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Former Hindmarsh Town Hall Complex (facades), 4 Milner Street, Hindmarsh. On Kaurna Country.
The Former Hindmarsh Town Hall Complex (façades) is an outstanding example of Art Deco architecture in South Australia. Designed by South Australian architect Chris A, Smith in 1936 to visually unify an existing civic building with a substantial extension, the Former Hindmarsh Town Hall Complex (façades) articulates many key attributes of the style, including vertical emphasis; dominant symmetrical features; rendered Portland cement facades; decoration suggesting, but stylised away from, historical precedents; a skyline featuring receding steps; emphatic vertical fin-like elements; and parallel line, zig-zag and fern motifs.
The Council provisionally entered the Former Hindmarsh Town Hall Complex (Façades) in the South Australian Heritage Register as a State Heritage Place, as it is deemed to fulfil criterion (e) for State heritage listing under section 16(1) of the Heritage Places Act 1993.
This decision by Council triggers three months of community consultation with the closing date for submissions being 11 July 2025. You can read more about this place and have your say on whether you think it ought to confirmed as a State Heritage Place here
Picture of Former Hindmarsh Town Hall Complex facades
Former A.A. Stenross & Company Boatyard, 97 Lincoln Highway, Port Lincoln
Serving as a commercial enterprise between 1930 and 1980 and maintained as a museum, the Former A. A. Stenross & Company Boatyard is the only known substantially intact vernacular boatyard remaining in South Australia, demonstrating the process of wooden boatbuilding. The practice of boatbuilding changed radically after the Second World War and while wooden boats are still built commercially in South Australia is small numbers, few, if any are wholly hand-made using the vernacular materials, processes and technologies demonstrated by the Former A. A. Stenross & Company Boatyard.
The Council provisionally entered the Former A. A. Stenross & Company Boatyard in the South Australian Heritage Register as a State Heritage Place, as it is deemed to fulfil criteria (b) and (d) for State heritage listing under section 16(1) of the Heritage Places Act 1993.
This decision by Council triggers three months of community consultation with the closing date for submissions being 11 July 2025. You can read more about this place and have your say on whether you think it ought to confirmed as a State Heritage Place here.
Picture of A A Stenross Boatyard Slipways with sheds
All Soul’s Anglican Church, Lot 910 Stephen Terrace, St Peters. Kaurna Country.
All Souls’ Anglican Church, designed by architect Alfred Wells and built in 1915-1916, is an outstanding representative of Federation Romanesque architecture in South Australia.
All Souls’ demonstrates many of the style’s principal characteristics, notably its massing and simplicity and features including a tower, polygonal apse, polychrome work, round-headed openings, Marseille terracotta tile-clad roof, arcades, and stained-glass windows. Additionally, the stained-glass windows in All Souls’ Anglican Church demonstrate a high degree of aesthetic merit. Combined, these windows achieve a well-considered and harmonious ensemble achieving a sense of jewel-like beauty. The five John Henry Dearle designed Morris & Co. windows, notably War and Peace, seven William Bustard designed RS Exton & Co. windows and the Trinity, Crucifixion and Charity windows relocated from St Paul’s Anglican Church demonstrate excellence, achieving a high degree of aesthetic accomplishment.
The Council confirmed the entry of All Souls’ Anglican Church in the South Australian Heritage Register as a State Heritage Place, pursuant to sections 18(4) & 18(5) of the Heritage Places Act 1993 as it satisfies criterion (e) under section 16(1) of the Act.
Click below for a sketch of the 1915 proposal for the new All Souls’ Church, St Peters. Source: Rowney, p.48.
Christ Church Uniting (Church), 26 King William Road, Wayville. On Kaurna Country.
Designed by Colin Norton of Brown Falconer and opened in 1983, Christ Church Uniting (church) is an outstanding, innovative example of late twentieth-century ecclesiastical Modern Movement architecture in South Australia.
Responding to the emergence of informal worship styles in Protestant denominations during the 1970s, Christ Church Uniting (church) established a precedent for many churches that followed through its flexible-use chapel and associated community facilities, which blurred the boundaries between sacred and secular space. Christ Church Uniting (church) has a special association with the Uniting Church, which formed in 1977 and has been South Australia’s third-largest religious denomination since then.
