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Heritage South Australia Newsletter

Edition 25 November 2004

Issues and information on heritage conservation in South Australia

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Contents 3 Heritage News 8 Heritage Directions 4 2004 Edmund Wright Heritage Awards 10 2004 Schools Heritage Competition 6 Round House, Murray Bridge 12 Book Review

Minister’s Update

Welcome to the November 2004 edition of the was held on 31 August at the State Heritage listed Heritage South Australia Newsletter. Sunnybrae Farm. I was pleased to be able to attend Last year I commissioned Heritage Directions: to present the winners with their certificates and A Future for built Heritage in South Australia, which prizes, and it was encouraging to see the extent to was released for public consultation in August 2003. which the students, at all levels, embraced the task As a result of this initiative, I was extremely pleased of mapping their community heritage. to announce in May of this year a $2.9 million funding It has been a busy year for the State’s heritage package for the State’s heritage. This funding, which and historical communities. Over the week of Hon. John Hill will be delivered over four years commencing 22–30 May 2004, South Australia celebrated the Minister for 2004/05, represents a record increase for heritage inaugural SA History Week, with many events held Environment funding in South Australia. across metropolitan and regional South Australia. and Conservation A significant component of Heritage Directions is Coordinated by the History Trust of South Australia, the Government’s renewed commitment to the this celebration of our State’s history was initiated National Trust of South Australia. An additional by the Government as a demonstration of the $650,000 over five years will be allocated to the value we place on our history, and our commitment National Trust from this financial year, bringing their to its preservation. total grant to $1 million over five years. This increase SA History Week culminated with the 13th Annual recognises the significant work undertaken by the State History Conference, held in the State Heritage National Trust, which manages over 40 State-owned Listed Union Buildings of the University of Adelaide, properties on the Government’s behalf. This funding from 29-30 May. The Conference’s theme of ‘Town will be used to develop a property management Talk’ provided an opportunity for discussion and program to identify potential for transfer of ownership debate. The Heritage Branch presented a session or management of selected properties to others, on ‘Talking Heritage’, which focussed on present and to provide a framework for sustainable and future considerations for the built heritage of management of core properties to remain the City of Adelaide. under National Trust management. Finally, I am pleased to announce that Ms Sue Averay On 13 August I had the great pleasure of hosting the has been appointed to the position of Manager of Presentation Ceremony for the 2004 Edmund Wright the Heritage Branch. I would like to take this Heritage Awards. The Ceremony was held at opportunity to welcome Sue to the Department, Parliament House in the ornate House of Assembly and to thank Mr Brian Samuels for filling this role in an Chamber, which was designed by Edmund Wright. acting capacity over the past 11 months, during what Whilst there were many winners and commendations has been an extremely busy and productive time for in a number of categories, the overall award for the Branch. Outstanding Contribution was awarded to the As the first year of the implementation of the Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury development. Heritage Directions initiative, the 2004–2005 In recognition of this achievement, I was delighted to financial year will see a renewed focus on heritage present Mr Jason Schulz from Danvers Schulz Holland management and conservation in South Australia. Architects with a magnificent trophy from the I hope that both the Sustainable Development Bill Jam Factory, designed by South Australian artist and Heritage Act Amendment Bill will be introduced Mel Fraser. to Parliament before Christmas to provide an Continuing with the 2004 Year of the Built Environment improved framework for heritage management theme for August of ‘Our Built Heritage’, a prize giving and enable communities to better conserve their ceremony for the 2004 Schools Heritage Competition heritage for future generations.

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Heritage News

Heritage Conservation Seminar New Manager on Cracking of Masonry and Older Brickwork for Heritage Branch

