Keep Martindale Hall For The people
The previous state government sought, unsuccessfully, to privatise the iconic Martindale Hall, star of the film Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Martindale Hall was gifted to the entire community, for all of us to enjoy.
It was never intended to be sold off, turned into luxury, private accommodation, for the benefit of a fortunate few. It must stay in the hands of the community!!
During the state election, SA Labor Deputy-Leader and now-Deputy-Premier, Dr. Susan Close, pledged her support for keeping Martindale Hall under community control.
Hear her remarks, and those from other MPs and candidates, below.
To show your support for our campaign, visit:
- The National Trust website
- Our ‘Keep Martindale Hall For The People’ Facebook page
Save our history!
Martindale Hall was bequeathed to the University of Adelaide who handed it to the State Givernment. The Government should honour this gift.. It is a beautiful, significant piece of our history amd should not be sold. The Government owes this to the public. Save our history!
We must stop selling off our historical treasures, it i s the government’s job to protect its assets for the people, especially those that have been bequeathed to the people of SA.
Let’s hope the Liberal government takes the right approach to this matter. Mrtindale Hall was doing really well several years ago when it was being well maintained and people could visit it as a mueseum during the day and sleep there overnight, in some of those historic rooms. It was fabulous and I was very sorry to hear those operators were basically thrown out for no good reason! Let’s hope things change.
This must be kept open for the people enjoy. My Mother was a Bowman and as such was a relative of the original owner/builder of Martindale Hall Edmund Bowman.
Thank you Peter. We are encouraging the new State Government to give fair consideration to the National Trust’s proposal to manage Martindale Hall.
We would be interested in hearing more about your family connections.
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Thank you Peter. We are encouraging the new State Government to give fair consideration to the National Trust’s proposal to manage Martindale Hall.
We would be interested in hearing more about your family connections.
A gift is to be cherished and shared, not privatised.
Heritage is for all people to treasure, not a development opportunity for private or commercial interests. A big NO! to selling off more of our heritage.