Appeals filed under: Historic

Sitting in the middle of Torrens Square, Augusta Street, St Peter’s Anglican Church has a unique place in the heart of Glenelg and South Australia. A new conservation appeal will support the ongoing preservation of this important church for future generations. Torrens Square was set aside for a church at Glenelg by Colonel William Light in 1839. The first church, built in 1852, was reported by the SA Register (29 […]  Read More »

  Robe is one of South Australia’s earliest and best preserved townships.  This historic port was established in 1846 and boasts one of the finest collections of stone buildings from the mid nineteenth century.  It thrived as the gateway to the South-East from the 1850s to 1870s, including as a landing place for thousands of Chinese would be miners heading for the Victorian goldfields. By the 1890s, with the coming […]  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 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 »