On Friday 14 May, the Heritage Branch, in conjunction with Ms Sue Averay has been Adelaide City Council and the Heritage Unit of the Department appointed to the position of for Administrative and Information Services, hosted a seminar on Manager, Heritage Branch and Cracking of Older Masonry and Brickwork at the Art Gallery of commenced in the role on South Australia. This was the fourth of a series of technical 6 September 2004. seminars aimed at providing information on different aspects Sue is a Fellow of the Australian of heritage conservation. Institute of Company Directors, Past seminars have been very well received, and the a Certified Professional Cracking Seminar was no exception, with some 70 registered Manager/Associate Fellow of Ms Sue Averay delegates in attendance, including a number from interstate. the Australian Institute of The seminars have proven to be an effective way for the Management, and a Chartered Heritage Branch to communicate at a practical level with owners Member of the Australian Human of older buildings, professionals and tradespeople. Whilst they have Resource Institute. She holds a traditionally been held on an annual basis, it is anticipated that the Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Graduate seminars will be held more frequently in the future, as they have Diplomas in both Education and become an integral component of the Branch’s public Business Administration, and is communications program. also a Justice of the Peace. For papers from the Cracking Seminar, please contact the Until recently, Sue operated her Seminar Convenor via email [email protected], own management consultancy or telephone 8124 4942. business in Adelaide, providing governance and management advice to values-based organisations. Prior to that, she held various senior management positions with the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, most recently as General Manager Heritage Planning Seminar in Goolwa Regional Affairs. She has also Clearing Up the Confusion held the positions of Executive Director of the Crafts Council of South Australia, and Director of The Heritage Branch, in association with heritage consultants the Carclew Youth Arts Centre. McDougall and Vines, conducted the third in its series of Heritage Planning Seminars on Friday 18 June 2004. The first two Sue is the current Chairperson seminars were held at Naracoorte in June 2002 and Clare in of the Australian Festival for October 2002. Young People (Come Out), and has recently completed a The seminar at Goolwa attracted approximately 30 delegates, four-year term as a member of including representatives from various Fleurieu Peninsula councils the Capital City Forum which (council staff and councillors), members of Local Heritage Advisory assists the Premier’s Capital Committees, and National Trust branch members. City Committee. Topics covered in the day’s nine sessions included the history of Sue brings strong management heritage, an introduction to conservation principles, key legislation expertise and considerable and organisations in the heritage planning system, preparing a energy and enthusiasm to the Heritage Plan Amendment Report, and the ongoing management position at a crucial time as the of a community’s heritage assets. new directions and strategies A highlight of the day was a case study of the Goolwa Town Centre. outlined in Heritage Directions: The Seminar delegates were divided into groups, given a heritage- A future for Built Heritage in listed building nearby to visit, and asked to develop policies to South Australia are progressed. manage its heritage value. The next Heritage Planning Seminar will be held Renmark in early December, followed by a seminar at Port Lincoln for the Eyre Peninsula councils in the first half of 2005.

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Medina Treasury Wins 2004 Edmund Wright Heritage Awards

The conversion of the former South Australian was designed by George Strickland Kingston. Treasury Building to a luxury five-star hotel Over the subsequent 70 years, the site and apartment complex received the major underwent up to eight major and separate award of the 2004 Edmund Wright Heritage redevelopments. In the mid-1990s the Awards which were presented at building was vacated, and remained so Parliament House on Friday 13 August. until the redevelopment was completed The night was an outstanding success for all in August 2002. involved, as guests took the opportunity to The Judges were unanimous in their view explore the corridors of Parliament House and that the Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury engage with this significant part of our State’s built and political heritage. project demonstrated a superior restoration that capitalised on the opportunities Jason Schulz, Danvers Schulz Minister for Environment and Conservation afforded by heritage restoration. Holland Architects, John Hill presented the Minister’s Award to the accepting trophy from project developers Danvers Schulz Holland The Minister’s Award was selected from Minister for Environment and Architects, in association with SJB Architects short-listed entries in five categories of the Conservation, John Hill and SJB Interior Design. Edmund Wright Heritage Awards, which The Minister acknowledged that the award are managed by the Heritage Branch of the was a fitting tribute to a project which has Department for Environment and Heritage provided an excellent example of how a and judged by an independent panel heritage building can be sensitively restored of experts. while still being part of a commercially The 2004 Awards attracted 29 entries from viable development. around South Australia. Nominees included As featured in the January 2004 Edition of volunteer organisations, government bodies, the Heritage South Australia Newsletter, the businesses, individual owners of heritage Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury project is places, and heritage professionals. no stranger to awards, receiving an Award of Merit in the prestigious UNESCO Asia-Pacific The Awards are an opportunity for the State Heritage Conservation Awards. Government to recognise professionalism and The Adelaide Treasury Building was the centre hard work by individuals, organisations and of Government administration for many years. community groups in the conservation and The original building, constructed in 1839, promotion of South Australia’s built heritage.

