Lost Opportunities

In September 2022, the State Commission Assessment Panel granted permission to the YWCA organisation to knock down an 1890s sandstone villa on Hutt Street, to make way for an affordable housing apartment complex. The dwelling formed part of a row of five villas constructed between 1895 and 1898. Although the building had been recommended to be put on the Local Heritage Register, it had no protections, meaning that there was […]  Read More »

In October 2022, during the council elections, the National Trust of South Australia brought together strong local advocates to discuss how we make the protection of our natural and built heritage prominent issues in our local community, and in the minds of local government candidates. How do we ensure that the voices of local heritage protection are loud, clear, and impossible to ignore? How do we successfully lobby, and work […]  Read More »

An application to demolish a Local Heritage Place in Unley has unfortunately been approved. The existing dwelling has some serious structural defects and has been deemed “past the end of its serviceable life” in engineering reports. The owners do appear have a genuine affinity with the building and it is understandable why they have applied to demolish it considering its poor state. Nevertheless, it will still be sad to see […]  Read More »

Built circa 1886, 158 Stephen Terrace, Walkerville, affectionately known as Aviemore, was the family home of notorious Australian aviators Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith. It was also briefly inhabited by George Arthur Goyder, son of Surveyor General George Woodroffe Goyder. An article published in the Register shortly after the tragic death of Sir Ross in 1922 reads: “Aviemore, Stephen Terrace, Walkerville, is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew […]  Read More »

The Jubilee Exhibition Building was once the grandest building to line the North Terrace cultural boulevard. It was built in 1887 on the land of the Kaurna people, who have lived on the Adelaide Plains for over 60,000 years. The Jubilee Exhibition Building replaced an earlier, more humble exhibition building constructed in 1860. The idea for a new, grand exhibition building was first proposed in 1883. The building would house […]  Read More »

150 people from across the community joined the National Trust of South Australia’s ‘Heritage For The People’ State Election Forum, which happened online, on February 15, 2022. Candidates were quizzed about a range of topics relating to built and natural heritage, climate change, and planning policy. We were joined by Dr. Susan Close, Labor Deputy-Leader; Greens MLC, Robert Simms; SA Best MLC Frank Pangallo; and Independent MP for Waite, Sam […]  Read More »

  The Jade Monkey building at 29 Twin Street in Adelaide was the subject of an intense heritage battle in 2012. At the time it was a very popular and successful live music venue, which had its lease terminated when the owners received approval to build a budget hotel next door. Thousands of live music devotees and heritage building fans made long and loud protests to the government, Adelaide City […]  Read More »