ARDROSSAN
& DISTRICT HISTORICAL
MUSEUM
Telephone
(08) 8837 3074 This
museum building is the
old power house factory,
once owned and operated
by Clarence Smith. On
display is a collection
of farm implements along
with the original drawings,
catalogues, photographs
and much more material
connected with the factory.
It also incorporates
a general folk museum.
EDITHBURGH
DISTRICT MUSEUM
Telephone
(08) 8856 6214 This
fascinating museum depicts
the maritime history
of Edithburgh. the history
of the salt industry
and early settlement
of the district. It
also boasts a unique
flora reserve.
BANKING
AND CURRENCY MUSEUM
Telephone
(08) 8821 2906 This
is Australia's only
privately owned museum
of this kind. The collection
is displayed in a fine
two- storeyed ex-Bank
of South Australia building
dating back from 1873.
Included are collections
of issued and proof
coins, gold coins, foreign
and Australian currency,
notes with printing
errors and more material
of interest, such as
banking memorabilia
.
KADINA
MUSEUM COMPLEX
Telephone
(08) 8821 2721 This
is an agricultural museum
complex with an emphasis
on the folk history
of the district's pioneers,
many of whom were German.
The complex includes
Matta House, a mine
manager's residence
built in 1863 and furnished
with Victoriana. It
incorporates the largest
printing museum in the
state; many of its machines
are in working order.
There are also displays
of mining equipment,
photographs and many
other types of 11th
century industrial and
agricultural equipment.
The property is owned
and managed by The National
Trust.
ST.
JOHN'S ANGLICAN CHURCH
Telephone
(08) 8832 2220 This
gracious 19th century
church was finished
in 1876. It is noted
for a series of stained
glass windows, designed
and made by top Adelaide
artist Cedar Prest,
depicting rural scenes.
MAITLAND
MUSEUM.
Telephone
(08) 8832 2220 This
is an agricultural and
folk history museum
spread over three buildings
featuring photographs,
maps and artefacts.
The history of the district
is traced from pre-
European settlement
through to the 20th
century. Displays covering
the schools of central
Yorke Peninsula are
housed in an old schoolhouse
dating from 1878. The
agricultural heritage
of the district is explained
with implements and
photographs and looks
at the use of the land.
A special feature of
this display is an early
clover harvester.
BUTLER
MEMORIAL
Local
hero Captain Harry Butler's
World War I feats are
commemorated in this
memorial. The hangar
style building contains
the famous World War
I Bristol fighter aeroplane,
the '"Red Devil",
flown in France and
Australia by Butler.
It is believed to be
the only one of its
kind left in the world.
Static displays reveal
Butler's exploits and
provide a detailed history
of the recently refurbished
monoplane.
JOLLY'S
VINTAGE TRACTOR and
ENGINE COLLECTION
Telephone
(08) 8853 2364 This
museum contains a working
display of restored
antique tractors, stationary
engines and steam engines.
Other items such as
tools, spark plugs,
kero boxes and enamel
signs are also featured.
Open by appointment.
NATIONAL
TRUST MUSEUM
Telephone
(08) 8853 2127 This
museum displays World
War I flying ace Harry
Butler's memorabilia
and historic records.
General interest items
include domestic appliances,
crockery, furniture,
photographs and paintings.
LOCAL
and FAMILY HISTORY
RESOURCE CENTRE
Telephone
(08) 8825 3422 In the
Moonta Mines School
House, the Resource
Centre has a comprehensive
collection of local
and family history,
resource documents including
local and state newspapers
on microfilm. There's
also a large display
of old radios and related
artefacts.
MINER'S
COTTAGE & GARDEN
Telephone
(08) 8825 2172 The National
Trust Miner's Cottage
is a typical Cornish
cottage, built around
1870 from wattle and
daub, mud bricks, clay
and limestone, and is
furnished in period
style. The garden has
been recreated in the
style of the original
cottage garden and the
stick fence is characteristic
of the mining era.
MOONTA
MINIES METHODIST CHURCH
Telephone
(08) 8825 2319 The Moonta
Mines Chapel was built
in 1865 and seats 1250
. It is noted for its
cedar fittings and pipe
organ with more than
600 pipes. Money from
the State Heritage Fund
has been used to restore
the interior.
MOONTA MINES MUSEUM
Telephone (08) 8825
3422. This important
museum is in the old
school building. Built
in 1878, the school
enrolled more than
1,000 pupils each
year at the peak of
the mining era in
the 1880s. Its many
rooms display mine
artefacts and relics
from the district's
many Cornish homes.
Displays include photographs,
lamps, clocks, needle
and lacework, kitchen
and laundry utensils,
household items and
furniture. Special
displays are a mining
room, school room,
regalia of lodges
and friendly societies
and a large exhibit
of local sports and
recreation.
MOONTA
MINES RAILWAY
Telephone
(08) 8825 3422 This
attraction takes visitors
around the Wheal Moonta
Mining site in a restored
light gauge locomotive
with carriages and ore
trucks. The train passes
the old mine reservoir,
shafts, and ore sorting
floors through a tunnel
under Ryan's skimp heap
and past large slime
areas. At the wash and
dry house signs have
been erected showing
how the area was worked
and copper recovered.
PORT
VICTORIA MARITIME
MUSEUM
Telephone
(08) 8834 2057. The
maritime museum collection
consists of many photographs
of square rigger and
other sailing ships
that once called at
this port, and includes
relics recovered from
the numerous shipwrecks
that dot the coast.
WARDANG
ISLAND
Wardang
Island lies about eight
kilometres off Port
Victoria. Around it
is a veritable graveyard
of ships, with at least
thirteen known wrecks
in the area; eight have
been located. You can
now visit some on the
Wardang Island Maritime
Heritage Trail, an underwater
trail along which plaques
have been installed
at the site of wrecks.
A waterproof booklet
is available from local
shops and museums.
STANSBURY
MUSEUM
Telephone
(08) 8852 4231 In the
district's original
school building, this
museum contains many
items of local social
history.
WALLAROO
NAUTICAL MUSEUM
Telephone
(08) 8823 2366 This
National Trust museum
is divided into sections
depicting 'Wallaroo's
long and colourful history.
The main building contains
extensive displays of
the famous copper smelting
era (1860-1923). It
was built in 1865 as
the towns's first post
office and contains
displays of postal,
telephone and municipal
history. The maritime
complex outlines the
entire history of the
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