House of Assembly Chamber, Parliament House, West Wing

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Congratulations to the following award recipients and commendations in the 2004 Edmund Wright Heritage Awards:

Minister’s Award: Heritage Place (Non-Residential) Outstanding Contribution Winner: Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury – Winner: Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury – Adaptive Reuse. Danvers Schulz Holland Adaptive Reuse. Danvers Schulz Holland Architects in association with SJB Architects Architects in association with SJB Architects and SJB Interior Design and SJB Interior Design Commended: Torrens Parade Ground and Training Depot – Conservation and Reuse. Heritage Management Grieve Gillett Architects Pty Ltd / Tagara Group Pty Ltd Winner: Heritage of the Birdsville and Strzelecki Tracks – Heritage Survey, by Historical Commended: St Vincent De Paul’s, Whitmore Research Pty Ltd / Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd Square – Restoration. Alexander Wilkinson / Lyn Leader-Elliott / Iris Iwanicki Design + Planning by Design / St Vincent De Paul Society / South Australian Housing Trust Product Development Commended: Chateau Tanunda Estate – and Trade Services Adaptive Reuse. John and Evelyne Geber, Chateau Tanunda Estate Winner: The Tile Factory Commended: Karka Pavilion – Conservation. (incorporating The Olde English Tile Factory) Department for Administrative and Promotion and Education Information Services, Design and Heritage Management, Heritage Unit

Winner: Bay Discovery Centre and Holdfast Bay History Centre, run by the City of Holdfast Bay Commended: City of Mitcham Walk Brochures, developed by the City of Mitcham Community Historian / Volunteers at the Mitcham Heritage Research Centre

Heritage Place (Residential) For further information on the winners Commended: Veber Residence, 63 Tynte and commendations, please refer to the Street, North Adelaide – Restoration. Edmund Wright Heritage Awards website at Alexander Wilkinson Design + Planning by http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage Design / Janos Veber /awards/index.html. Guests and nominees at the 2004 Edmund Wright Heritage awards

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Round House, Murray Bridge

On 20 March 2004, dignitaries and members of the local community celebrated the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Bridge at Murray Bridge with a gathering at the Round House. The following article traces the history of this unique building, and details the recent conservation works that have seen the building return to public use.

The Round House at Murray the area, had established his In the South Australian Bridge is linked to the early home in 1856, was selected. Register of 27 January 1873, beginnings of the Colony of An appropriate bridge design the construction of the Round South Australia, and has close was ordered from England in House was officially reported: ties to the construction of the 1866, and girders arrived in A bridgekeeper’s residence first bridge to cross the River the Colony during 1867-1868. is being built on the hill, the Murray in this State. However, the ironwork was walls of which structure are Situated on the rise above destined to lay in storage at finished. When completed the western end of the Dry Creek for almost five the house will match with historic road bridge at years while the future of the the bridge, and can be Murray Bridge, the Round project was reconsidered by used for any purpose that House was a widely Parliament. may be found necessary, recognised landmark in the Despite these delays, the such as a telegraph early township. erection of the bridge station. It is hexagonal in With the rapid growth of the commenced under the shape, and is built of the overland trade to the Colony supervision of Mr Frank Reece same yellow sandstone as and the unreliability of river George, and the foundation the abutments. crossings in rough weather, stone was laid in the western The resulting structure was the proposal to bridge the abutment on 7 November a veritable mansion in the River Murray arose in the 1873 by His Excellency Sir wilderness when compared early years of settlement. Anthony Musgrave, Governor to the only other dwellings in In 1864, the South Australian of South Australia. In order to the area, three humble pug- Government established complete this enormous and-pine structures. At a cost a Select Committee to undertaking, the Government of several thousand pounds, investigate a suitable site engaged the services of and built at the expense of for the erection of a bridge. Mr Henry Parker, a other more important road Edward’s Crossing, where pneumatics expert, to take approach works (there were Opening of new amenities at George Richard Edwards, over the bridge construction no surveyed or cleared roads the Round House, Murray Bridge the first European settler in from Mr George. leading to the site from either the western or eastern side of the River at this time), it is perhaps not surprising that Parker’s residence quickly acquired the name of ‘Parker’s Folly’. Between 1876 and 1885 the Round House was used variously as a residence (for the bridge works superintendent), Port Office, school, church and council meeting house, and was looked upon locally as the birth place of European settlement in the area.

