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Geoffrey Shedley
Geoffrey Richard Shedley (10 May 1914 – 19 August 1981) was a South Australian architect and sculptor. History Shedley was born in Glenelg, South Australia, the only son of Richard Gustav (later Richard Graham) "Gus" Schedlich (1886–1931) and his wife Louie Polmear Schedlich, née Maddern (1884–1949). Their surname was anglicized shortly after, during WWI. He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, St Peter's College, also taking classes at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts. He joined the architectural firm of H. H. Cowell, and studied architecture at the University of South Australia, School of Mines 1932–1936. In 1937 he won a competition for design of a low-cost pair of attached houses for the South Australian Housing Trust, which became the first of several designs for "austerity" family homes, which with inversions and other variations totalled 150 "Cowell home" designs, realized as part of Premier Thomas Playford IV, Playford's plan to convert South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenelg, South Australia
Glenelg is a beach-side suburb of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Located on the shore of Holdfast Bay in Gulf St Vincent, it has become a tourist destination due to its beach and many attractions, home to several hotels and dozens of restaurants. Established in 1836, it is the oldest European settlement on mainland South Australia. It was named after Lord Glenelg, a member of British Cabinet and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. Through Lord Glenelg the name derives from Glenelg, Highland, Scotland. History Prior to the 1836 British colonisation of South Australia, Glenelg and the rest of the Adelaide Plains was home to the Kaurna group of Aboriginal Australians. They knew the area as "Pattawilya" and the local river as "Pattawilyangga", now named the Patawalonga River. Evidence has shown that at least two smallpox epidemics had killed the majority of the Kaurna population prior to 1836. The disease appeared to have come down the Murray River from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
