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~urn!)tbe J!}igtorical ~ocietp 3Jnc. NEWSLffiER JUNE, 1992 Volume 12, No. 2 .. _ · .. -- - BURNSIDE HlSTOP.ICAL SOCIETY INC . P.O . Box 152 GLENSIDE, S.A. 5065 OBJECTIVES PROGRAM 1992 The objectives of the Society shall be: 2.1 to arouse interest in and to promote the study and 15 June - Peter Waite and His Vision discussion of Australian and South Australian history Monday Dr Alan Jennings was a member of the academic staff of and in particular, the history of the City of Burnside; the University of Adelaide in the Faculty of Agricultural Science for 35 years, at the Waite 2.2 to promote the collection, recording, preservation and Agricultural Research Institute. He organised the classification of works, source material and artifacts Open Days in 1974 and 1992, and will speak about the of all kinds relating to Burnside history; 100th anniversary of Urrbrae House in 1991, and the 2.3 to assist in the protection and preservation of history now being prepared. buildings, works and sites of historical significance in the City of Burnside; Peter Waite migrated to South Australia in 1859 and joined his brothers on a station near Terowie. He 2.4 to co-operate with similar societies and other bodies became associated with Thomas Elder in profitable throughout Australia; pastoral activities, and rose to become Chairman of Directors of Elder Smith & Co. from 1888 to 1921. He 2.5 to do all such other things as are conducive or bequeathed his home Urrbrae House, the surrounding incidental to the attainment of any of the above land and money to the University of Adelaide, to objectives. establish an Institute for research and teaching in the Science of Agriculture to benefit South Australia. OFFICE BEARERS FOR 1992 - 1993 20 July - Silverton and Talisker PRESIDENT: Mr Richard House (Ph.379 9015) Monday After the gold rush of 1851 and the early copper finds in South Australia, shepherds looked for signs of VICE-PRESIDENT: Mr John Clark mineralisation as they cared for their flocks. Thus SECRETARY: Mr Andrew Peake (Ph. 332 8884) the silver-lead deposit at Talisker near Cape Jervis was discovered in 1862. A mine developed and the town TREASURER: Mr David Reid of Silverton was established to cater for the inrush of miners. COMMI'I"l'EE: Mr Keith Batt Mr Peter Mussared will present the story of the 10 Mrs Barbara Crompton year life of the town, the mine, and the people. He Mrs Peggy House will speak as an author and a descendant of two men Mrs Barbara Parker involved in the mine and the town. Mrs Margaret Sando Mrs Evelyn White 17 August - The History of Belair National Park EDITORIAL SUB­ Mrs Barbara Parker Monday Dr John Hunwick is a well known lecturer on ecology COMMI'I"l'EE Mrs Rosemary Brown and the management of natural resources. He is the Mrs Janet Reid founder of the SA National Parks Association - an Miss Janet Clark organisation devoted to supporting the National Parks and Wildlife Service, and educating the public in the • • • • • preservation of native areas. COVER A fascinating account of events spanning 14 years preceded the completion and opening of the Murray Belair was the first of a whole system of national bridge at Edwards Crossing in 1879. It was used for stock parks in the State, and celebrated its centenary in and vehicular traffic until 1886, when the railway also 1991. crossed the bridge. Murray Bridge was gazetted in 1940. 1 21 September - South Australians in the Development of the Monday Northern Territory. For almost 50 years up to 1911, the present Northern ber - Visit and afternoon tea at cunl'mins . Territory of Australia was the Northern Province of 25 Octo - . , the family home of the Morphetts was built South Australia. Famous names associated with that Sunday :cu~:4i; 6 ~nd is now controlled by the National Trust. era include Charles Todd and the overland telegraph, ~r Joh~ Morphett was one of the _st~te's firs~ and the explorer John McDouall Stuart. settlers and played a major role in its establishment. : I Morphettville, Morphett street and Morphett Vale are Bill Mason, one of our Society's founding members and named after him. the first Secretary, lived and worked in the Northern Territory for some years. He became interested in i ts Cicely Jennings will lead a guided to~r of the hou~e history, and will speak on some of the South and grounds starting at 2.00pm. Booking details will . I Australians (particlarly those from Burnside) who be announced in the next newsletter. Cost SJ,50. helped in the development of South Australia's Northern Province during those years. J.6 November - Members' Night Monda several members will provide accounts of their . 