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The Round House is a large shakes in place); three extra residence, constructed in rooms were added (lobby, two stages of local limestone bedroom, dresser); a sleep- with limestone quoins and out and scullery were dressings quarried from incorporated within sections adjacent the site. The of the verandah; two original masonry work is of very high rooms were enlarged through quality, and the external walls the removal of the dividing were rusticated and then walls; and the building was pointed with sandy coloured redecorated in the post- mortar, ruled and lined in federation style of the time. black. The roof was covered Random rubble retaining with timber shakes (cost 18 walls were created, a shillings per 1000), made from croquet lawn established, hardwood imported from and a number of timber and Van Diemen’s Land. iron outbuildings were on the building and The hexagonal plan of the erected in the yard. surrounds. Tenders were let Round House made full use Further changes subsequent for projects of re-roofing, of its exposed riverside to the 1917–18 alterations re-painting and re-pointing, setting, and the anticipated included the creation of toilet and garden restoration views upriver to the / bathroom and laundry works were designed and north-east, and south over facilities within additional completed by volunteers the proposed bridge. sections of the verandah, with assistance from Workskil The wide concave-roofed and the relocation of the supervisors and labour verandahs and angled front motor vehicle garage to the courses. The building was walls are unusual features, rear of the property, which listed on the Register of the which combined with the reduced the area of the National Estate, and grant hexagonal (and vaulted) croquet lawn. monies secured to complete central chimney create an building conservation works. The Round House was expressive and expensive confirmed in the State The most recent phase architectural composition Heritage Register in 1987. in the development of the unlike any other building in It was with ‘pride in ancestry site as a tourist attraction Murray Bridge or elsewhere in and hope for posterity’ and community asset was South Australia. that the Murray Bridge and to create adequate toilet The original residence was District Historical Society facilities for tour groups comprised of six principal sought their Council’s support and small functions. rooms (parlour, dining room, to approach the relevant The conversion of the existing two bedrooms, kitchen and authorities in order to procure motor vehicle garage into housemaids bedroom) plus the building for the such facilities was completed a small office, bathroom community. After much in 2003, using local trade and larder. Beneath the discussion and negotiating, services and Workskil labour. parlour / dining room was Council resolved to Through the dedication of a large cellar accessed by purchase the Round House volunteers and with the a trapdoor from the on 28 November 1988. support of the Rural City of central passage. The contract for the sale was Murray Bridge, a significant The South Australian Railways concluded some two years part of South Australia’s took over the property in later, and in early 1991 heritage has been reinstated 1885. Over the following a Volunteer Management as a functioning and vibrant 30 years only minor changes Committee was formed to part of the local community were made to the building, coordinate the conservation for generations to come. until 1917–18 when major and restoration of the site. This article is based on a alterations and additions A Conservation Policy Report report provided by the were carried out. was prepared, and funding in Chair of the Round House The roof was over-clad with ongoing annual budgets was Management Committee, iron (leaving the timber allocated to carry out work Mr Peter Harden.

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Heritage Directions; A Future for Built Heritage in South Australia

Heritage Directions: A Future for Built Heritage in South Australia was released for public consultation in August 2003 and more than 80 responses were received.

On Friday 21 May 2004, at Edmund Wright funding boost for heritage management in Where the House, Minister for Environment and South Australia since the passage of the Funding will go: Conservation John Hill announced the 1978 Heritage Act. Government's response: an additional Heritage Directions provides a framework for $2.9 million in funding for heritage the ongoing management of South Australia's $2 million management over the next four years heritage assets. A summary of the key areas Support for Local (commencing 2004–05), the most significant of Heritage Directions is provided below: Government $650,000 Key Priorities: National Trust Grant over five years Legislation Council with a more strategic In line with current provisions role in heritage management for State heritage places in $500,000 The Heritage and and review at both State and the Heritage Act 1993, Heritage Information Development Acts will be Local levels. changes proposed in the and Interpretation strengthened to improve their Sustainable Development Bill Programs over three interaction, and provide a Penalties for offences under include requiring councils to years from 2006–07 more streamlined mechanism the Heritage Act will be include all places for the identification, reviewed, and new provisions recommended in heritage management and protection for minimum maintenance surveys in the listing process of South Australia’s built standards for heritage for Local Heritage, and the heritage. buildings are proposed. concurrent preparation of The Development Act will Amendments to the Heritage heritage Plan Amendment continue to regulate Act will see the establishment Reports (PARs) and heritage Development Assessment of a single South Australian surveys to provide earlier for State and Local heritage, Heritage Register for buildings protection of potential local and the creation of State of both State and Local heritage places after a Heritage Areas, Local significance. heritage survey is completed. heritage places and Local It is also proposed that the These provisions provide Heritage Zones through the present State Heritage greater certainty for owners, Plan Amendment Report Authority will be replaced by developers and local (PAR) process. a South Australian Heritage communities.

