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Sharing stories and experiences about South Australia’s cultural heritage, including places, areas and shipwrecks.

29/10/2026

The Border Cairn (Todd's Obelisk) is the Eastern-most State Heritage Place in South Australia. The Border Cairn was built by the Government Observer (Astronomer) at the time, Sir Charles Todd in 1868. It marks the border between South Australia and New South Wales and demonstrates not only the history of surveying in South Australia but is a representation of the physical identity of the State itself. Todd was tasked with correcting a surveying error from as far back as 1839 and identified the new border using a combination of astronomical readings and telegraphic links with Sydney and Melbourne.

Image: NSW/SA Border obelisk with Douglas Robertson on a motorbike, c. 1920. State Library of South Australia [B 49427].

27/10/2026

Some State Heritage Places may be easy to miss. Along Horrocks Highway (formerly Main North Road), Watervale are two sets of Coaching Steps originally belonging to a now demolished hotel. Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in 1980, these odd stone steps were once constructed to help people onto their horses when they were the main form of transport. Examples of these steps are rare and there are believed to be very few other remaining examples in the State. A hitching post can also be found nearby.

Image: Coaching Steps. DEW Files 1979.

23/10/2026

Today we highlight two heritage listed lighthouses.

Troubridge Island Lighthouse and Troubridge Island Lighthouse Keepers’ Cottages, off Edithburgh were both confirmed as State Heritage Places in 1982. The lighthouse was completed in 1855 and was the second lighthouse built in South Australia.

Museum (former Cape Jaffa Lighthouse), 32 Marine Parade Kingston SE, on Meintangk/Moandik Country. was confirmed as a State Heritage Place in 1980. This lighthouse was opened in 1872 and was converted into a museum in 1976. Tours are run regularly.

Find out more here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/event/cape-jaffa-lighthouse-tours-2/

Image: Troubridge Island Lighthouse, 1996 & Museum (former Cape Jaffa Lighthouse), n.d., DEW Files.

21/10/2026

Radium Hill Townsite and Cemetery, Barrier Highway, Olary, was confirmed as a State Heritage Place in 2017.

The Townsite and Cemetery are significant for their close associations with the early development of uranium mining in South Australia. Exploration for Radium commenced there in 1947 and the first structures in the township were constructed in 1949.

Image: Cemetery and Roads, DEW Files, n.d.

19/10/2026

Brougham Place Uniting Church (former North Adelaide Congregational Church), 196-210 Brougham Place, North Adelaide, was confirmed as a State Heritage Place in 1985.

The church was opened on 22 February 1861 but it would continue to be constructed until the tower was completed in July 1872. The church was to be designed with Italian architectural styling. The window openings have a strong Venentian influence and it has several features that have been described as evocative of Baroque designs as well.

On Kaurna Country.

Image: DEW Files, 2019

15/10/2026

Gladstone Square Bandstand, Beauchamp Lane, Port Augusta, was confirmed as a State Heritage Place in July 1980. It is also known as the Soldiers Memorial Rotunda and was built in 1923 as a memorial to honour the people of Port Augusta that served and died in wars and conflicts. It is notable as a community place of entertainment and commemoration from before the advent of television.

On Barngarla Country

Image: DEW Files, 1979.

13/10/2026

A threshing floor is a flat surface used for processing harvested grain. Few threshing floors are so far recorded in South Australia and fewer remain intact. However, the Threshing Floor at Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park near American River, Kangaroo Island, is a good surviving example of now obsolete farming techniques.

Images: Farming, Kangaroo Island, c.1900. State Library of South Australia [B 50425]; Threshing Floor, Pelican Lagoon, DEW Files n.d.

06/10/2026

The Queen’s Chambers, 19 Pirie Street, Adelaide, were confirmed as a State Heritage Place in 1980.

The chambers were built for the estate agent GW Coton in 1869 and were designed by Garlick and McMinn. It is an interesting example of an office block at the time and was designed in an Italian architectural style.

On Kaurna Country.

Image: Queens Chambers c. 1869. State Library of South Australia [B 15334]

01/10/2026

"Marino" Homestead, 48 Kingston Crescent, Kingston Park was confirmed as a State Heritage Place in 1980. The homestead, perhaps best known as Kingston House, was built in 1840 for and possibly by George S Kingston, a prominent architect, surveyor and politician. It is one of South Australia’s oldest houses and is an example of traditional Australian architecture.

Afternoon tea is held on Sundays 2:30-4:30 for just $10 per person.
Find out more about events here: https://kingstonshistorichouse.com/upcoming-events/

On Kaurna Country
Image: "Marino" Homestead, c.1980s. DEW Files

28/09/2026

Irish Martyrs Catholic Church, Bews Terrace, Lameroo, was confirmed as a State Heritage Place in 2000.

The foundation stone of the church was laid on 27th August 1911. Irish Martyrs Catholic Church is a highly unusual example of a sophisticated style of lightweight construction and rural church architecture. The church is also an important example of the influence of Irish Catholicism in the development and social fabric of the township of Lameroo and the opening up of the Murray Mallee.

Image: Irish Martyrs Catholic Church c.1920. DEW Files.

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