Built to serve both as a local parish church and as a chapel for the former Parkin-Wesley Theological College, Christ Church Uniting (church) was the first bespoke worship complex completed by the Uniting Church in South Australia and embodies the progressive values of the organisation in its built form.
The Council confirmed the entry of the Christ Church Uniting (church) in the South Australian Heritage Register as a State Heritage Place, pursuant to sections 18(4) & 18(5) of the Heritage Places Act 1993 as it satisfies criteria (e) and (g) under section 16(1) of the Act.
Picture of Christ Church Uniting
Picture of Sanctury stained glass by Cedar Prest Christ Church Uniting
Summary of State Heritage Place
Former American River Methodist Church, 24 Ryberg Road, American River. On Ngarrindjeri, Ramindjeri, Kaurna and Narungga Country.
The former American River Methodist Church, built in 1965-1966, is an outstanding example of late twentieth-century ecclesiastical Modern Movement architecture in South Australia. Drawing on vernacular traditions while remaining architecturally minimalist, South Australian architect Eric von Schramek's innovative and economical design employed a distinctive splayed pyramidal roof to set the building apart as a place of worship, while the selection of familiar, domestic materials and construction systems grounded the church into its local context.
Built by Kingscote-based W. K. Zealand & Co, the American River Methodist Church was considered to be an ‘economical building’ at the time of its completion, costing only $12,000. The church opened on 9 January 1966.
News reports described the church roof and verandah as resembling ‘early pioneers’ houses,’ while the natural white colour of the Asbestoslite shingles and the copper cross were said to make the church a landmark ‘visible from far away on land and sea.’ In c.1966, the American River Methodist Church received a merit award from the Timber Development Association of South Australia, Incorporated ‘for the graceful, practical and beautiful use of timber.
The Council confirmed the entry of the Former American River Methodist Church in the South Australian Heritage Register as a State Heritage Place, pursuant to sections 18(4) & 18(5) of the Heritage Places Act 1993 as it satisfies criterion (e) under section 16(1) of the Act.
Picture of Former American River Methodist Church
Summary of State Heritage Place
Former Elizabeth South Methodist Church Hall, Lot 94 Harvey Road, Elizabeth Grove. On Kaurna Country.
The former Elizabeth South Methodist Church Hall demonstrates the important role various religious denominations played in forming communities at the Elizabeth new town, developed by the South Australian Housing Trust (SAHT) north of Adelaide from 1955. Elizabeth was built to support the industrialisation of the South Australian economy and was achieved in large part through the settlement of migrants, mainly from Britain and deliberately recruited by the SAHT. Community and the establishment of a ‘stable social unit’ was essential to the SAHT’s plan, and churches were encouraged to establish at Elizabeth before or soon after residents moved in.
Opened in 1956 and associated with Elizabeth South, the first of ten neighbourhood units ultimately built at Elizabeth, the former Elizabeth South Methodist Church Hall was both the first church and the first community hall to open at Elizabeth. As well as serving as a place of worship and religious fellowship, the former Elizabeth South Methodist Church Hall was a focal point for community activities during Elizabeth’s establishment phase, including community meetings, social gatherings, film entertainment, and various indoor and outdoor sporting competitions. The former Elizabeth South Methodist Church Hall offered not only a place where new migrants could worship, but one where new migrants, including those who were non-churchgoers, could meet new people, form friendships and contribute to building a community.
The Council confirmed the entry of the Former Elizabeth South Methodist Church Hall in the South Australian Heritage Register as a State Heritage Place, pursuant to sections 18(4) & 18(5) of the Heritage Places Act 1993 as it satisfies criterion (a) under section 16(1) of the Act.
Picture of Elizabeth South Methodist Church Hall 1957
Summary of State Heritage Place
Jean Flynn Presbyterian Church, 106 Goodman Road, Elizabeth South. On Kaurna Country.