Review of Government-owned Heritage Buildings

Of almost 2,200 places in and identify opportunities for the total grant to $1 million the State Heritage Register, transfer of ownership over five years. more than 300 are and/or adaptive re-use This funding will be used to Government-owned. (such as the Medina Grand develop a property A review of these places has Treasury Hotel). management program that recently commenced, with a In addition, the future of the identifies the potential for view to scoping the detailed 42 State-owned properties transfer of ownership or work required to ensure that managed by the National management of selected all of these buildings have Trust of South Australia on the properties to others, and valued uses, and their Government’s behalf will be to provide a framework for heritage significance is examined. An additional sustainable management conserved. It will determine $650,000 will be allocated to of core properties to remain the best long-term the National Trust over five under National Trust management strategies years from 2004–05, bringing management.

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Local Government

Support for Local service most settled areas Government will be in South Australia, and increased through a provide training for Local significant expansion of the Government councillors current Heritage Advisers and staff. program to progressively

Education, training and celebration of heritage

Heritage Directions • Heritage education and pursues several areas professional expertise of educational reform: Programs to integrate • Environmental sustainability heritage conservation into A program to promote school curricula, and to environmentally sustainable address the shortage of development through the tertiary and post-graduate recycling of buildings and heritage education. building materials. • Endangered trade skills • Promoting and To revive and disseminate marketing heritage trade skills in specialist Programs to promote heritage trades essential cultural tourism and to high quality heritage heritage conservation by conservation. increasing community understanding of South Australia’s heritage through its heritage places.

Heritage Directions; A Future for Built Heritage in South Australia aims to:

• Increase support for Local Heritage; • Develop a framework for the sustainable management of Government owned heritage buildings; • Celebrate our heritage through a renewed focus on heritage education, interpretation and promotion; and • Strengthen heritage legislation to provide a more streamlined mechanism for the identification, management and protection of South Australia’s built heritage.

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2004 Schools Heritage Competition

On 31 August 2004, prizes for the second Schools Heritage Competition were presented by the Minister for Environment and Conservation, Hon John Hill, at the State heritage-listed Sunnybrae Farm, Regency Park.

The Schools Heritage Competition is an annual event that encourages students to appreciate the diversity and significance of This year a total of State and local built heritage. 10 prizes were It also provides opportunities awarded to the for students to link school following recipients: curricula to a meaningful and rewarding project and to Blackforest apply modern information Primary School and communication Most Outstanding technologies to promote (Years R–3) important heritage concepts. The theme for the 2004 Curramulka competition, Mapping Primary School Community Heritage, Year 4/5 students from Commendation was widely interpreted by Curramulka Primary School (Years R–3) students and teachers from On the day of the awards, St Aloysius College Reception to Year 10. Almost a representative of each of Commendation 80 entries were received, with the five Most Outstanding (Years R–3) many from country schools. entries was asked to talk The range and quality of the about their presentation. Curramulka entries indicated the special Each of these speeches Primary School Good afternoon Minister, appeal of this year's theme, reinforced the benefits of this Most Outstanding ladies, gentlemen which encouraged schools competition, and again “ (Years 4–5) and children. to engage with their highlighted the diversity of St Joseph's School communities to investigate education programs that My name is Mikhaila Dignam Gladstone local history and heritage. resulted across the State. and I am speaking on Commendation The competition is as much One speech in particular, behalf of Year 6 Blue at (Years 4–5) about the process as it is prepared by Loreto College Loreto College. Loreto College about the end product. students and presented by Loreto College is built around Most Outstanding Feedback from all teachers Mikhaila Dignam, captured the Acacias, a beautiful (Years 6–7) involved in the process has the possibilities and rewards heritage building that was indicated overwhelmingly the of participation in this annual once owned by the Mayor Keith Area School value of participation in this event, and is reprinted below. of Adelaide. This competition Commendation (Years 6–7) heritage education initiative. The girls' entry, which won the gave us the opportunity to Miltaburra Area School It has also shown the range award as Most Outstanding in investigate the Acacias, and Most Outstanding iMovie of activities undertaken by the Year 6-7 category, as the project developed we (Years 9–10) classes, as well as the diverse mapped the contribution discovered many more education programs and influence of one man, places that this man, Blackwood High School developed around the Sir Edwin Thomas Smith, within Edwin Thomas Smith, Most Outstanding Community Mapping theme. the local Norwood area. was involved with. PowerPoint (Years 9–10)

