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Wishart Siding, Darwin to Pine Creek line
Photographed 1991 Wishart Siding, Darwin to Pine Creek line, Northern Territory, (South Australia).
Station Master's House, Pine Creek
Photographed 1991 Station Master’s House, Pine Creek, Northern Territory, (South Australia).
Railway Station, Adelaide River
Photographed 1991 Adelaide River Railway Station, Northern Territory, (South Australia) 1888-89. Its refreshment rooms (first class and second class) were the only ones on the Palmerston (Darwin) to Pine Creek line. Three railway tracks and the telegraph line ran between the refreshment room and the goods platform and office on the other side of the line. This line served the gold mining area around Pine Creek, and although operations declined with the reduction of gold production, it became strategically important in World War 2, and continued to operate until 1976. By the 1920s, the refreshment room had been licensed, and attracted good business during World War 2. Reference: Early Days in Pine Creek, National Trust Early Days in Adelaide River, research, Helen Wilson, Compiled by Penny Cook and David Carment, National Trust of Australia, Northern Territory, [?].
Railway Station, Victor Harbor
Photographed 2002 Railway Station, Victor Harbor, South Australia, 1925, R.H. Chapman Reflecting the style of other stations, this red brick building features multiple gables and wide verandahs.
Railway Station, Mount Gambier
Photographed 1994 Railway Station, Mount Gambier, South Australia. This station is distinguished by its multiple roof gables, but otherwise resembles the station at Moonta with a high corrugated iron roof and chimneys. Its wide verandahs shade arched windows. The walls have been painted disguising the brick window surrounds and quoins.
Railway Station, Moonta
Photographed 1994 Railway Station, Moonta, South Australia. This station features a high hipped corrugated iron roof with decorative brackets supporting the eves. Two chimneys extend the height of the roofline. Wide verandahs shade semi-circular windows with red brick surrounds which match the red brick quoins. The stone walls sit on a rendered base.
Railway Superintendent's House, Goolwa
Photographed 1988 Railway Superintendent’s House, Laurie Lane, Goolwa, South Australia, 1852. This building constructed with limestone rubble features limestone block quoins and window surrounds, and curved galvanized iron roof. Reference: The Heritage of South Australia and the Northern Territory. The Illustrated Register of the National Estate. Macmillan Company of Australia, 1985, p. 48. Tourist pamphlet, ‘Historic Goolwa’, Signal Point Interpretive Centre, PO Box 494, Goolwa, 5214, for the Alexandrina Council. ‘Port Adelaide and Goolwa Heritage Study’, Heritage South Australia. Heritage Register of South Australia, 10469.
Customs House, Port Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Marine and Customs, corner Commercial Road and North Parade, Port Adelaide, South Australia, 1879. The imposing entrance and tower give this stone building a unique corner presence. The cornices and entry and window dressings are cut stone. Originally the building had a parapet. Customs vacated the building in 1987. Reference: Tourist pamphlet, ‘The Port’, The Port Centre Project, PO Box 5, Port Adelaide, SA, 5051. Samuels, Brian, The Port Adelaide Centre, Past and Present, The Port Centre Project Office, Black Diamond Square, Port Adelaide, 1987.
Customs Boarding Station, Semaphore
Photographed 1994 Customs Boarding Station, 74 Esplanade, Semaphore, South Australia, 1882-3, E.J. Woods. This building overlooks Largs Bay which was the outer harbor for ships arriving at Port Adelaide. It accommodated customs and quarantine officers, who visited the ships prior to their entrance. It is built of bluestone, with cement rendering to the quoins, verandah pillars, and surrounds to the doors and windows. It is no longer used by the customs service. Reference: The Heritage of South Australia and the Northern Territory. The Illustrated Register of the National Estate, Macmillan Company of Australia, p. 47. Heritage Register of South Australia, 10922.
Customs Service Building, Wallaroo
Photographed 1994 Customs Service building, Jetty Road, Wallaroo, South Australia.
Customs House, Wallaroo
Photographed 1994 Customs House, Jetty Road, Wallaroo, South Australia, 1862, W. Hanson. This building was used by the first Harbour Master. It is now privately occupied. The building with its gabled roof has a central bay featuring the entrance with a fanlight. The windows and blind window recesses are arched. The quoins and opening surrounds are defined with render.
