Port Adelaide - Buildings
Hotels and Breweries
Also see:
Adelaide - Hotels and Lodging Houses
South Australia - Industries -
Rural, Primary and Secondary - Brewing.
Comprehensive information on early hotels is in the Register,
16 June 1915, page 5a.
The Register of
3 May 1917, page 8d says:
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The building of Fletcher's slip in 1850 induced Robert Snowden to lease part
of the same section to build the Waterman's Arms, which opened in 1851, being
the second on LeFevre Peninsula. The first was opposite the North Arm, but
it did ot get the support expected and closed in a couple of years.
"Port Adelaide's Public Houses - A Peep Into History" is in the Register,
16 January 1917, page 7e.
Information on Robert Snowden's Waterman's Hotel is in the Register,
3 May 1917, page 8e.
Information on the Old Ship Inn is in the Advertiser,
3 July 1923, page 13c.
The history of the Port Adelaide Brewery built by George Coppin in about
1850 is in the Register,
18 December 1876, page 5f.
The laying of the foundation stone of Coppin's Port Adelaide theatre is reported
in the Observer,
19 October 1850, page 1e (supp.).
A sketch of Coppin's White House Cellar is in the Mercury & SA Sporting
Chronicle,
22 March 1851.
The opening of the Britannia Hotel is reported in the Register,
25 October 1850, page 2e.
An obituary of Thomas Calton, hotelier, is in the Register,
8 June 1857, page 2h.
Breweries at Port Adelaide are discussed in the Register,
17 November 1865, page 2e.
"Port Adelaide Brewery" is in the Observer,
23 December 1876, page 20e.
Knapman's Brewery is described in the Register, on
25 July 1868, page 3b.
An obituary of W.H. Knapman, brewer, is in the Register,
26 July 1900, page 5a; also see
25 June 1908, page 5a.
Information on the Prince's Hotel is in the Register,
13 January 1873, page 6c,
Observer,
18 January 1873, page 10a,
the Royal Arms Hotel on
20 October 1877, page 20a (also see
Advertiser,
18 August 1937, page 23b),
the Brunswick Pier Restaurant and Hotel on
13 July 1878, page 19e,
the British Hotel in the Register,
18 January 1877, page 7a.
Information on the Port Hotel is in the Register,
12 June 1878, page 5d.
"Hotels at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
28 June 1878, page 5d,
6 July 1878, page 5b.
Mr Ford's new hotel on North Parade is described in the Register,
14 June 1878, page 5c;
(his obituary is in the Register,
13 April 1885, page 5a);
similarly, the Club House Hotel is discussed on
28 June 1878, page 5d; also see
17 December 1878, page 5d.
A sketch of the Temperance Hotel is in Frearson's Weekly,
5 July 1879, page 168.
Information on the Prince Alfred Hotel is in the Register,
19 and 21 August 1879, pages 6f and 6g,
on the Britannia Hotel on
27 February 1889, page 4h.
An obituary of James Broderick of the Jervois Hotel is in the Register,
22 November 1900, page 4g,
Observer,
24 November 1900, page 29c,
of J.B. Anderson on
4 January 1901, page 28b,
of Hector McAulay on
24 September 1904, page 21a,
of W. Knapman on
27 June 1908, page 40d,
of William J. Reed on
4 April 1914, page 41a.
A history of the Wharf Hotel is in the Express,
2 March 1902, page 2c.
"Sunday Trading - Publicans Prosecuted " is in the Register,
19 May 1906, page 5h.
Also see South Australia -
Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.
Historical information on local hotels is in the Register,
24 December 1908, page 9g,
Express,
23 and 24 December 1908, pages 6a and 2d.
"Port Adelaide's Public Houses" is in the Register,
16 January 1917, page 7e.
"Local Option - Hotels" is in the Register,
2, 4 and 5 February 1909, pages 8e, 8a and 3e.
