m. Participation in heritage and culture activities are also set to continue on the same growth trajectory.

FAST FACTS: HERITAGE TOURISM FORECAST 2020 56.8 million national visitors (+26%)

666 million national visitor nights (+35%)

Average length of stay of 12 nights (+9%) THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL (2030): A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES •

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The Millennials will be 30-50, Generation Alpha, will be working.

Baby Boomers will be 70+, Generation X will be approaching retirement.

The world will be predominantly urban, with over 5 billion consumers living in cities.

Over a billion extra people will be travelling in 2030, and as a result, the issue of excessive tourism is likely to increase in importance for many top destinations, where already many sites are over-crowded.

Connectivity will become standard.

Authenticity and unique experiences will grow in importance.

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$109 billion in nation-wide total visitor expenditure (+85%)

21% are forecasted to be international visitors

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Developing new experiences: eight ways to connect with our heritage

Leveraging both the authenticity of heritage and the animation of culture, we can reframe existing heritage places though through these eight experience lenses. By viewing existing places through each lens, we’re able to find new and creative ways to develop new products and services that delight and ignite guest interest.

Each of these experience lenses offers a different perspective on how to define and enrich visitor experiences.

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Learn a new skill or a quirky fact about the people and

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Showcasing local products and the story

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Australian Artisan Trades Academy learning on the job at Glencoe Woolshed.

Australian Marmalade Awards.

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Moving forward VISION – HERITAGE TOURISM SECTOR

World class heritage experiences showcasing and conserving Australia’s unique natural, historic and Indigenous places and their stories.

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OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

Create a strong voice through national alliances and partnerships

Demonstrate the significance of heritage tourism

Develop the skills and capabilities of heritage tourism operators

Develop a national heritage tourism strategy

OBJECTIVES We envisage a growing and prosperous heritage tourism industry where: •

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Authenticity and significance of places can be conserved, protected and presented by investing in people and place; Heritage deepens, drives and strengthens the tourism story; Mutually beneficial partnerships are fostered and grown; Enjoyable and enriching visitor experiences can be delivered through engaging story telling; Customers are embraced at all levels as the greatest ambassadors of heritage; Commercially robust products, services and sustainable business models are established; Skills and capacity are nurtured and fostered,particularly in regional Australia.

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Authentic stories Unique experiences Collaboration and partnerships between tourism industry, heritage tourism operators and local communities

One Destination: Many Experiences More reasons to visit, stay longer & spend more

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19 properties transfer to National Trust ownership After discussions and negotiation extending over almost twenty years, in the middle of the year we finally secured the first transfer into National Trust ownership of 19 Crown Land properties that had been in the care of the Trust for decades. Although we have had responsibility for the care and maintenance of these properties - in some cases for fifty years and had expended more than $60m on their upkeep and operation in that time, the State Government had been reluctant to consider a transfer of ownership.

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he transfer of the first 19 properties was completed in June and was cause for celebration by those branch members who have long cared for these places on behalf of the community without the security of ownership. The new Liberal State Government has committed to completing the transfer of at least another five properties and to working with the Trust to identify other opportunities for the Trust to revive heritage assets currently in government ownership.

As this feature on the first 19 properties shows, these places are diverse in their history, with a range of future possibilities.

Now that the Trust has security of tenure and management control we can invest with confidence in the preservation, conservation and adaptive re-use of these places. The majority of these buildings are of stone or brick construction and will provide ample opportunities for conservation projects and traditional trade training programs through our new Australian Artisan Trades Academy.

OLD HOG BAY SCHOOL, KANGAROO ISLAND The Penneshaw Maritime and Folk Museum occupies the building once known as the Hog Bay Public School, which operated from 1869 to 1967. The current building, erected in 1922, was preceded by a number of other smaller and more modest structures; two of these were built by members of the community, as the government believed that a more substantial school house was not warranted until the 1890s, owing to the small population of children in the district. A museum was established 50 years ago in 1968 and is operated by the Penneshaw Branch of the National Trust. It features displays and objects featuring early education, pioneer life and includes the history of sealing, whaling and commercial shipping.