Customs House, Robe
Photographed 1988 Customs House Haigen Street, Robe. South Australia, 1863, W. Savage. Robe was proclaimed as a port in 1847. Henry Dudley Melville was appointed as Customs Officer in 1855. The port became very busy during the 1850s gold rushes as a result of the arrival of Chinese fortune seekers. They were anxious to avoid the poll tax of ten pounds required to enter Victoria whose border was only 150 kilometres east of Robe. In one year 17,000 arrived, many of them walking the distance to the unguarded border. A brisk export trade of wool, tallow and sheep skins was encouraged to fill the holds of outgoing ships. The customs house was also used as council chambers and eventually passed to the National Trust to house a museum, reflecting the decline in Robe’s importance as a port. Reference: Tourist information pamphlet, Robe District Council. Keith Norris Australia’s Heritage Sketchbook, Weldon Publishing, 1976, pp. 308,309.
Customs House, Port Macdonnell
Photographed 1988 Customs House, 3 Charles Street, Port Macdonnell, South Australia, 1862, W. Hanson. The construction was undertaken by F. Reynolds, at a cost of 2,650 pounds. It accommodated the Post Office and Police Station for some years, as well as a residence for the teacher. Reference: The History of Port Macdonnell, souvenir edition, South West Tourist Region, PAP Book Company, Pty Ltd.
Customs House, Goolwa
Photographed 2002 Custom House, off Hay Street, Goolwa, South Australia, 1859. Goolwa played an important role in the river trade with Victoria and New South Wales. Goods brought down by river boats were taken overland to Port Elliott by tramway, then later by train to Victor Harbor. When a rail link was built between Morgan and Port Adelaide in 1878, Goolwa’s importance declined. The building constructed in stone rubble conveys the importance of the customs presence before that time. The original building was extended in 1864 and 1869. By 1878 it was used as the residence of the manager of the railways. In more recent times it has been occupied by the Heritage Club. Reference: Tourist pamphlet, ‘Historic Goolwa’, Signal Point Interpretive Centre, PO Box 494, Goolwa, 5214, for the Alexandrina Council. ‘Port Adelaide and Goolwa Heritage Study’. Heritage South Australia.
Customs House > Beachport
Photographed 1988 Custom House, Beachport, South Australia, 1879. This small custom house was constructed of stone with rendered quoins and door surrounds.
Post and Telegraph Office, Willunga
Photographed 2002 Post and Telegraph Office, 62 High Street, Willunga, South Australia, 1857-58. The original single storey building was built of stone with rendered quoins and surrounds. It incorporated a residence, first occupied by Post Master Henry Pounsett. The two storey section was added in 1863, and the balcony and verandahs at a later date again. In 1916 the post office moved to other premises. Reference: York Peninsula Heritage Survey, Heritage South Australia, Item Reference No. 232. Heritage Register of South Australia, 10626. Baxendale, Ruth, Lush, Faye, Willunga Walks, 1995, printed by R.G. Printing, 235 Main Road, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 5171.
Second Post Office, Wallaroo
Photographed 1994 Second Post Office, Owen Terrace, Wallaroo, South Australia, 1894.
Original Post Office, Wallaroo
Photographed 1994 Original Post Office, Jetty Road, Wallaroo, South Australia, 1865.
Post Office and Telegraph Station, Victor Harbor
Photographed 2002 Post Office and Telegraph Station, 2 Coral Street, Victor Harbor, South Australia, 1866-76, G.T. Light. This building was erected over a period of ten years in stone with a rendered finish to the parapet, cornice, quoins and pilasters. The hipped roof is galvanized iron, and the windows are timber framed. The building served as the post office until 1921. Reference: ‘Victor Harbor Heritage Survey’, 1997, Heritage South Australia. Heritage Register of South Australia, 11103.
Post Office, Two Wells
Photographed 2001 Post Office, Two Wells, South Australia. This post office is a very simple building compared with others in South Australia. However, it features the customary hipped roof and simple verandah.
Post Office, Port Wakefield
Photographed 2001 Post Office, Edward Street, Port Wakefield, South Australia, 1876. The transport of mail by sailing ship from Port Adelaide commenced in 1851. A daily coach was operating by 1866, and telegraph communication commenced in 1867. Built of stone with areas of render, this building features a double hipped roof and simple skillion verandahs on two sides. Reference: Tourist pamphlet, ‘Port Wakefield Historical Walk’, sponsored by the Port Wakefield Caravan Park.