Miltaburra Area School Further information about the Schools Heritage Competition is available on the Commendation (Years 9–10) Education & Research section of the Heritage Branch website, www.heritage.sa.gov.au, or from Robyn Hartell, Senior Heritage Interpretation Officer, on 8124 4957. Winning entries can also be viewed on the website.

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Curramulka Primary School

First we researched what ET Smith did to Norwood and his huge influence on the area. We found out all the places he had something to do with and were astounded how one person could have such an influence on an area. We walked around the Acacias and tried to Students from Blackforest Primary School understand what it must with Minister Hill have been like in his time. learnt something and Then we started getting understood more about serious; we took photos of the our local area and the Acacias and coach houses, importance of preserving and started researching all of heritage because it shows the places he had influence where we came from. on, taking digital images as Walking around Norwood is we went. Many of these were a different experience for us used as backgrounds in our now as we look at old slideshow. We formed into buildings with new eyes, research teams, with each and imagine Smith and his team looking at a different contemporaries doing some landmark building. of the same things we do. Then came the day of our When we see dates on heritage walk, we walked plaques around Norwood we around the Norwood area, now can relate it to what ET filming places that Smith built Smith was doing and what Mikhaila Dignam and year 6 students from Loreto College or leased, sharing facts for was happening in Norwood recieving their award from Minister Hill each place with others and at the time. We understand learning new facts too. our home in a new way. We had a lot of fun, Some people felt angry or especially with publicans sad about buildings that had showing us where ghosts are been demolished and looked supposed to walk, attending into the National Trust. a Norwood match and It was moving to finish our interviewing locals. work at Clayton Church by With the slideshow we all had visiting Smith's grave; we felt a part. Some people added glad that we now knew voices, others added text, so much about such an some put in backgrounds influential man and the site and others put in the felt significant, like the grave hyperlinks and filming of an old friend. sections. After a strenuous We would like to thank the term we eventually had a Heritage Department for slideshow ready. Everyone giving us the chance to learn was pleased with what we so much about our had achieved and knew that community. We will take this Matthew Duffield from Miltaburra Area School it didn't matter whether we understanding with us into our explaining his groups winning entry won, but it mattered that we future lives. ” Heritage South Australia Newsletter November 2004 11 Katron5324 HeritageSANov04 Q5.0 23/11/04 6:58 PM Page 12

Book Review

The publishing history of this series working Humphrey Pump at Library of SA facsimile edition, speaks for itself. Public demand Cobdogla in the Riverland are 1972). The history of many of has required the three previous some of them. Adelaide’s statues can be found volumes to be reprinted and My only suggestion for in Simon Cameron’s Silent combined sales now exceed improvement would be to Witnesses (Wakefield Press, 1997) 16,000. This fourth volume include some directions for further while there is a chapter devoted continues the tried and proven reading. Footnotes and long to the search for oil (‘Coorongite’) format of succinct, well-illustrated bibliographies would not be in the South-East in H Mincham & articles on very diverse subjects. appropriate in a series of this T McCourt’s book The Coorong and Lakes of the Lower Murray Ships’ figureheads, memorial nature. Perhaps a select list of (Beachport National Trust, 1987). horse troughs, the replica oil ‘Further Reading’ or a sentence drilling rig at Salt Creek, the or two at the end of an article This attractively produced and manure pits near Brownhill Creek would suffice. For example, carefully researched series well at Mitcham, the often overlooked readers intrigued by Tolmer’s deserves its popularity and can statue of King George V in the exploits should be alerted to his be obtained from many R. Smith Adelaide Park Lands, the two-volume autobiography newsagents or the author Curiosities of South Australiaextraordinary 4 career of sometime Reminiscences of an Adventurous (telephone 8337 6269, email Smithbooks, Athelstone, 2004.Police Commissioner Alexander and Chequered Career at Home [email protected]). 104pp $12.95 Tolmer and the world’s only and at the Antipodes (1882, State Brian Samuels

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