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Hope Cottage was built in 1859 by brothers Charles and Michael Calnan, as well as two other cottages named Faith and Charity. The Calnans were among the first settlers on Kangaroo Island, arriving aboard the Africaine on 2 November 1836. The three cottages were financed by the brothers’ ventures in the Victorian gold fields.

Hope Cottage is constructed of local limestone, partially rendered and lime washed, with timber windows and doors. Faith Cottage was demolished in the 1920s and Charity Cottage is in private ownership.

For the past 46 years members of the Kingscote Branch of the National Trust have successfully operated the Hope Cottage Museum from the cottage and a complex of additional buildings at the rear featuring collections that reflect the way of life on the Island from the 1860s and also include farm machinery, domestic and communication equipment, sea and air travel plus a shearing shed, blacksmith’s shop and 1950s garage.

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BARRIER CHAMBERS, PORT PIRIE Barrier Chambers is a two storeyed sandstone building, with a single storey extension at the rear and covered balcony and verandah at the front. The symmetrical facade has central doors at both levels, with windows at either side, defined in red brick quoining. Built in 1906, Barrier Chambers is significant as a rare survivor of the wharf-side landscape created between 1885 and 1910.

Its solid construction and style reflects the prosperity and success of Port Pirie at the time as an outlet for mining products from the Barrier Ranges around Broken Hill, one of the largest and richest silver and lead orebodies ever found.

Saved from demolition by the National Trust in 1984, Barrier Chambers is the only remaining example of an early commercial waterfront building in Port Pirie and is of State Heritage significance. The Port Pirie Branch of the Trust has been caring for the site over the last thirty years. The building is in excellent condition, as ongoing maintenance costs are met by the Trust through commerical tenancies within the building.

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FORMER REDRUTH GAOL, COURTHOUSE AND POLICE STATION, BURRA The former Redruth Goal, Courthouse, Police Station and Stables in (North) Burra embody the infrastructure for law and order in a booming Victorian-era mining town. The earliest aspects of the complex date from 1847.

PORT PIRIE CUSTOMS HOUSE The Customs House is adjacent to the former Port Pirie Railway Station on Ellen Street. It was built in 1882, highlighting the significance of Port Pirie as one of South Australia's premier ports, and one from which produce was exported directly overseas.

The Port Pirie Branch of the National Trust formed in 1969 in response to the threatened demolition of the Railway Station. The Trust was able to negotiate a purchase of the Railway Station, which was badly run down. During renovation and restoration work, the branch began operating a museum from the Customs House in 1970. The extended museum, including the Customs House and Railway Station, opened in 1972.

Features of the two museums include the narrow gauge steam shunting engine Port Pirie and Diprotodon bones found in the area. The museum tells the stories of Port Pirie’s people and its industries including smelting, railway and shipping transport.

The gaol was completed in 1856 and housed thirty prisoners, as well as the gaoler and his family, a turnkey and a warder. It held male and female prisoners and so needed two exercise yards. The gaol closed in 1894 and, after 1899, operated as a Protestant Girls' Reformatory until the 1920s. In 1979 Redruth Goal was immortalised as a set for the highly successful film ‘Breaker Morant’.

The gaol is constructed of bluestone rubble with entrance and flanking wings detailed by stucco enrichment. There is a semi-elliptically arched main entrance with the original twin-leafed door opening onto a receiving court in front of which is a two storey building, presumably a mess with an office. From the yard, offices open to left and right, with groups of cells through the large exercise yard. The cells are flagged by slate.

The courthouse is a major landmark, designed with a mid-Victorian high rectangular main section symmetrical front façade with a projecting entrance porch. Four segmental arched twelve pane double sash windows are on the lower level, with high level windows on each side and a narrower single storey section at rear. The courthouse was in active use until 1977. The police station adjacent is built to an H-shaped plan and the lock-up and stables are two separate buildings linked by an arched wall, with a large walled exercise yard and a smaller walled stable yard.

The goal and the police lock-up and stables are accessible as part of the Burra Heritage Passport, a self guided heritage trail operated jointly by the National Trust and the Regional Council of Goyder.

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FORMER POLICE STATION AND COURTHOUSE, AUBURN The former police station and stables were built in 1859 by Joseph Meller. Constructed from local stone, the old police station and stables are a fine example of nineteenth century stone craftmanship with Watervale sandstone quoining, copings, arched heads and shaped stone voussoirs. The courthouse and cellblock were added in 1865, constructed from Auburn bluestone and sandstone, the cells being curved at the top with stonework keyed in, whilst the roof is partly constructed of Welsh slate and corrugated galvanised iron. Further additions were added in 1877, 1916 and 1928.

The Auburn Branch of the National Trust was formed in 1973 when the building complex was dedicated to the Trust by the State Government. Since then, the complex has operated as a community museum, tea rooms, and most recently has become the home for Heritage Arts and Traditions (HATs) a community organisation formed in 2010 and decicated to revitalising arts in regional South Australia. The courthouse has been fitted with a small performance hall (100 seat) including in-house sound, light and projection infrastructure and regularly hosts music performances, workshops and community meetings. Other facilities include a bar and kitchen, office space, courtyard, and storeroom.

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CEDUNA SCHOOL HOUSE MUSEUM The Ceduna School House was built in 1912 and consists of two large school rooms and a headmaster’s residence. In 1976 the National Trust saved the property from demolition and were granted use of the site. This allowed the Ceduna Branch of the National Trust to form, and they have been operating the property as a community museum for 42 years since.

The property was dedicated to the Trust in 1988. The site also houses several other buildings, including the first post office and gaol in the area, as well as a church and blacksmith’s shop. The museum houses diverse displays of cultural and natural history items and a large collection of household items and restored farm machinery of all types.

TUMBY BAY ALEXANDER MEMORIAL MUSEUM The Tumby Bay museum is housed in a circa 1950's pre-fabricated three roomed timber school building and is named after C. L. Alexander who founded the Tumby Bay Branch of the National Trust in 1968. The museum has operated for 45 years and houses various displays including memorabilia of local transport, churches, shipping, shops, early settlers, agriculture, entertainment, hospital, war and various household items. There are also ship's models and collections of sea shells. Visitors can discover Tumby Bay's connection with the famous pastoralist and philanthropist John Tennant Mortlock, owner of Martindale Hall and view the walking stick of Sir Charles Todd, who led the construction of the Overland Telegraph.

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MOONTA MINES MUSEUM The building is within the boundaries of the nationally heritage listed Moonta Mines area and is significant, by virtue of its size and function, as a demonstration of the wealth and significance of Moonta and Moonta Mines areas. In design style it is similar to many others built to the Victorian state school architectural style. Within the environment, the former Model School helps establish the historic character of the area and reinforces its social identity.

The property has been operated as a museum by the National Trust since 1974. As well as operating the museum and a number of other heritage sites, the Trust has been conserving local mining history, buildings and artefacts to preserve the unique Moonta Mines area for future generations.

FORMER WALLAROO POST OFFICE The building was originally a Post Office (1865-1910) and was dedicated to the National Trust in 1975. The Trust undertook renovations, including the construction of a separate area to house the nautical display. The Wallaroo Heritage and Nautical Museum has been operated by the Wallaroo Branch of the Trust for the past 43 years. The museum houses extensive displays of the copper smelting era which lasted from 1861 1923, postal & telephone history and extensive nautical and general local history displays.

FORMER POST OFFICE MOONTA The Moonta Mines area was added to the National Heritage list in 2017 for its national significance in demonstrating Cornish mining technology, skills and culture. Former Moonta Mines Post Office was built in 1946 on the site of the original post office, built in 1867. It operated as the post office for the Moonta Mines area until the mid-1970s. Constructed of limestone, the building was believed to be the smallest post office in the state.

A refreshment store was established in 1983, after the Trust completed extensive repairs to the roof and woodwork. Now the highly popular Moonta Mines Sweet Shop, the property is run by volunteers from the Moonta Branch of the Trust.

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Matta House itself was refurbished by the Kadina NTSA Branch in the style of the Late Victorian Era, when the copper industry was at its peak.

FORMER HIGHERCOMBE HOTEL, TEA TREE GULLY The Highercombe Hotel, opened in 1854 in the village of Steventon, is now a prominent landmark in the historic township of Tea Tree Gully. The building has served as a hotel, a community meeting room, a post office, a school room, and postal officer, teacher and private residence. In 1965 the Tea Tree Gully Branch of the National Trust was formed and, in 1967, the site was dedicated to the National Trust. Now a major community venue, volunteers continue to manage, maintain and open the recently renamed Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum, running a range of innovative public programs that draw a range of visitors into the museum and constantly seek to tell and promote local history in interesting and engaging ways.

FORMER TELEGRAPH STATION, GAWLER Built in 1860 under the Colonial Architect’s Office as a telegraph station, the Gawler Old Telegraph Station Museum is a two storey stone building constructed of local stone and slate. Later uses of the station include operating as the Gawler School of Mines and as an electoral office.

The current museum, which has been operated by the Gawler Branch of the National Trust since 1967, portrays the local history of Gawler and the district with displays of objects in context. Significant items in museum’s collection include: a Triola, a Aoelian Orchestralle pianola, a box piano and other musical instruments, explorer John McKinlay’s travelling chests, rifle and compass, and locally made Timer fashion dresses and Hoffman’s pottery.

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FORMER POLICE STABLES, ROBE The Robe Police Stables, built in 1847, form part of the police precinct along with the police station, court house and cells. Robe’s first Government resident, Captain Butler, initially maintained law and order in the area with the assistance of three mounted police.

The stables, constructed of local sandstone and galvanised iron, have a loft that was originally used for storing fodder. The Robe Branch of the National Trust has been caring for the property since 1975. The stables have been used for storage of historical artefacts for more than 40 years, but new uses are now possible, including creating a small meeting, activity or display space.

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NARACOORTE HISTORICAL BUILDING RESERVE

The Rolland Street School was the first in the South East Region to be built by Government (previous schools were funded and built by parents). The school was built in three stages: 1879, 1896 and 1913. In addition to the school building proper, there is a small shelter shed referred to as ‘The Arbour’. This is an attractive building with an interesting roof structure. The property was dedicated to the National Trust in 1970 and has been cared for by members of the Naracoorte branch since that time. It is used by various community groups for meetings and functions and has been extensively renovated. Now a major conservation and resortoration project is planned.

The Historic Building Reserve is adjacent to the Sheep’s Back Museum, housed in the former Simpson’s Flour Mill, built in 1866.

The Reserve has been maintained by the Naracoorte Branch of the Trust since 1984.Originally, the Reserve consisted of an imposing grand building facing MacDonnell Street. At the time, this was the Naracoorte town centre. The site included a Post Office, Telegraph Station and a Court House, Police Station and Stables and Police Sergeant’s House. Those buildings were eventually demolished leaving only the footings and the cobblestoned courtyard, which are still evident today. Several shed buildings have been built on the reserve to expand the offerings of the Sheep’s Back Museum.

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he beautiful grounds of Beaumont House were transformed into a citrus paradise with food and stalls filling the garden and courtyard. A record crowd attended in their brightest colours to make the most of a beautiful Spring day in heritage listed Beaumont House and garden.

Entries were received from almost every state and some from overseas; however, the Champion Artisan and Home-made marmalades were both from South Australia: Davia’s Kitchen from Renmark in the Riverland in the artisan competition; and Beverly Harper of Coromandel Valley was the home made winner.

Presentations on citrus growing, by citrus guru Ian Tolley OAM, and on how to make an award winning marmalade by culinary historian, Allison Reynolds, took place on the courtyard during the afternoon. The Scottish Fiddle Society played a set and 'Devonshire teas with a twist' were served on the veranda of Beaumont House.

The awards were presented by Stephen Downes, Head Cook of Beerenberg, and Jane Hasell-McCosh, of Dalemain Estate, Cumbria, in the United Kingdom, creator of the incredibly successful World’s Original Marmalade Awards and Festival UK for over twelve years.

Almost 300 jars of marmalade were entered into this year’s competition and were on display inside the house throughout the day.

There were two competition categories in this year’s Australian Marmalade Awards: one for homemade marmalade and one for artisan (small scale commercial) producers.