Post Office, Old Noarlunga
Photographed 2002 Post Office, 55 Patapinda Road, Old Noarlunga, South Australia, 1880. This building was constructed by the local blacksmith and today is occupied as a private residence. Reference: ‘Old Noarlunga’, Hideaway Historic Village’, tourist pamphlet, City of Onkaparinga.
Post Office, Port Elliot
Photographed 2002 Post Office, Port Elliot, South Australia. This stone and brick post office features a high pitched corrugated iron roof with gables and chimneys, The arch above the entrance and window is defined in red brick. The enclosed porch is under the main roofline.
Post Office, Mount Gambier
Photographed 1994 Post Office, 6 Bay Road, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1865, William Hanson. The building first served as the Telegraph Office. It was constructed in dolomite and limestone by contractor Charles Farr. It served as the Post and Telegraph Office from 1887 and was extended by the side wings in 1906. It now serves as commercial premises. Reference: pamphlet series Mount Gambier Heritage Walks, Mount Gambier Heritage Society, reprinted 1990.
Post Office, Moonta
Photographed 1994 Moonta Post Office, Blythe Street, Moonta, South Australia. This stone building has contrasting quoins and window surrounds. The low hipped roof features a single chimney, and low parapet with decorative pediment. It extends out over the verandah which is supported by simple timber posts.
Post Office, Minlaton
Photographed 2001 Post Office, Minlaton, South Australia. This post office is constructed of random stone with contrasting quoins and window surrounds. It has two verandahs supported on simple timber posts. The hipped roof has bracketed eaves.
Post Office, Kingston
Photographed 1994 Post Office, 1 Cooke Street, Kingston, South Australia, 1869-70, Robert G. Thomas. The stone used for the building was probably mined at Mount Benson. The design features arched windows and entry, an elaborate architrave and parapet, and quoins with a dressed finish. Reference: Heritage of South East Australia,South East Dept of Environment and Planning, SA State Historic Preservation Plan, Regional Heritage Survey Series, Region 6, prepared by Denvers Architects Heritage Register of South Australia, 10245
Post and Telegraph Office, Goolwa
Photographed 2002 Post and Telegraph Office, Goolwa Terrace, Goolwa, South Australia, 1857. This building was constructed of travertine limestone with brick construction for quoins and surrounds of windows and doors. The cost was 417 pounds. The Post Office was connected by magnetic telegraph to Adelaide and Melbourne in 1858. Wide verandah on the southern side served as the town’s railway station until 1872. Alterations were made in 1862 and 1877, but subsequent alterations and enclosure of the verandahs have made it unrecognizable from the street. Reference: Tourist pamphlet, ‘Historic Goolwa’, Signal Point Interpretive Centre, PO Box 494, Goolwa, 5214, for the Alexandrina Council. ‘Port Adelaide and Goolwa Heritage Study’. Heritage South Australia.
Post Office, Gawler
Photographed 1990 Post Office, Gawler, South Australia, 1866, builders, Pett and Gray; contractors’ signatures witnessed by W.H. Abbott, probably the architect; Original Post and Telegraph Office (on right), 1860. When telegraph services moved to the newer building, the Post and Telegraph Office served first as a residence for the letter carrier, and then accommodated the Adelaide School of Mines. The slate quarries in the hills behind Gawler provided the ‘bluestone’ for the construction; sandstone was used for the facades, and corrugated iron for the roofs of the buildings. Reference: Historic Public Buildings of Australia, Australian Council of National Trusts, Cassell Australia Limited, 1971, pp. 147 – 151.
Post Office, Edithburgh
Photographed 2001 Post Office, Edithburgh, South Australia. This building has a corrugated iron gabled roof with chimneys and a simple verandah. It is built of stone with red brick quoins and window surrounds. The windows feature small panes across the top.
Post Office, Birdwood
Photographed 1994 Post Office, Birdwood, South Australia This single storey post office is constructed of stone with red brick quoins and window surrounds. The roof has chimneys and bracketed eaves. The verandah across the front of the building features simple posts.
Post Office, Beachport
Photographed 1994 Post Office, Beachport, South Australia. This stone building has been painted disguising the quoins and window surrounds. The hipped roof features chimneys and finial on the front gable with its decorative fascia.
Post and Telegraph Office, Semaphore
Photographed 2002 Post and Telegraph Office, 15 Semaphore Road, Semaphore, South Australia, 1881. This stone building has cement rendered quoins and openings. Double brackets support the eaves above the verandahs with double posts. Reference Heritage Register of South Australia, 10930.
