7 Fascinating South Australian Locations You In all probability Didn’t Know Have been Heritage-Listed!

Do you know that a spot or object could be heritage-listed for its historic, social or cultural significance, design benefit or rarity? It isn’t simply the age that issues.

In South Australia, we’ve 2,339 heritage-listed locations – which incorporates all the pieces from timber and statutes to personal properties and church buildings.

As we gear as much as rejoice South Australia’s Historical past Competition (1-31 Might), we thought we’d spotlight a number of the extra quirky, unusual and strange heritage locations in our state.

Add these websites to the listing in your subsequent street journey and impress your family and friends together with your information!

1. The Silent Cop

The place: Balaklava

The ‘Silent Cop’ was a as soon as a frequently used visitors administration system.

These metallic or concrete bollards have been put in on corners and at busy roads or intersections to information visitors and stop individuals from doing the improper factor.

The title is a reference to when police frequently managed visitors on busy roads.

Considered one of these ‘Silent Cops’ nonetheless stands in Balaklava within the state’s mid-north, in the midst of an intersection of 5 key roads.

Although a roundabout was put in in 2002, simplifying visitors administration, the Silent Cop nonetheless stands – reminding drivers to maintain left.

Whereas we’re certain the Silent Cop has performed an incredible job, we’ve it on good authority from the Wakefield Regional Council that, over time, there have been a number of cheeky drivers that haven’t adhered to its steering.

2. The Shri Ganesha Temple

The place: Oaklands Park

The Shri Ganesha Temple is recognised as South Australia’s first conventional Hindu temple.

The design of the Shri Ganesha Temple resembles the human physique mendacity on its again with the top to the east and toes to the west and homes 25 hand-crafted deities, together with Ganesha, crafted in India.

The temple is open to anybody with out cost. Should you’re considering visiting the temple, be sure you go to the web site for steering on what to put on and methods to be respectful.

3. Mounting Steps

The place: Auburn

You can stroll previous these unassuming stone steps in Auburn and never realise their significance.

Should you think about the times earlier than vehicles, mounting steps allowed individuals to step proper in to the then most well-liked type of public transport – horse-drawn carts.

As soon as a typical sight, the steps in in Auburn at the moment are one of many few remaining reminders of this bygone period. The one different identified mounting steps are in Watervale, Mintaro and Riverton.

4. The Herbig Household Tree

The place: Springton

Are you able to think about residing in a tree?

That was the case for Friedrick Herbig, who migrated to South Australia in 1855 and made his house within the hole base of a giant redgum tree.

At 21 m tall and 6 m at its widest level, the tree is considered about 500 years outdated.

It was a handy spot for Herbig who labored at a close-by dairy farm. He ultimately constructed a home near the tree when he married and had a household.

The tree was additionally used as a shelter by the Peramangk individuals, who’re the Conventional Homeowners of the area.

5. The Semaphore Timeball Tower

The place: Semaphore

The Semaphore Timeball Tower, used from 1875-1932, dropped its ‘timeball’ at a particular time every day due to an electrical impulse transmitted by landline from the Adelaide Observatory.

This helped vessels test the accuracy of their chronometers (used for navigation and timekeeping) by evaluating them with the timeball.

There have been as soon as not less than 2 different timeball constructions in South Australia, in Port Pirie and Port Adelaide, however each have been mounted on buildings and not exist.

You possibly can see this relic of a time earlier than wi-fi telegraphy for your self by visiting the Timeball Tower Reserve, which overlooks Semaphore foreshore.

6. Pildappa Rock

The place: Minnipa

Pildappa Rock, a big granite rock close to Minnipa, has the very best and longest wave formation on the Eyre Peninsula.

The rock is heritage-listed due to its geological significance. As one of the attention-grabbing and distinctive granite outcrops within the space, it offers perception into our pure historical past.

In addition to being a spectacular web site in its personal proper, those who climb Pildappa Rock can be handled to views of the encircling space, together with the Gawler Ranges.

Picnic, rest room and barbeque amenities are additionally obtainable – making it the right spot in your subsequent street journey.

To search out out extra, go to the Wudinna District Council’s web site.

7. Grave of a Japanese Naval Cadet

The place: Cheltenham

There are fairly a number of gravesites on the State Heritage Register, lots of which contribute to our information and understanding of the previous.

The grave of a younger Japanese naval cadet at Cheltenham Cemetery, in Adelaide’s western suburbs, recognises the connection between Japan and Australia.

The cadet’s title was Yoshikuma Kawakami and he died on 23 April 1887, aged simply 21 years.

He’d been travelling on the Japanese warship Ryuyo because it made its approach in the direction of Adelaide on a goodwill go to. Sadly, Yoshikuma died of a lung an infection earlier than arriving.

When the ship arrived, it was determined that the cadet could be buried at what was then referred to as the Port Adelaide and Suburban Cemetery (now Cheltenham Cemetery).

Need extra? You possibly can seek for a heritage place in on-line databases and interactive maps, equivalent to SA Heritage Locations Database, NatureMaps and the Australian Heritage Database.

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