Gold award winners of each category received certificates and the marmalade champion will receive free entry to the world championship of marmalade at Dalemain in the UK in March 2019, and may have their winning marmalade produced for sale by South Australia’s very own Beerenberg Farm.

During the Festival guests were able to learn how to make a winning batch of marmalade from the Artisan Champion Marmalade Maker, Davia Smith, taste the winning artisan marmalades from this year’s competition and then purchase some at our tasting stall.

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Top (left to right): Display of marmalade entries within Beaumont House; Davia Smith demonstrates her winning marmalade technique, marmalade tastings at the Festival.

Above: An appreciative audience acknowledges the Marmalade Award Champions.

Below: Enjoying citrus-themed afternoon teas on the verandah.

We would like to thank everyone for entering the competition and attending the Festival, making both such a success. We look forward to seeing you next year!

Keep up to date with next year’s Festival on our website www.nationaltrust.org.au/marmalade or on Facebook.

If you have any questions you can email us at marmalade@nationaltrustsa. org.au.

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he following members of Willunga branch received Certificates of Appreciation for their work on branch projects or for service on a branch Committee: Michelle Cormack; Marian Floyd; Linda Gissing; Dr Paddy O’Toole; Dr Mark Staniforth and Marie Noble.

Frank England from Kingston SE branch was recognised with a certificate of Appreciation for his contribution to the maintenance and upkeep of the Cape Jaffa Lighthouse; Sue Wyatt, volunteer gardener, was acknowledged for her work improving the heritage garden at Beaumont House and Merle Williams of Mount Barker branch for her work with branch projects for more than 35 years.

Honour Awards were then awarded to Else Wauchope of Cleve branch for her work as an historian, Christine Thompson and Barbara Brummitt of Mount Lofty branch for both their Committee work and for their assistance at Open days and with events at Stangate House.

Christine Dohnt from Penola branch received an Honour Award for her leading role in organising annual Cemetery Walks as well as being Branch Treasurer. Jo Petchell of Willunga Branch has made an important contribution through wedding management and has also served as Branch Secretary.

Also to receive honour awards were Carole Simmonds of Tea Tree Gully for her involvement in administration,

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President Deborah Morgan with award recipients (L-R) Faye Lush, Sue Wyatt and Jo Petchell.

planning, fundraising, guiding and catering at the Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum; Chris Hughes for his hard work as a gardener and ‘odd-job’ man at Beaumont House and Dorothy Wise of Barmera branch, who has held a number of leadership positions, manages the branch archives and helps out at open days.

Distinguished Service Awards were presented to the following recipients: Faye Lush, who has served on the Willunga branch Committee since 1986, has conducted research for exhibitions and displays and is branch historian, now retiring from the branch committee after 32 years of service.

Marilyn Philbey of Moonta is the convenor of the Moonta branch Family History Resource Centre and has created much of the information now available at the centre. She has also managed local tours for more than five years and served as Treasurer of both Moonta and Kadina branches.

Robert Duns of Whyalla Robert has had the role of Treasurer of Koppio branch since the 1970's and has been dedicated to helping and improving the museum during his time with the branch.

Pat Carr of Tumby Bay has spent 20 years establishing the museum for the branch, which now has over 6000 catalogued photographs. Her knowledge of local family history helps many visitors to the Museum.

Jean Brock of Tumby Bay has been a stalwart of Tumby Bay Branch for nearly 40 years, including serving as Branch Treasurer.

Malcolm Thompson served as Chairman of the Burnside Branch of the National Trust for 14 years, stepping down in October this year. Malcom had held the position of Chair since the Burnside Branch was formed and has worked for many years to support Beaumont House.

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Pilgrim Uniting Church

D

uring the early 1970s, the Adelaide City Council compulsorily acquired the Pirie Street Church building. Significant memorial plaques, stained glass windows, wood panelling and the large organ were moved to the Stow Church building, along with the people.

With the inauguration of the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, the name became Pilgrim Uniting Church.

Pilgrim Uniting Church traces its roots back to Adelaide's early Wesleyans and Congregationalists.

A Wesleyan chapel in Pirie Street was opened in 1851 and became known as the Pirie Street Methodist Church. Stow Memorial Congregational Church in Flinders Street was dedicated in 1867. In 1969 the two churches combined to become "Union Church in the City" and the gate in the high stone wall between the two churches was unlocked!

The current building, designed by Mr Robert George Thomas, is a beautiful example of `Revival Gothic', a style quite rare in South Australia.

The church is cruciform in shape and consists of a pillared portico at the end facing Flinders Street and an internal narthex which supports the organ gallery, from which entry is gained to the clerestoried nave of four bays with side aisles.

Most interior dimensions are multiples of the sacred number seven. The nave between the pillars is thirty-five feet wide, the length is ninety-eight feet, the height to the spring of the roof is thirty-five feet, the centre of the nave roof is forty-two feet high and the nave aisles are seven feet wide.

Mr Samuel Peters was brought from Sydney to do the stone carving on the south porch. This is done in pure white Caen stone and includes details of fruit and flowers, and a squirrel based on the architect’s pet brought from England.

The stained glass windows include the original eighteen Stow Memorial Church windows, eleven re-sited from Pirie Street Methodist Church, plus some later additions.

Additions include the Pilgrim's Progress series of six windows from a church demolished in the north of England.

Windows commissioned for Pilgrim Uniting Church comprise the Uniting Church symbol and three windows

by Adelaide artist Cedar Prest: the anointing of Jesus' feet and Women at the Crucifixion, which flank the Easter morning window from Pirie Street, and the Millenium window in the eastern transept.

The church is open for viewing on weekdays, except Wednesdays, from 12.00 to 2.00pm. It is now air conditioned.

Please help us conserve this beautiful building, go to https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/pilgrim-uniting-church-conservation-appeal/

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What’s on Adelaide Tours

Ayers House museum

Tea Tree Gully Branch

Z Ward -Behind the Walls Tour Go behind the walls of the notorious Z Ward at the former Glenside Mental Hospital. For almost 90 years it was home to those classified as “criminally insane” on the overlapping edges of criminality and mental illness. This guided tour explores the architecture and social history of this remarkable building. ​Saturday 12 January New dates added regularly.

Time: 2pm Place: Z Ward, access to Z Ward is via 63 Conyngham Street, Glenside.

Cost: Adults $15, Concession $12, NT Members $10, Child $8.

Enquiries: Ayers House museum (08) 8223 1234 or e. bookings@nationaltrustsa.org.au Book now https://www.trybooking.com/ KJDM

Step into the elegant grandeur of Adelaide’s finest Victorian-era home.

Immerse yourself in nineteenth century living on a grand scale.

Time: 10am- 4pm Place: 288 North Terrace Adelaide Open Tuesday to Sunday Cost: Admission: $10 adults Concession: $8 National Trust members: FREE Children (5-15): $5, under 5 FREE Enquiries: (08) 8223 1234 www.ayershousemuseum.org.au

Heritage on Sunday.

Enjoy the afternoon as you visit 13 rooms in the building, 4 pavilions, working blacksmith, police cell and laundry. Surrounded in a beautiful garden setting take time to wander, explore and be entertained. Sausage Sizzle and Devonshire tea is available and the Gift Shop is a delight.

Old Treasury & Tunnels Tour Journey through winding hallways and underground chambers to meet the colourful characters and deep history behind one of Adelaide's oldest colonial buildings. From riots to floods to historic reforms the Treasury sat at the heart of South Australia's political life - come explore its secrets and forgotten stories!

Sunday January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17, March 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 Time: 11am & 1pm Place: Starting from Adina Treasury Hotel, 2 Flinders Street Adelaide.

Cost: Adults $15, Concession $13, NT Members $10, Child $10.​ Enquiries: Ayers House museum (08) 8223 1234 or e. bookings@nationaltrustsa.org.au Book now https://www.trybooking.com/ NSDP

Burnside Branch Beaumont House Open Day Beaumont House is a State Heritage listed property built in 1849 by Augustus Short, the first Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, and after, the home of Sir Samuel Davenport, politician, horticulturist & pioneer of the olive oil industry in SA. The house has a distinctive Mediterranean character with an open brickwork parapet in soft terracotta colours and a central flat roof originally accessed by a staircase. Guided tours explore the historic Beaumont House, discover the history of the property and the families who once lived there.