Post Office interior, Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Adelaide Post Office Interior, South Australia.
Post Office, Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Post Office, 141–159 King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 1867 –1872, Wright, Woods and Hamilton. The partnership of E.W. Wright and E.J. Woods won the competition held to select the best design; however the second prizewinners, E.A. Hamilton and R.G. Thomas also influenced the design. Hamilton joined the partnership, and Thomas became colonial architect in 1868, and so both were in a position to influence the changes, which occurred during the course of construction. The classical design of the two- storied building is distinguished by the use of pillars, a cornice above each floor, and a parapet around the roofline. The building was extended along King William Street in 1891 and 1893. Reference: Marsden, S., Stark, P., Sumerling, P. (eds), Heritage of the City of Adelaide, An Illustrated Guide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Town Hall, Adelaide, 1990. Branson Vern (text), Goulding, Trevor (drawings), Landmarks of Adelaide, A Sketchbook J.M. Dent Pty Limited, Melbourne, 1988,, p. 28.
Treasury Building, Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Treasury Building, 142-160 King William Street, and Flinders Street, Adelaide, 1858 – 76, E.A. Hamilton; 1907, Charles Edward Owen Smythe. The Treasury is a group of buildings constructed in several stages. By 1907 they created an harmonious complex around an internal courtyard. Hamilton’s design concept influenced all sections to some degree. The first blocks to be built were government offices on the north-west corner, and registry on the south-west corner facing King William Street. After Hamilton’s retirement in 1860, his plans were used for a connecting two-storied building, which was later extended by a third story. The eastern sections were commenced in 1866 to Hamilton’s design. A three-storied building was constructed on the south frontage to Victoria Square in 1874. It housed the governor and chief secretary’s department, and was occupied by government ministers until 1968. The final section designed and supervised by Owen Smythe was built in 1907; the three stories housed the Auditor, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Surveyor General, Attorney General, photographer, and caretaker; the basement accommodated printing rooms. The central three-storey section has a protruding bay with an arched entrance, and parapet with the coat of arms. The side two-storey sections with hipped roofs are mirror images of each other. The design achieves an Italianate style with decorative cornices above each floor, windows featuring pediments or bracketed lintels, and rusticated quoins Reference: Marsden, S., Stark, P., Sumerling, P. (eds), Heritage of the City of Adelaide, An Illustrated Guide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Town Hall, Adelaide, 1990. Heritage Register of South Australia, 10857.
Torrens Building, Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Torrens Building, 202-220 Victoria Square, Adelaide, 1879-1881, Michael Egan. Michael Egan, a Victorian Architect, won the design competition for the building, and Edward John Woods, the South Australian architect-in-chief supervised its construction. It was built for the Public Works and Registrar General’s departments. Built around a quadrangle, it occupied a town acre. The cellars and foundations were built in Glen Osmond stone, and the superstructure in brick. The side walls were rendered, but the frontages to Victoria Square and Wakefield Street were faced with ashlar sandstone. The design features uniformly aligned windows – those on the round floor are arched, those on the floor above have pediments or bracketed lintels, and those on the third floor have balustraded sills. Other decorative features include the ornate cornices to the string courses and parapets, paired pilasters, and segmented pediment. Reference: Marsden, S., Stark, P., Sumerling, P. (eds), Heritage of the City of Adelaide, An Illustrated Guide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Town Hall, Adelaide, 1990. Heritage Register of South Australia, 10895.
Government Offices, Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Government Offices, Victoria Square, Adelaide, South Australia. This two-storey gabled roof building features a modest central entrance bay with paired columns and entablature. The uniformly sized windows aligned on each level are delineated in cement render. With the eaves and string course, which provide strong horizontal lines to the building’s design, they provide a strong contrast to the brickwork.