Jean Flynn Presbyterian Church demonstrates the important role various religious denominations played in forming communities at the Elizabeth new town, developed by the South Australian Housing Trust (SAHT) north of Adelaide from 1955. Elizabeth was built to support the industrialisation of the South Australian economy and was achieved in large part through the settlement of migrants, many from Britain and deliberately recruited by the SAHT. Community and the establishment of a ‘stable social unit’ was essential to the SAHT’s plan, and churches were encouraged to establish at Elizabeth before or soon after residents moved in.
Built in 1957 and associated with Elizabeth South, the first of ten neighbourhood units built at Elizabeth, Jean Flynn Presbyterian Church was the third church to open and is the second-oldest remaining. As well as serving as a place of worship and religious fellowship, Jean Flynn Presbyterian Church was a focal point for community activities during Elizabeth’s establishment phase, including community meetings, social gatherings, amateur theatre, organised sporting competitions, and kindergarten. Jean Flynn Presbyterian Church offered not only a place where new migrants could worship, but also one where new migrants, including those who were non-churchgoers, could meet new people, form friendships and contribute to building community.
The Council confirmed the entry of the Jean Flynn Presbyterian Church in the South Australian Heritage Register as a State Heritage Place, pursuant to sections 18(4) & 18(5) of the Heritage Places Act 1993 as it satisfies criterion (a) under section 16(1) of the Act.
Picture of the newly completed Jean Flynn Presbyterian Church 1957
Summary of State Heritage Place
Munro Karst, 407, Hynam Caves Road, Mount Light. On First Nations of the South East Country.
Located on the Hynam Range, in the Naracoorte area of the South East region of South Australia, the location of Munro Karst is significant as the Hynam Range is probably the oldest of a series of Pleistocene coastal ridges that extend from Naracoorte to the modern coast.
These ridges have been heavily degraded by natural erosion and land use since European colonisation but preserve a record of landscape evolution, ancient sea levels, regional uplift, and glacial to interglacial climate cycles over the last two million years.
Preserved within the Munro Karst is a large, mostly intact limestone cave system that is rare on the Hynam Range and is potentially older than any others in the region, including those within the World Heritage listed Naracoorte Caves.
The Council confirmed the entry of the Munro Karst in the South Australian Heritage Register as a State Heritage Place, pursuant to sections 18(4) & 18(5) of the Heritage Places Act 1993 as it satisfies criterion (c) under section 16(1) of the Act.
Picture of Munro karst calcite decorations on tree roots
Summary of State Heritage Place
Torrens Island Quarantine Station Collection of Objects, Torrens Island Quarantine Station Complex.
The Torrens Island Quarantine Station Collection is intrinsically related to the practice of human and animal quarantine at the Torrens Island Quarantine Station during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The collection is predominantly comprised of objects dating from the 1910s when the Commonwealth government took over the management of the station through to the closure of animal quarantine in the 1990s. From grave markers to animal specimen boxes, the wide-ranging collection demonstrates several aspects of the quarantine experience in South Australia such as administration, daily experiences of patients and staff, disinfection processes, disease management, and the fatal effects of infectious diseases prior to the advent of mass immunisations.
The Council confirmed the Torrens Island Quarantine Station Collection as a collection of 43 objects intrinsically related to the heritage significance of the Torrens Island Quarantine Station, 114 Trunkway, Torrens Island pursuant to section 14(2)(b) of the Heritage Places Act 1993.
Picture of beds at Torrens Island Quarantine Station
Picture of blanket used in the 1878 Accommodation Cottage
Summary of State Heritage Object
Wilkawillina Archaeocyatha Site, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. On Adnyamathanha Country.
This site includes sedimentary rocks ranging in age from early and early-middle Cambrian approximately 530-509Ma (Million years ago).
The Wilkawillina Archaeocyatha Site is named after the Archaeocyatha marine fossils found in high concentrations in the area. The site is considered by palaeontologists as among the most complete and well-studied Archaeocyatha fossil locations in Australia. Archaeocyatha deposits have been identified in the geological formations throughout Wilkawillina and the abundant fossils allow researchers to determine the age of stratigraphical layers at high precision.
The Council approved retaining the designation of Wilkawillina Archaeocyatha Site 14377, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, Flinders Ranges in the South Australian Heritage Register as a place of palaeontological significance pursuant to section 14(7)(a) of the Heritage Places Act 1993.
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