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Ashford House
Ashford House, located in the Adelaide suburb of Ashford, South Australia, was originally built in 1838 by Dr Charles Everard, and is amongst the oldest historic buildings in South Australia. The house has Local Heritage listing status with the City of West Torrens. On 19 November 2019, the City of West Torrens voted and resolved to seek State Heritage listing by the SA Heritage Council. History The current building was completed in 1882. At the rear of the house are the remains of an old gum tree, which is of historical significance as it was in place when Dr Everard arrived in 1836. Usage In 1952 The Crippled Children’s Association of South Australia purchased Ashford House. Since 1976 the house has been operated by the Department of Education and Children Development and currently forms part of the Errington Special Education Centre. It was placed on the Classified List by the National Trust of South Australia The National Trust of Australia, officially the Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashford House 2013
Ashford may refer to: Places Australia *Ashford, New South Wales *Ashford, South Australia *Electoral district of Ashford, South Australia Ireland *Ashford, County Wicklow *Ashford Castle, County Galway United Kingdom *Ashford, Kent, a town **Borough of Ashford, a local government district in Kent **Ashford (UK Parliament constituency), Kent **Ashford International railway station *Ashford, North Devon, near Barnstaple (a civil parish) *Ashford, South Hams, Devon, near Kingsbridge, in Aveton Gifford parish *Ashford, Surrey (formerly Middlesex) *Ashford Hill, Hampshire *Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire *Ashford Carbonell, Shropshire United States *Ashford, Alabama *Ashford Mill, California *Ashford, Connecticut *Ashford, New York *Ashford, Texas *Ashford, Washington *Ashford, Wisconsin, a town **Ashford (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *Ashford, Richland County, Wisconsin, a ghost town * Ashford University The University of Arizona Global Campus, formerly A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashford, South Australia
Ashford is an inner southwestern suburb of Adelaide, in the City of West Torrens. It is triangular in shape and bordered by South Road (west), Anzac Highway (southeast) and Everard Avenue (north). Two of the main features of the suburb are Ashford Hospital and Ashford Special School. ashfordsp.sa.edu.au Brownhill Creek flows through Ashford in a cement channel behind the school. The name commemorates the property and (now part of Ashford Special School) of Dr. |
Charles George Everard
Dr Charles George Everard MD (29 August 1794 – 30 March 1876) was a physician, pioneer farmer and Member of the Legislative Council, in the early days of South Australia. Early life Charles was born in Marshfield Gloucestershire on 29 August 1794. He, his wife Catherine (1786–1866), and children William (1819–1889), Charles John (1821–1892) and James George (died 1840 at aged 15) of Gloucestershire, arrived in Adelaide from London on the ship under Captain John Finlay Duff on 9 November 1836, and were present at the Proclamation of the new Colony. Contribution to South Australia Before leaving England he had purchased Sections 43 and 44 in the Hundred of Adelaide and eight Town Acres. He built his first house on one of these, on the corner of Hindley and Morphett Streets, along with a row of shops. He then turned his attention to Section 43 on the Bay Road (now Anzac Highway). Around 1838 he acquired Section 52 from Walter Thompson, making a total of 138 acres. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Lorraine Gum
Daphne Lorraine Gum MBE, OA (24 January 1916 – 28 February 2017) was an Australian pioneer in the care and education of children with cerebral palsy. Early life and education Daphne Lorraine Gum was born to Cecil and Ruby Gum on 24 January 1916 in the Pinnaroo Hospital; Pinnaroo, South Australia. Her grandfather and father owned farming lands in Pinnaroo. In 1919, she moved with her parents and elder sister Marjorie to the township of Crystal Brook, where Marjorie and Daphne commenced school. Gum's younger siblings Betty Christina ("Chris"), Donald and Denise were born at the Crystal Brook Hospital. In 1927, the family moved to North Unley, a suburb of Adelaide. Gum and her sister Chris attended a private school, Fairford House. After passing the Qualifying Certificate Examination of Grade 7, Gum entered the Methodist Ladies College (which became Annesley College in 1977). As a result of The Great Depression, and the death of Ruby in 1931, most of the family moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of West Torrens
The City of West Torrens is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Since the 1970s the area was mainly home to many open spaces and parks, however after the mid-1990s (1993-1995) the LGA became more residential. History It was established on 7 July 1853 as the District Council of West Torrens, which was one of the first local governments to be formed in South Australia following the passage of the ''District Councils Act 1852''. It became smaller over time as a number of areas within the original boundaries split off to form new municipalities: the Holdfast Bay area became part of the new Corporate Town of Glenelg on 23 August 1855, the Thebarton area seceded as the Corporate Town of Thebarton on 8 February 1883, and the West Beach area seceded as part of the Corporate Town of Henley and Grange on 4 December 1915. It gained an area from the District Council of Marion on 15 January 1903, but subsequently lost the same area to the Glenelg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Historic Houses In South Australia
This is an incomplete list of historic houses in South Australia. Historic houses See also *National Trust of South Australia The National Trust of Australia, officially the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT), is the Australian national peak body for community-based, non-government non-profit organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's Ind ... * List of National Trust properties in Australia#South Australia * List of Nationally Significant 20th-Century Architecture in South Australia * List of historic homesteads in Australia#South Australia References Further reading *Burden, Michael. (1993) ''Lost Adelaide: a photographic record''. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. *Stone, Robert M. (2010) ''Stately Homes: Mirror and Metaphor of Colonial South Australia'', PhD thesis, Department of Archaeology, Flinders University of S.A. Table of contents(1MB, 16 pages)Vol.1(20MB, 490 pages)Vol.2 – Appendices(2MB, 328 pages)Vol.3 – House Profiles(86 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novita Children's Services
Novita is a South Australian disability organisation, providing support, services and equipment to children, teens and young adults living with disability, their families and carers. In August 2019, it was announced that scosa was to merge into Novita. History The Crippled Children's Association of South Australia (CCA) origins lay in the Crippled Children's Committee formed in 1932, an inaugural meeting of the CCA was held the on 13 December 1938 and it was incorporated in 1939. The name was changed to Novita Children's Services in 2004. It originally focused on supporting children with poliomyelitis, expanding to support those with cerebral palsy by 1944, and now works with children with a broad range of needs. With the current emphasis on community based care and deinstitutionalisation, Novita Children's Services stopped providing institutional care at Regency Park in 1993, working with children and families in locally based centres and in community settings. It also provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Trust Of South Australia
The National Trust of Australia, officially the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT), is the Australian national peak body for community-based, non-government non-profit organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's Indigenous, natural and historic heritage. The umbrella body was incorporated in 1965, with member organisations in every state and territory of Australia. History Modelled on the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty and inspired by local campaigns to conserve native bushland and preserve old buildings, the first Australian National Trusts were formed in New South Wales in 1945, South Australia in 1955 and Victoria in 1956; followed later in Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. The two Territory Trusts were the last to be founded, in 1976 (see below). The driving force behind the establishment of the National Trust in Australia was Annie Forsyth Wyatt (1885–1961). She lived for much of her life in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Portolesi
Grace Portolesi (born 26 June 1968) is an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Hartley from 2006 to 2014 for the Labor Party. Previously the parliamentary secretary assisting the Attorney-General, in 2010 Portolesi was appointed Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Multicultural Affairs, Youth and Volunteers. Portolesi was appointed Minister for Education and Child Development in 2011, a position she held until 2013. From 2013 to 2014 she was the Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, and a Member of the Executive Council. She is aligned with Labor's left faction. Early life Portolesi was born in Adelaide to a migrant Italian family. She studied public policy and government at Flinders University where she became involved in student politics, serving as president of the Flinders University Student Association. After leaving university without graduating, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houses In Adelaide
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses may have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