Original Parliament House, Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Original Parliament House, North Terrace. Adelaide, South Australia, 1854-55, W. Bennett Hayes; extensions, 1856-1876. The building known as the House of Assembly was erected by English and Brown at a cost of 17,000 pounds. The first stage constructed in rubble stone adjoined an older council chamber. Following the introduction of responsible government in 1856, further accommodation was required for a second chamber, which was built in ten weeks on the site of the old council chamber. A refreshment room was constructed in limestone in 1861, a library was built with Dry Creek stone in 1864, and the south-west wing was extended with Mitcham sandstone 1876. However, the overall design is harmonious: it features brick window surrounds and quoins, an arcade at ground level, tall arched windows on the first floor, and notched gables. In 1889 the new Parliament House was opened, but the Legislative Council continued to use the old building until 1939. Reference: Marsden, S., Stark, P., Sumerling, P. (eds), Heritage of the City of Adelaide, An Illustrated Guide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Town Hall, Adelaide, 1990. The Heritage of South Australia and the Northern Territory. The Illustrated Guide of the National Estate, Macmillan Company of Australia, 1985, p. 15. Branson Vern (text), Goulding, Trevor (drawings), Landmarks of Adelaide, A Sketchbook, J.M. Dent Pty Limited, Melbourne, 1988, p. 46.
Parliament House, Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Parliament House, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 1883-89, E.J. Wood, whose plans were based on an earlier design by E.W. Wright and Lloyd Taylor. The building was constructed in brick faced with Kapunda marble on a granite basement. Only the west wing was built by 1889, and it could accommodate only the House of Assembly. It was not until 1939 that the east wing was constructed enabling both houses of parliament to meet in the same building. The dome, which was proposed in the original plans was never built. The classical design of the two-storied building features graceful columns crowned by a decorative entablature and parapet. Reference: Marsden, S., Stark, P., Sumerling, P. (eds), Heritage of the City of Adelaide, An Illustrated Guide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Town Hall, Adelaide, 1990. The Heritage of South Australia and the Northern Territory. The Illustrated Guide of the National Estate, Macmillan Company of Australia, 1985, p. 15. Branson Vern (text), Goulding, Trevor (drawings), Landmarks of Adelaide, A Sketchbook J.M. Dent Pty Limited, Melbourne, 1988, p. 12.
Court House and Police Station complex, Willunga
Photographed 2002 Court House and Police Station complex, High Street, Willunga, South Australia, 1855-1872. This complex consists of the court house, police station and residence, cell block, and stables. Red brick and stone from the local government quarry were used in the construction. Food and blankets were distributed to local Aboriginal people from here, and a female immigrant depot operated from the court house in the early days. The District Council held meetings on the premises from 1856 to 1864. The Police Station operated until 1929. Today the complex serves as a museum having been restored by the National Trust in 1965. Reference: York Peninsula Heritage Survey, Heritage South Australia, Item Reference No. 233. Baxendale, Ruth, Lush, Faye, Willunga Walks, 1995, printed by R.G. Printing, 235 Main Road, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 5171.
Court House, Police Station, Post and Telegraph office, Wellington
Photographed 1988 Court House, Police Station, Post and Telegraph office, Wellington, 1864, W. Hanson. Built on the Murray River at its entry into Lake Alexandrina, the court house was an important government outpost on the border with Victoria. The original courthouse was burnt down, and in 1864 a new commodious building was constructed using limestone rubble with red brick quoins, The complex housed the court house, polices station cells stables, post and telegraph offices as well as accommodation for the ferryman. Today the building is privately owned, but sections are opened to the public. Reference: Tourist information brochure, South Australia’s Murray Lands, Visitor Information Centre, 1993, Murraylands Regional Tourist Association, PO Box 344, Murray Bridge,5253.
Court House, Wallaroo
Photographed 1994 Court House, John Street, Wallaroo, South Australia, 1866 - 68, W. Hanson. This court house is built to the same design as those at Yorktown, Clare and Two Wells, except for the parapet around the enclosed entry portico. Constructed of random stone, the building features a simple hipped roof with bracketed eaves, and a rendered finish to the entry portico, quoins and window surrounds.
Court House, Two Wells
Photographed 2001 Court House, Two Wells, South Australia. This stone court house has a central enclosed entrance portico, hipped roof with bracketed eaves, and a rendered finish to the corners of the building and around the openings. It is similar in design to the Yorktown and Clare court houses.
Courthouse, police station, aboriginal stores, police residence and stables, Port Wakefield
Photographed 2001 Courthouse, police station, aboriginal stores, police residence and stables, 2 West Street. Port Wakefield, South Australia, 1858, Edward Hamilton. The simple design of the court house, police station, features a hipped corrugated iron roof and gabled timber entry porch. The eight pane windows have simple timber lintels and sills. Reference: Heritage Register of South Australia, 10109.
