• District Council of STRATHALBYN (Part) Envitonr.;0ntal Unit Department of fioad Transport '·'' HERITAGE SURVEY OF THE RIVER MURRAY ~DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING HERITAGE INVESTIGATIONS HERITAGE SURVEY OF THE MURRAY RIVER (REGION 5 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA) ' PART TWO 12. D.C. STRATHALBYN ITEM IDENTIFICATION SHEETS LiBRARY TRANSPORT SA PO BOX 1 WALKERVILLE SA 5081 Prepared for the Heritage Conservation Branch of the Department of Environment and Planning by John Dallwitz and Susan Marsden of Heritage Investigations, assisted by Peter Donovan of Donovan and Associates. Adelaide 1984. Funded under the National Estate Financial Assistance Programme . • DISTRICT COUNCIL OF STRATHALBYN WESTERN SECTION ITEM ITEM SOURCE SUBJECT PERIOD CURRENT RECOMMEN NO. STATUS AT ION 1 "View Bank" # 4.1 1853-80 A 1881-1905 2 Uniting Church Complex "rr 2.5 1906-40 8 3 Finniss store # 4.6 1881-1905 8 4 Former Finniss Station # 4.7 1881-1905 NT 8 Master's House 5 Former School House # 2.6 1881-1905 8 6 Former Church # 2.5 1853-80 8 7 Former School # 2.6 1881-1905 8 8 11 Watalunga" # 4.1 1853-80 8 9 Rankine's Ferry Site # 1.1 1830-52 A 4.1 4.7 10 "Kindaruar" JF 4.1 1853-80 8 11 "Ballawaine" JF 4.1 1853-80 8 12 "Nura Mukie" JF 4.1 1853-80 8 13 11 Poldea" JF 4.1 1853-80 8 JF Jim Faull, Alexandrina's Shore HERITAGE SURVEY REGION.S --D.C. boundary --Region boundary D.C. STRATHALBYN Q Refer to town map • Item location WESTERN SECTION Scale 1:100,000 Heritage Investigations 1984 DISTRICT COUNCIL OF STRATHALBYN EASTERN SECTION ITEM ITEM SOURCE SUBJECT PERIOD CURRENT REC011.'1END- NO. STATUS ATION a 14 Point Sturt Church tt 1.4 1853-80 NT B of Christ and 2.1 Cemetery 2.5 15 "St. Clair" JF 4.1 1853-80 B 16 Former Point Sturt # 2.5 1853-80 A School 2.6 17 "Yaaringiree 11 # 4.1 1853-80 A 4.10 18 Stone Wall JF 4.10 1853-80 B 19 "Point Sturt" # 2.1 1853-80 A 4.1 a 20 Milang Public Cemetery tt 1.4 1853-80 B a 21 House (Bagley) tt 4.1 1853-80 B 22 House (Woolfitt) # 4.1 1853-80 B 23 Former Lake Plains # 2.6 1853-80 A School a 24 House and Cool Room tt 4.1 1853-80 B 4.10 1881-1905 25 "West Creek" # 4.1 1853-80 B 1881-1905 JF Jim Faull, Alexandrina's Shore !Pl' " :,' 2111 .,., ,.. I ,_,.,_ '" ,, .•. _.. '" I I ! • , • I Pt?/16 I 2719 u:g ?Ill ""' 25 "" i " ,, :; i I'} '" I m ,.• "" "' - .. "' I ~· • ... -~., l """ •· ~810 m I '"" "'" ~ __,_ 2811 " __ I "" I I I I -. I I LAKd ! "" ! I i LAKE ALEXANDRINA I ···- r I I I _,.J _.,./ HERITAGE SURVEY REGION 5 --D.C. boundary -Region boundary D.C. STRATHALBYN Q Refer to town map • Item location EASTERN SECTION Scale 1: 100,000 Heritage Investigations 1984 DISTRICT COUNCIL OF STRATHALBYN TO\VN Of MILI\NG ITEM ITEM SOURCE SUBJECT PERIOD CURRENT RECOMHEND- NO. STATUS AT ION 26 Former Congregational # 2.5 1853-80 NT A Church 27 Former Congregational # 2.2 1853-80 A Manse 2.5 u 28 cottage rr 2.2 1853-80 B 29 House (Captain Kruse) JF 2.2 B u 30 Former Flour Mill rr 4.3 1853-80 NT A 31 st. Mary's Anglican # 2.5 1906-40 NT B Church 32 Cottage (Bowden) # 2.2 1881-1905 A 4.10 u 33 cottage rr 2.2 1853-80 B 34 Former Primitive # 2.4 1853-80 NT B Methodist Church 2.5 3.3 u 35 Former Coaching Stables rr 4.7 1881-1905 NT B 36 Church of Christ # 2.5 1853-80 NT A 37 House # 2.2 1853-80 B u 38 Institute rr 2.6 1881-1905 NT A 39 Former Police Station # 3.5 1853-80 NT A u 40 Post Office rr 4.8 1853-80 NT B 41 Cannon # 3.4 1853-80 NT A 42 shop (Schmidt and JF 4.6 1853-80 NT B Rayson) u 43 Former Lake Hotel rr 4.6 1853-80 NT A 44 Former Attached Shop # 4.6 1906-40 B (Jensen's Store) u 45 Former Butcher's Shop rr 4.6 1853-80 NT A 46 Shop (Roberts' # 4.6 1853-80 NT A General Store) u 47 Former Bakery rr 4.6 1853-80 NT A 48 Milang School # 2.6 1853-80 NT A 49 Duke of Edinburgh # 2.1 1853-80 NT A Willow Tree JF Jim Faull, Alexandrina's Shore DISTRICT COUNCIL OF STRATHALBYN TOWN OF MILANG ITEM ITEM SOURCE SUBJECT PERIOD CURRENT RECOMMEND-· NO. STATUS AT ION 50 Pier Hotel # 4.6 1853-80 NT A 51 Former Milang Butter # 4.3 1881-1905 NT A Factory 52 Jetty and Hand Crane # 4.7 1853-80 NT A 4.10 53 "Langmead'' JF 2.2 B JF Jim Faull, Alexandrina's Shore 2080 ~"' 284] I 1 97 -t /... Park Lands ) " 52 2361A 186 \ ' \ \ ' \ \ \ \ \ \ I 2362A I I