4.0 ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPONENTS Hall Chapman, construction of the footbridge proceeded with monies from the Council as part of its commitment to the state’s centenary celebrations, and with a gift of £2,000 from Misses E and L Waite. Reputed to be the first welded steel bridge in South Australia it involved a balanced cantilever structure formed in two identical halves pivoting on two pin bearings. The halves were joined at the middle by two lateral shear locks to minimise sideways movement. The span was 152 feet (46.3m), and the bridge was fabricated by L Grove & Sons of Highgate from steel sourced from Perry Engineering. The footbridge was opened on 9 August 1937. Of some engineering, design, historic, social and aesthetic merit. Christian Brothers College Boathouse: located in the University Oval portion of Karrawirra/Park 12, a nondescript red brick two storey structure sited on War Memorial Drive overlooking the River. Erected in 1961 by builders Blunden & Co at a cost of £8,000. Of some social merit. University of Adelaide Boathouse A: located in the University Oval portion of Karrawirra/Park 12, a two storey gabled iron roofed structure sited on War Memorial Drive overlooking the River. Designed in an Edwardian style by architects English & Soward, Robert Barr Smith funded the “handsome boathouse,” measuring 18.2 x 9.1m, Victoria Drive Maintenance Building: located in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri at a cost of £750. The boatshed included a balcony that provided views of the Lake and portion of Karrawirra/Park 12 at the eastern end of Victoria Drive, a red brick structure a finishing line for races and electric lighting. Extensively changed and altered since 1910. with curved Carey Gully stone walling designed by Council landscape architect Bruce Of some social merit. Whitford in the 1960s. Of some design merit. Collegiate of St Peter Boathouse: located in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri portion of Karrawirra/Park 12 on the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri, a two-storey red brick structure with gabled roof in one portion and skillion on the other. Of some social merit. Prince Alfred College Boathouse: located in the University Oval portion of Karrawirra/Park 12, a two storey gabled iron roofed structure sited on War Memorial Drive overlooking the River and erected in c.1930. While the College and the Old Collegians Association had been active in rowing prior to 1930 it was the enthusiasm of rower HWA Miller than enabled the Association to advance £1,250 to construct a boat house and to buy rowing boats. An Edwardian red and white painted timber slat Popeye’s Boathouse: located in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri portion of structure with red painted gabled corrugated iron roof erected, and opened on 10 Karrawirra/Park 12 on the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri, a single storey green painted December 1930 by ex-Headmaster WR Bayly. Of some design, historic, aesthetic timber and red-painted galvanised roofed rectangular structure with feature finial dating and social merit. from the 1910s associated with the Popeye licence. Of some design, historic, social University Footbridge: located in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri portion of and aesthetic merit. Karrawirra/Park 12, a dramatic cantilevered footbridge over the River Adelaide High School Boathouse: located in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri Torrens/Karrawirra Parri of much picturesque charm and presence. Designed by the portion of Karrawirra/Park 12 on the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri, a two storey South Australian Railways department by engineers John Adrian Farghar and Reginald skillion roofed red brick structure with balcony erected in the 1970s replacing an earlier Bridgland with plans carrying the signature of the chief engineer of the Railways, Robert structure. Of some design and social merit. KARRAWIRRA: 686 4.0 ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPONENTS Victoria Drive Toilets: located in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri portion of Torrens Rowing Club Boathouse: located in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri Karrawirra/Park 12 to the south of Jolley’s Boathouse, a Carey Gully faced gabled portion of Karrawirra/Park 12 next to Jolley’s Boathouse, a contemporary two storey roofed toilet structure erected in the 1960s to a design by Council’s landscape architect red brick structure, with club formation origins dating back to 1903. Of some social Bruce Whitford. Of some design and aesthetic merit. merit. Victoria Drive Police Station: located in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri portion of Karrawirra/Park 12, positioned in the north-west corner of Victoria Drive overlooking the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri, a single storey rendered brick, cream coloured structure featuring portico, wrought iron security bars on windows, and red terra cotta roof tiling all composed in a Spanish design style. Designed and erected in 1928 to serve as a Water Police Station to police watercraft and water-based recreational activities on