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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »