Wairoa, Aldgate
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Wairoa is a historic home and garden located in the Adelaide Hills between Aldgate and Stirling in South Australia. The house and associated buildings were listed on the South Australian Heritage Register with effect from 29 June 1999.[1] The gardens are regularly open to the public as part of the Australian Open Garden Scheme.
The 13-hectare (32-acre) property was purchased in 1888 by William Horn, and most of the house had been completed by the early 1890s
History
The house/property has been owned/occupied by:
1888 - | 1896 | William Horn |
1896 - | 1941 | Tom Elder Barr-Smith and family |
1941 - | 1965 | Daughter Joanna Lang Barr-Smith, Lady Gosse (1886-1965) (Married Sir James Hay Gosse (1876-1952) in 1907) |
1965 - | 1972 | Screenings Pty Ltd |
1972 - | 2004 | Marbury School, Aldgate |
2004 - | 2007 | |
2007 | Community titled | |
2007 - | 2019 | Several families |
2020-now Privately owned
References
- ^ "Marbury School, including Main House (former dwelling 'Wairoa'), & Guesthouse, Stables, Garden, Gatehouse and Gates". State Heritage Register. Government of South Australia. 29 June 1989. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
Sources
- http://wairoa.com.au/
- http://wairoa.com.au/history/
- http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b2617101 (Keelan, Michael (2009) "Heavenley Heritage", SA life, vol. 6, no. 5 (May 2009), pp. 70–75)
- Article about the historic garden 'Wairoa' in Aldgate owned by Kirsty and Ian Dodd and Wendy and Richard Bray. Article includes a reproduction of a watercolour by William Tibbetts [sic].
- http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b2247929 ("Wairoa, present and past", Advertiser, 7 July 1979, pp. 21–22)
- http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b2240286 (Jones, David Sydney (1999), "Heritage living", Spring 1999, pg.16)
- http://www.ahc.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Report_dap_8_April_2008_-_2-142_Mt_Barker_Road__Aldgate_-_473-503-07.pdf
- Development application to turn Marbury School Boarding House and outbuildings into two dwellings (8 April 2008)
- http://www.postcards-sa.com.au/features/adel_hills_gardens.html - "Postcards" 2003
External links
- Copyright photographs
35°00′40″S 138°43′42″E / 35.011123°S 138.728464°E