Appeals

Osmond Gilles (1788-1866), widely known as ‘O.G.’, was one of the most significant and colourful of the early South Australian colonists. Prior to coming to South Australia he had been a merchant in Hamburg from 1816-1833; during this time he married Patience Oakden, who died without issue and he did not remarry.   Although a controversial figure, with a quick temper when excited or provoked, Gilles was highly regarded for […]  Read More »

The Pilgrim Uniting Church building, dedicated in 1867 as Stow Memorial Congregational Church, is a beautiful example of ‘Revival Gothic’ architecture. The magnificent organ, originally installed in the Pirie Street Methodist Church in 1855, was the largest in the colony and has been continually upgraded since then. It was rebuilt into the south gallery of Pilgrim Uniting Church in 1973 when the Pirie Street Methodist Church closed. The Church building […]  Read More »

St Peter’s Church has an iconic place in the heart of Glenelg. One rarely meets a person who is not familiar with the church in the middle of the road! The land itself was set aside for a church at Glenelg by Colonel William Light in 1840. A first church built in 1852 soon proved too small and a new church was built and opened in 1883. Every week visitors […]  Read More »

Adare House at Victor Harbor, 75 km south of Adelaide, is a grand home completed in 1893 now owned by the Uniting Church of Australia.  It is located on the outskirts of the town along the banks of the Hindmarsh River, but with views to the ocean.  For more than sixty years, Adare House has been used by the church for group camps and more recently, for private functions such […]  Read More »

One of the most unusual and significant items cared for by the National Trust is an early domestic pipe organ built by the renowned London organ builder, Henry Bevington.  Bevington founded one of the most famous organ building enterprises of the nineteenth century.  It appears, from the nameplate, that this organ is the earliest example of its work known in Australia, and perhaps one of the earliest surviving examples anywhere, […]  Read More »

The Payneham Road Uniting Church is prominently located on Payneham Road at its intersection with Lower Portrush Road. The church (built in 1882) and the adjacent hall (built in 1905), are listed in the SA Heritage Register as a pair of fine Gothic revival buildings of outstanding architectural importance. They constitute a notable and familiar landmark. Both buildings have recently been re-roofed. The interior of the church has been sensitively […]  Read More »

The Capri Theatre is an iconic South Australian venue which was added to the State Heritage list in 1991. Originally opened in 1941 as the Goodwood Star Theatre and later purchased by the Theatre Organ Society of Australia (TOSA) in 1978, an independent not-for-profit cinema run by a network of generous volunteers. TOSA have gradually renovated and restored much of the theatre to its 1941 Art-deco/Moderne style, and now plan to […]  Read More »

St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral is the oldest Catholic Cathedral in Australia and the heart of Catholic life in Adelaide. Located in Victoria Square, the building is considered a major Australian work in the Gothic Revival style. Much has been done in recent years to restore the building’s exterior. Now, the focus of restoration work is moving to the interior of the church, including upgrading the church’s organ.    Read More »

The Cape Jaffa lighthouse  is  a  South  Australian  icon.  More  than  40  metres tall and including accommodation for two families, the lighthouse stood on Margaret Brock reef near Cape Jaffa for 100 years. Retired to the land by the National Trust of South Australia and now operating as a tourist attraction in Kingston SE, this impressive structure urgently needs major conservation work to counter the effects of corrosion and replace […]  Read More »

Gawler Connect project In partnership with the Town of Gawler, we are supporting the Gawler Connect project to restore the Town Hall and Institute Building, both significant State Heritage listed buildings from  the  1870s.  The  restoration  of  these  buildings will return these important  civic  spaces  to  their  original  splendour  and provide  a  suitable  home  to  house  the  town’s   extensive  heritage      collections.  Read More »