the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri, its Spanish design style is similar to the Hartley Building in Kintore Avenue erected in the late 1920s, and it was in use until 1956. Of some design, design, historic, aesthetic and social merit. Jolley’s Boathouse: located in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri portion of Karrawirra/Park 12, the two-storey Jolley’s Boathouse and restaurant composed within a timber and sheet metal clad structure dating from the 1910s following the 1914 fire of the original Jolley’s Boathouse. Of some historic and social merit. Adelaide Bridge: located in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri portion of Karrawirra/Park 12, Council prepared plans for a new bridge, to be called the Adelaide Bridge, which was officially opened on 5 March 1931 by the State Governor. A bridge some 40.2m wide with footpaths and carriage ways of the same dimensions of King William Street south of the bridge was proposed. The design by the City Engineer Torrens Parade Ground Hall: located in the Torrens Parade Ground portion of involved a three hinge reinforced concrete structure with a 36.5m main span and two Karrawirra/Park 12, the Torrens Parade Ground Hall was erected in 1935 to an Inter- 11.58m span bow-string arches over sub-portal footways. Construction commenced in War Spanish Classical style by architect CB Davies and finished in white painted cement June 1929 and works completed at the end of 1930. Light standards on pylons erected render and Marseilles red terra cotta tiles, with an extension to the south-east in the in 2003. Of some engineering, design and aesthetic merit. 1950s. Of some historic, design, social and design merit. Albert Bridge: construction commenced in 1879 by Davies & Wishart, under the supervision of city surveyor JH Langdon, to a design by (John Harry) Grainger & Worsley for a new road bridge. It occupied the site of an earlier timber carriage bridge that was washed away with floodwaters in the 1840s. The Albert Bridge foundation stone was laid by Mayor Henry Scott in August 1878, and the bridge opened on 7 May 1879 by Mayoress Mrs Jane Buik at a large public gathering. It spanned 120 feet (36.5m), with a central span of 60 feet (18.2m) between two central caissons filled with concrete. Tea Tree Gully sandstone complimented imported cast iron work obtained in England. The bridge cost £9,000. Of some historic, engineering, social, and aesthetic merit. KARRAWIRRA: 687 4.0 ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPONENTS Small Scale Elements Australian Women’s Army Service Memorial: located on the south-eastern flank of There are numerous elements in Karrawirra/Park 12 that have merit. These include: the Pennington Gardens East portion of Karrawirra/Park 12, a bronze plaque positioned beneath a Blue Atlantic Cedar (Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’) unveiled by Miss MS Cross of Sacrifice: located in the Pennington Gardens East portion of Karrawirra/Park Douglas of the Service on 17 February 1963. Of some social merit. 12, a 11.6m high Tea Tree Gully stone ‘Cross of Sacrifice’ modelled with permission of Lamp Post: located in the south-western corner of the Pennington Gardens East original designer Sir Reginald Blomfield, as erected at Clare, Wiltshire, and incorporated portion of Karrawirra/Park 12, a good example of the Paragon brand of lamp especially by architects Alfred Wells and Sir Herbert Baker in the overall design for a Women’s erected by the Council as part of the state’s Centenary in 1936 including tapering Memorial Garden. A Garden instigated by Mayoress Charles Glover, paid for by the concrete standard. Of some design and aesthetic merit. women of South Australia, and unveiled on Anzac Day 25 April 1922. Includes a bronze plaque unveiled on 25 April 1965 replacing the original 1922 inscription of the cross that had deteriorated. Has associated spotlighting that received an Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia & New Zealand (South Australia Branch) award for lighting on 19 September 1997. Of some historic, design and social merit. Cross of Sacrifice Plaque: located in the Pennington Gardens East portion of Karrawirra/Park 12, a bronze plaque unveiled on 25 April 1965 replacing the original 1922 inscription of the cross that had deteriorated. Bearing a laurel leaf motif around its surrounds and various military insignias. Of some design, historic and social merit. Freedom and Democracy Memorial: located in the University Oval portion, a Carey Gully sandstone configured memorial laid out in a circular form with a square black marble in a central position with a carving of a dove thereon. Erected in 1989, and unveiled by state Premier Don Dunstan on 4 June 1990. Of some design and social merit. Remembrance Stone and Seat: located in the Pennington Gardens East portion of America Remembers Memorial: located along Sir Edwin Smith Drive adjacent to a Park 12, the South Australian red granite carved Remembrance Stone inscribed with grove of elderly Moreton Bay Figs (Ficus macrophylla) and laid in conjunction with the ‘their names liveth for evermore’ re-copied with permission from a design by Sir Edwin planting of a Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla).