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Ashville is a locality in
South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
along the
Princes Highway Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney via Melbourne to Adelaide through the states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and South Australia. It has a length of (along Highway 1) or via the former ...
between
Tailem Bend Tailem Bend (locally, "Tailem") is a rural town in South Australia, south-east of the state capital of Adelaide. It is located on the lower reaches of the River Murray, near where the river flows into Lake Alexandrina (South Australia), Lake Al ...
and Meningie. The locality is named after George Ash, who was a member of the
South Australian Legislative Assembly The House of Assembly (also known as the lower house) is one of two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia, the other being the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. Overview The House of Assemb ...
in the 1890s and a business partner of
Charles Cameron Kingston Charles Cameron Kingston (22 October 1850 – 11 May 1908) was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was a radical liberal Premier of South Australia, occupying this office with the support of Labor, which in the House of Assembly w ...
. In 1913, the district population was 80 people. A school at Ashville opened in 1895 and closed in 1959. A school hall built of stone opened in December 1918 to serve the purposes of "...the education of the children, a place of meeting and wholesome recreation for the young people, and a place of worship" at a cost of £600. It benefited the people of Ashville, Poltalloch and Albert Hill. The debt was still being paid off in 1920. The Ashville Memorial Hall was "erected in memory of those who served". An appeal for funds following World War II included a gala country fair in 1949 at Poltalloch. The building now houses an art gallery and antique shop.


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