Sunday 3 February, 3 March, 7 April Time: 2pm - 4.30 pm Cost: Adults $10, incl afternoon tea ‘Boer War Memorial’ Guest Speaker Jan Sim. Friday 8 March Time: 7pm Place: Beaumont House, 631 Glynburn Rd, Beaumont All Burnside Branch Enquiries: Chris Perriam (08) 8362 3036, or e. perriamci@bigpond.com.au

One Day Only: Welcome to 2019 Join us as we welcome in 2019. New time, new displays, exciting events and recently re-arranged rooms make a visit a must.

Museum Volunteers aim to preserve and present the 1850’s to 1950’s lifestyles of the Tea Tree Gully community. Would you consider becoming a volunteer? Please come along!

Sunday 17th February One Day Only: Games Children Played Toys, games and puzzles are waiting to be played, the old fashioned way. Merriment abounds as everyone can experience entertaining past times that will engage young ones and also bring back memories for the not so young. Come, have fun, enjoy!

Sunday 17 March One Day Only: Spud Fest Celebrating all things potato! Try our delicious Baked Potatoes, Potato Games, and Potato Craft, Potatoes Sizzling on the BBQ, Treasure Mart and much more. Have fun doing the mash potato dance to live music.

Sunday 28 April (4th Sunday due to Easter) Time: 11.00am-4.00pm Cost: Adult $5, Conc $4, Children Free Place: Tea Tree Gully Heritage museum, 3 Perseverance Road, Tea Tree Gully.

All Tea Tree Gully Branch Enquiries: Phone: 0422 331 847, www.ttgmuseum.on.net

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your Trust PUBLISHER

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Heritage Living is published four times a year.

PP 536155/0036 ISSN 0815-7871 FRONT COVER:

PRESIDENT

PATRON IN CHIEF

Ms Deborah Morgan

His Excellency the Honourable

VICE PRESIDENT

COUNCILLORS

Dr Liz Burge Mr Bob Cornwell Dr Walter Dollman Mr James Harvey Mr Eric Heapy Mr Paul Leadbeter Mr Brian McMillan Mrs Caren Martin Ms Kath Rayner Ms Heidi Thompson NTSA STATE OFFICE STAFF

Dr Darren Peacock Chief Executive Officer

Ms Ellen Martin Finance Manager Mr Christopher Grant Natural Heritage Manager

Photo by Heidi Lewis, heidi who photos

The National Trust of South Australia acknowledges its partners and supporters.

CIVIC PARTNERS

Adelaide City Council CORPORATE PARTNERS

Beerenberg Farms Bickfords Coopers Laucke Flour Mills Piper Alderman Tech-Dry Theodore Bruce Wines by Geoff Hardy

Mr Mario Russo Assets Manager Ms Joseanne Visentin Senior Administration Officer

GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Audit, Finance and Governance Collections, Regions and Branches Cultural Heritage Advisory Natural Heritage Advisory

Ardrossan, Burnside, Coromandel Valley, Gawler, Port of Adelaide, Tea Tree Gully, Ceduna, Cleve, Koppio, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay, Whyalla, Auburn, Burra, Clare, Jamestown, Port Pirie, Barmera, Overland Corner, Renmark, Waikerie, Beachport, Glencoe, Keith, Kingston SE, Millicent, Mount Gambier, Naracoorte, Penola, Robe, Goolwa, Hahndorf, Kingscote KI, Mount Barker, Mount Lofty, Penneshaw, Port Elliot, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbor, Willunga, Central Yorke Peninsula, Kadina, Minlaton, Moonta, Wallaroo.

Telephone (08) 8202 9200 for contact / information details on the website.

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Governor of South Australia

Mr George Hobbs

Ms Helen Cartmel Executive Administrator

"Midnight Oil House" outside Burra, South Australia.

Hieu Van Le AC

Australian Government –– Department of the Environment –– and Energy –– National Library of Australia South Australian Government –– Department of the Environment and Water –– SA Water –– History Trust of South Australia

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