Court House, Port Elliot
Photographed 2002 Court House, The Strand, Port Elliot, South Australia, 1866, William Baker. This building served as the court house until 1960 when it became R.S.L. clubrooms. Built at a cost of 1,629 pounds the building is constructed of random bluestone. The quoins and porch are finished in cement render to give the appearance of stonework. Reference: Heritage Register of South Australia, 10306. The Heritage of South Australia and the Northern Territory. The Illustrated Register of the National Estate. Macmillan Company of Australia, 1985, p. 48. Yorke Peninsula Heritage Survey, Heritage South Australia, Item Reference No. 105.
Court House, Mount Gambier
Photographed 1994 Court House, 41 Bay Road, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1864-5, William Hanson, additions G.T. Light. Built in limestone by contractor, Charles Farr, the building was criticised for poor acoustics, crowded accommodation, and lack of a verandah. These problems were remedied with additional wings in 1877, and a verandah in 1880. Further additions were made in 1936. The painted façade has been restored to the original stone appearance since the photograph was taken. Reference: pamphlet series Mount Gambier Heritage Walks, Mount Gambier Heritage Society, reprinted 1990.
Police Station, Goolwa
Photographed 1988 Police Station, Goolwa Terrace, Goolwa, South Australia, 1859, E.A. Hamilton, Court House, 1867, W. Hanson. The court house was designed in sympathy with the earlier police station built of random limestone. The design features brick strings, quoins, and surrounds of doors and windows. The police station has decorative barges, while the court house façade to Cadell Street has paired brackets on the eaves. The original slate roof has been replaced with corrugated iron. Reference: The Heritage of South Australia and the Northern Territory. The Illustrated Register of the National Estate. Macmillan Company of Australia, 1985, p. 48. Tourist pamphlet, ‘Historic Goolwa’, Signal Point Interpretive Centre, PO Box 494, Goolwa, 5214, for the Alexandrina Council. Port Adelaide and Goolwa Heritage Study’, Heritage South Australia. Heritage Register of South Australia, 10368.
Original Court House and barracks for the Mounted Police, Clare
Photographed 2001 Original Court House and barracks for the Mounted Police, corner Victoria Road and West Terrace, Clare, South Australia, 1850, extended 1864. This is the oldest building in Clare. Built at a cost of 310 pounds by Palmer and Williams, and extended at a cost of 198 pounds, the building stands on the corner of a 56 acre reserve known as the police paddock, where troopers’ horses were put out to graze. It was built of stone rubble with brick work for the opening surrounds, strings and quoins. The central porch has a gabled roof over the arched entrance.The building was used for many purposes: fodder storage, morgue, public and council meetings, and church services. The paddock served as a strategic resting place for travelling government officers, and was used by construction gangs for the Overland Telegraph. It was subsequently used as a Casualty Hospital before its conversion to a National Trust Museum. Reference: The Mid North Traveler, vol. V, no.15. Spring/Summer 1993, PBD Publications, 245 Main North Road, Clare, SA. Heritage Register of South Australia 10077. The Heritage of South Australia and the Northern Territory. The Illustrated Register of the National Estate, Macmillan Company of Australia, p. 88.
Court House, Clare
Photographed 2001 Court House, Old North Road, Clare, South Australia, 1878 – 1880. Like the court houses at Two Wells and Yorktown, this court house has a simple hipped roof with bracketed eaves, and central enclosed entry portico. It is built of random stone. The upper section of the banded quoins has a decorative rendered finish to match the pilasters on either side of the rendered arched recess above the pediment. The doors and windows are arched. The building has tall corbelled chimneys.
Court House, Balaklava
Photographed 2001 Court House, Edith Terrace, Balaklava, South Australia. Built of rendered masonry, this small but imposing court house features an entry through two columns surmounted by a pediment with decorative entablature. The roofline features a parapet.
Police Station, 1883 (left), and Court House, 1887 (right), Darwin, Northern Territory, (South Australia).
Photographed 1991 Police Station, 1883 (left), and Court House, 1887 (right), J.G. Knight, George McMinn, Esplanade, Darwin, Northern Territory, (South Australia). Built of coursed local stone rubble with dressed stone quoins, the buildings have simple pitched roofs and verandahs. They are good examples of vernacular administrative buildings. Originally they formed part of a complex of government buildings, which occupied an area bordered by the Esplanade, Smith, and Mitchell Streets. In 1942 they were used by the Royal Australian Navy, and now accommodate the offices of the Administrator of the Northern territory. Reference: Hardwick, Carol, Register of Significant European Cultural Sites in the Northern Territory, for the National Trust of Australia (N.T.), 1884.