I I I 3 I I I I ··-. I I ····· I I I I I HERITAGE SURVEY REGION 5 ••• Proposed Heritage Area " Inv t · · · STRATHALBYN •_s_c_a~l~e~l~~==l~O~,~o~o~o~ __ _2H~'=':::'~·t::<::q:::__:~=:·~I~t~e~rn~l~o~c~a~t~>~·o~n~--_J~~~~~~~~~~~~-------es 1gations 1984 TO\vN CF MILANG -·- ,, South HERITAGE SURVEY HERITAGE SURVEY REGION 5 Australian Item Ref. No. Heritage ITEM IDENTIFICATION SHEET 1 Act ITEM NAME: Office Use 1978-80 "View Bank" ITEM No. Former or other DOCKET No. HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE LOCATION Address Just outside the hamlet of Finniss, a road ends at what was patently the big house of the district. This was the Bowmans' Town Finniss "View Bank" aptly named, as the homestead is placed on a high Postcode bank of the Finniss River, wiL~ extensive views. The house Section 2426 large but not grandiose, a single storey building carefully Hundred Kondoparinga constructed in stone with protruding dressed stone quoins. County low-set front section (kitchen) has its own verandah with L.G.A. strathalbyn andahs on the other three sides of the house. There is a cas­ S.H.P. Region 5 tellation over the front entrance. A.M.G. Ref. 6627-II 54 30210 608150 Downslope is a large brick and stone shed which may have been~-------------------------- originally horse-yard and stables. SUBJECT 1 William Bowman, as one of the districts early pastoralists, 4.1 was in occupation of this property by 1844, purchasing the land freehold in the early 1850's. Bowman was elected as first Chairman of the District Council of Bremer in 1855 but left the area in about 1857. Although sections of the house may date from Bowman's ownership, the present building PERIOD to date from the 1880s when it was owned by William Sander­ State grove Rogers. The stone and brick shed may date from an earlier period. Study Area 1853-80 1881-1905 REFERENCES TYPE OF ITEM LAND Natural feature D Cockburn, Pastoral pioneers, vol. II, p.221 Historical site D Faull, Alexandrina's shore, pp. 33, 37,64,71 Historical Gdn. D National Trust, 3050 BUILDING [X] STRUCTURE D PHYSICAL CONDITION Verbal Archival PHOTOGRAPH Film No. 841 Negative No. 12 STATUS Direction of view to SE Reg. of State Her. Items Reg. 0 Interim L 0 Nominated 0 f$ National Estate :;:?J} Y'd;)!kSoT,' Reg. 0 Proposed L D National Trust CL 0 RL 0 File(]] Other .-i co. .-i .-i. N"" '.... ~ UJ H H HERITAGE INVESTIGATIONS Date: 1983 PROJECT HERITAGE SURVEY REGION 5 Item Ref. No la . mr .l : . l . L • G .A. .:; \ Strathalbyn . _:_--·. ,.., I . -11'-~ _;·=-·.!l· i 'r u_ ' Film No. 841 N~gative No. 11 IIIIIIIR~IDlrection of view Film No . 841 Negative No 9 D' . I.rection 0 f VJ..EW. -·~· -;---- .. : -· ·-;..' / Film No. 841 N~gative No. 13 DJ..rection of Vl.EW. South HERITAGE SURVEY HERITAGE SURVEY REGION 5 Australian Item Ref. No. 9 Heritage ITEM IDENTIFICATION SHEET Act ITEM NAME: Rankine's ferry site Office Use 1978-80 ITEM No. Former or other DOCKET No. HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE LOCATION Address "The Rankine brothers had been the first to take up land at Town Clayton Bay EstatE Strathalbyn, running stock down to the shore of Lake Postcode Alexandrina, and their holdings were soon extended to Section 447 Point Sturt. By the end of 1838, Dr. John Rankine had Hundred Alexandrina leased Hindmarsh Island from the Crown for;{_ 10 per annum and County on it he built a substantial house of local limestone rubble L.G.A. Strathalbyn called 'The Castle' (see D.C. Port Elliot and Goolwa item S.H.P. Region 5 no. 40). The house was surrounded by accommodation for his A.M.G. Ref. 6626-I stock keepers and further homes were erected ... on the 54 31210 606900 opposite side of the narrow neck of lake under Clayton Cliffs; the two establishments were connected by a ferry. SUBJECT These buildings were some of the earliest in the lakes region to be constructed of permanent materials and con­ 1.1 stitute the only recorded complex of any size before 1845." 4.1 4.7 At this site the ferry landing area and a few limestone wall relics appear to be the only visible remains of the Rankine settlement on the Clayton Peninsula. The historical PERIOD significance of the Rankine enterprise, however, make this State an important archaeological site.