9 - 11 October - Weekend visit to the Riverland y involvement in the second World War, when the ti~e was Planning is progressing well for a visit to South turned from disaster to eventual victory. Enquiries Australia's Riverland. A comfortable coach will leave from additional contributors will be most ":elcome. Burnside at 5.00pm on Friday 9 October. Accommodation Those interested should contact the co-ordinator David and meals will be at the Berri Hotel/Motel. Historic Rogers - telephone 379 4613. visits covering themes including locks, irrigation, paddle steamers and the Chaffey Brothers will be made on Saturday and part of Sunday, before returning home by Sunday evening. COST: final details later - approx. $160 minimum. MEETINGS of the Burnside Historical Soc~ety are he~d on the third Monday of each month in the Burnside Commu~i~y Centre at Deposit: $50.00 required by the August meeting; 8.00pm, unless an alternative time or venue is notified. Full Payment required by the September meeting . • • * * * ORGANISER: Keith Batt - telephone 332 1115. Interested persons are invited to notify or telephone Keith. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 19 October - My Walk Along Eyre's Horseshoe Lake Monday The speaker will be Mr Warren Bonython, a member of Annual membership subscriptions are due and may be paid at the our Society and a well known local identity, next meeting or posted to the Treasurer: especially in the fields of nature and geology. Mr David Reid subscriptions PO Box 152 $8 single GLENSIDE SA 5065 $12 family 2 3 Me.e;,Ung, 23Jtd Malt.ch, 1992 - SOME PROMINEWT UNITARIANS OF THE EASTERN SUBUJIBS - Pdell. Whilluun their wedding day. Annie went on to establish a well-known school for girls. Our speaker explained that Unitarians believe in God as a single entity - a Unity - as opposed to the three in one Francis Clark had died before the move to Hazelwood, but concept (Father, Son and Holy Ghost) - the Trinity. Peter went on at length about his family - educated, pub­ lic spiritedi enterprising people. John Howard Clark be­ The "unity" theory was ptit forward in AD 325 at Nicaea came editor of THE REGISTER, and Henry, with his brother, when Constantine presided over the meeting of the Council Algernon Sidney, established the Stonyfell Winery which was of the Christian Church, but Unitarianism in roughly its eventually owned by his brother-in-law-to-be, Henry Martin. present form began in Transylvania under Francis David be­ tween 1566 and 1579, and there is still a following there. Then we heard of Joseph Crompton. Born in Liverpool in 1840, he was orphaned young, brought up by aunts, and edu­ It gradually took a hold in England from the time of the cated at a Unitarian prep. school. He migrated to SA in Reformation in face of much opposition. Joseph Priestly, who '. 1860 with a letter of introduction to the Clarks at Hazel­ discovered oxygen, was a Unitarian who "escaped" to USA in wood, and he eventually married the youngest, Susan Mary the late 1700s where he established Unitarian Churches. By Clark, and they brought up their large family at Stonyfell the early 1800s Unitarians were more or less tolerated as House, which had previously been lived in by Henry Clark. dissenters, and most lived in the Midlands and northern part Joseph had a great many business interests - wine-making, It wa~ from these areas that early Unitarians came to SA. olives, trading in hides and skins, soap-making, etc. A public meeting to establish a Unitarian Church was held Next, Alfred Simpson, b. 1805, son of a Wesleyan minister at the Freemason Tavern, Pirie Street in July, 1854, and who had fallen out with the church and become a Unitarian. two hundred pounds was subscribed to bring out a minister. After his apprenticeship Alfred was admitted to the Worship­ The Rev. John Crawford Woods, a graduate of Edinburgh Uni­ ful Company of Tinplate Workers in 1826. In due course he versity, arrived in 1855 and his first service was held at migrated to SA in 1849. After a spell at the goldfields the Clarks' house, Hazelwood, at Burnside, and the second in Victoria he set up a tin-plating business in Gawler at Edward Montgomery Martins's house at OsEond Terrace, Place (then Freeman Street), making pots and pans and, later, Norwood. Services were then held at Green's Auction Yiart bedsteads, stoves, etc. His son, Alfred Muller Simpson, b. in the City until the church in Wakefield Street was ready 1843, became his partner in 1864. Alfred M. Simpson became in 1857. It was built on land given by William Everard prominent in public life including a term as MLC, 1887-94. who had arrived in SA in 1836. He had 2 sons and 3 daughters. His son, Allen, bought Peter Whitham's talk now dealt with members of the Church Undelcarra at Burnside in 1919.

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