Court House, Port Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Court House, Commercial Road, Port Adelaide, South Australia, 1882. The dressed stone façade of this building is designed in the popular style of central entrance under a pediment, however, the delineation of the stonework gives it a distinctive appearance. The south wing was a later addition, which detracts from the harmony of the building. Reference: Tourist pamphlet, ‘The Port’, The Port Centre Project, PO Box 5, Port Adelaide, SA, 5051.
Police, Courts and Customs, Port Adelaide
Photographed 2001 Police, Courts and Customs, Port Adelaide, South Australia, 1860, A.E.Hamilton. The building was constructed in stone with brick quoins, and slate roof at a cost of 7,000 pounds. The slate roof has been replaced with iron. Originally the court house was located in the centre with the police station on the left and the customs house on the right. Reference: Samuels, Brian, The Port Adelaide Centre, Past and Present, The Port Centre Project Office, Black Diamond Square, Port Adelaide, 1987. Historic Public Buildings of Australia, Australian Council of National Trusts Cassell Australia Limited, 1971.
Police Court, Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Police Court, 281-299 King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 1866-67, William Hanson. The building housed the police court in the central section; offices for the Commissioner and a residence for the inspector of Metropolitan Police occupied the areas on each side. The building became the Local and Insolvency Court in 1891. The bluestone contrasts with the pale stucco finish on the parapet, entablature, and classical entry columns. The height of the columns is balanced by the horizontal lines of the entablature and parapet above. Pedimented windows and doorways create a pleasing symmetry emphasized by the horizontal line of the stringcourse and decoratively paired lines, which divide the cornice of the roofline. Reference: Marsden, S., Stark, P., Sumerling, P. (eds), Heritage of the City of Adelaide, An Illustrated Guide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Town Hall, Adelaide, 1990.
Local and Insolvency Court, Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Local and Insolvency Court, 261-279 Victoria Square, Adelaide, South Australia, 1866-1869, R.G. Thomas. The building became the Supreme Court in 1873. It was constructed by Brown and Thompson: the south and west walls in bluestone and the north and east in Tea tree Gully sandstone. It is a particularly impressive building: the tall graceful columns above the arcaded entry are framed by arched windows and draw the eye up beyond the ornate parapet to the pediment on the third level. Reference: Marsden, S., Stark, P., Sumerling, P. (eds), Heritage of the City of Adelaide, An Illustrated Guide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Town Hall, Adelaide, 1990.
Supreme Court, Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Supreme Court, 262-280 Victoria Square, Adelaide, South Australia, 1847-50, Richard Lambeth. This building served as the Supreme Court until 1873, when it became the Local and Insolvency Court, and changed again in 1891 to serve as a City Watch House and Police Court. It was subsequently renamed the Magistrates Court. Alterations and extensions were necessary to accommodate the growing demands of legal services. Today the main courtroom and Victoria Square façade are the few features of the building which remain intact. They represent one of the oldest buildings in Adelaide. Constructed of stone, the building’s classical design is typically associated with courthouses - imposing columns supporting a sturdy pediment. Reference: Marsden, S., Stark, P., Sumerling, P. (eds), Heritage of the City of Adelaide, An Illustrated Guide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Town Hall, Adelaide, 1990. Branson Vern (text), Goulding, Trevor (drawings), Landmarks of Adelaide, A Sketchbook J.M. Dent Pty Limited, Melbourne, 1988,, p. 38.
Town Hall, Wallaroo
Photographed 1994 Town Hall, Irwine Street, Wallaroo, South Australia, 1902. A fire destroyed much of the building in 1917. The clock tower was added as part of the restoration. Photographed 1990 Town Hall, corner King William and Pirie Streets, Adelaide, South Australia, 1863 – 66, Edmund Wright. Edmund Wright won the competition held to choose the design for the Town Hall. Faced in cut stone, the three-storied building is distinguished by a series of arches rising to a clock tower and belfry. The ground floor accommodates the Council chamber and offices. Initially courtrooms were also accommodated on the ground floor. A grand staircase leads up to the spacious foyer, main hall, and banquet room. Reference: Marsden, S., Stark, P., Sumerling, P. (eds), Heritage of the City of Adelaide, An Illustrated Guide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Town Hall, Adelaide, 1990. Historic Public Buildings of Australia, Australian Council of National Trusts, Cassell Australia Limited, 1971. Branson Vern (text), Goulding, Trevor (drawings), Landmarks of Adelaide, A Sketchbook J.M. Dent Pty Limited, Melbourne, 1988,, p. 36. Apperly, Richard; Irving, Robert; Reynolds, Peter; A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture, Angus and Robertson, 1989, pp. 56-59.
Town hall and council chambers, Victor Harbor
This building of stone has a central arched entrance between two symmetrical tall windows. It features pilasters , string courses, bold cornice and parapet with a segmented parapet. Reference: Victor Harbor Heritage Survey, 1997, Heritage South Australia. Heritage Register of South Australia, 14055.
Council chambers Port Elliot
This small building was constructed of random bluestone with cement render to the pediment, quoins and opening surrounds. Reference: Heritage Register, South Australia, 14051 Yorke Peninsula Heritage Survey, Heritage South Australia, Item Reference No. 102.
Institute and Town Hall Moonta
Photographed 1994 Institute and Town Hall, 71 George Street, corner of Henry Street, Moonta, South Australia, 1885, Thomas Smeaton. This was the fourth institute building in Moonta. It reflects the prosperity which Moonta enjoyed as a thriving copper mining centre from the 1860s to 1923. In 1875 Moonta was the second largest town in South Australia, with a population of 12,000. The town hall was constructed by Pollard and Cowling of limestone masonry with a rendered finish to the enablature, architraves and pilasters. Its dominant feature is the clock tower which was added in 1907. It accommodated a hall, 70 feet by 36 feet, a large library, ladies’ room, clerk’s room, room for weights and measures, and the Council Chambers on the ground floor, and five rooms, including a library, on the first floor. Reference: York Peninsula Heritage Survey, Heritage South Australia. Historic Places of Australia, Australian Council of National Trusts, Stanmore, NSW, 1978, p. 95.
Town Hall Goolwa
Photographed 2002 Town hall, Institute, Cadell Street, Goolwa, South Australia, 1860. The first section of the building was erected in 1860 to serve as the town hall and institute. A wing was added to the right hand side in 1878 to accommodate the council chambers. Offices of the Corporation of Goolwa were accommodated in a further extension in 1907. In recent times the building serves as the public library and council chambers. The walls are constructed of travertine limestone, quoins and opening surrounds are brick, and the roof is corrugated iron. Reference: Tourist pamphlet, ‘Historic Goolwa’, Signal Point Interpretive Centre, PO Box 494, Goolwa, 5214, for the Alexandrina Council. ‘Port Adelaide and Goolwa Heritage Study’, Heritage South Australia.
Town Hall Gawler
Photographed 1990 Town Hall, Gawler, South Australia, 1878, W.H. Abbott. The town hall was built by James Peek for 2,811 pounds using bluestone rubble with cement blockings, the building features a balustraded parapet, rendered trim, and Italianate ornamentation. It consists of two stories and basement. Offices occupied the basement and first floor, while the Council chamber and executive offices occupied the ground floor. Reference: Whitelock, Derrick, Gawler, Colonel Light’s Country Town, Corporation of the City of Gawler, Town Hall, Murray Street, Gawler, South Australia, 5118, p.99.
Town Hall Beachport
Town Hall Adelaide
Photographed 1990 Town Hall, corner King William and Pirie Streets, Adelaide, South Australia, 1863 – 66, Edmund Wright. Edmund Wright won the competition held to choose the design for the Town Hall. Faced in cut stone, the three-storied building is distinguished by a series of arches rising to a clock tower and belfry. The ground floor accommodates the Council chamber and offices. Initially courtrooms were also accommodated on the ground floor. A grand staircase leads up to the spacious foyer, main hall, and banquet room. Reference: Marsden, S., Stark, P., Sumerling, P. (eds), Heritage of the City of Adelaide, An Illustrated Guide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Town Hall, Adelaide, 1990. Historic Public Buildings of Australia, Australian Council of National Trusts, Cassell Australia Limited, 1971. Branson Vern (text), Goulding, Trevor (drawings), Landmarks of Adelaide, A Sketchbook J.M. Dent Pty Limited, Melbourne, 1988,, p. 36. Apperly, Richard; Irving, Robert; Reynolds, Peter; A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture, Angus and Robertson, 1989, pp.. 56-59.