"Fight in [Colac] Hotel - Fatal Termination" is in the Register,
22 and 25 March 1910, pages 8h and 11c,
Observer,
26 March 1910, page 41c.
Institute
A proposal to erect an Institute is in the Observer,
10 September 1859, pages 2g-4h; also see
24 September 1859, page 2h,
15 October 1859, page 2h.
The Port Adelaide Institute is discussed in the Register,
15 January 1872, page 5e; also see
20 June 1872, page 5b and
17 October 1872, page 3e,
2 November 1874, page 6c,
Express,
17 and 19 October 1872, pages 3c and 2d,
Observer,
15 and 29 January 1876, pages 11c and 12a.
Its opening is reported in the Register,
24 October 1876, page 6c; also see
Chronicle,
13 January 1877, page 6d.
A controversy over opening it on Sundays is aired in the Register,
28 February 1877, pages 5a and 7b,
1 March 1877, page 6a,
while a complaint about other services appears on
30 September 1882, page 6c; also see
6 July 1892, page 6c,
21 August 1892 (supp.), page 1a for a history of the Institute and
5 February 1897, page 3c,
22 August 1906, page 7g.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
March 1875.
A presentation to the Institute's librarian, Arthur Rose, is reported in
the Observer,
4 December 1897, page 16d.
Biographical details of F.E. Meleng are in the Observer,
25 March 1899, page 14c.
"What the Children Read [at the institute]" is in the Register,
25 March 1899, page 6e.
Information on extensions is in the Register,
13 June 1899, page 6f.
"The Port Adelaide Institute - After Fifty Years" is reported in the Advertiser,
20 November 1902, page 7a.
"Jubilee of Port Adelaide Institute - Historical Sketch" is in the Register on
20, 24 and 25 November 1902, pages 6g, 4c and 6d.
"Institute's Great Work" is in the Register,
6 March 1908, page 5g.
A complaint about the Institute is made in the Register,
9 February 1909, page 9g:
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The craze for magazines and rubbishy novels is indulged in even to a greater
extent than when I called attention to it... about four years ago.
Also see Register,
9 and 11 March 1909, pages 4e, 3g,
13 April 1909, page 9c,
The News,
27 October 1927, page 10e.
Photographs of the opening of a new Institute are in The Critic,
10 February 1915, page 12.
"Charles R. Morris Scholarship Roll" is in the Register,
24 June 1921, page 5e.
Mills
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming - Mills.
Information on a steam flour mill is in the Observer,
8 April 1854, page 5e.
The opening of the Port Adelaide Mill is reported in the Register,
23 March 1855, page 3h.
Information on Mr T.L. Coombe's flour mill is in the Register,
6 October 1864, page 2d,
Observer,
17 December 1864, page 7h; also see the
Express,
16 December 1864, page 2b,
Register,
24 August 1865, page 3e.
The opening of Mr T.L. Coombe's flour mill is reported in the Observer,
17 December 1864, page 7h; also see
the Express,
16 December 1864, page 2b.
The opening of Dunn's mill is reported in the Register,
3 January 1867, page 3f;
a sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
October 1880; also see
Advertiser,
20 September 1886, page 5g,
26 March 1887, pages 5a-6f;
Register,
24 March 1887, page 6g and Port Adelaide
- Industrial Relations.
For the opening of the Eclipse Flour Mill see Observer,
9 April 1887, page 31c.
Information on the Sarnia Steam Mills is in the Observer,
6 June 1868, page 3d,
Register,
10 April 1885, page 7c.
The Hemp Works is discussed in the Express,
10 April 1869, page 2b,
Advertiser,
12, 16 and 19 April 1869, pages 3f, 3e and 3d.
"The Hemp Company" in the Observer,
1 May 1869, page 5g.
Harrison's Flour Mill is described in the Register,
6 January 1876, page 6c,
17 July 1885, page 6e,
Chronicle,
1 August 1885, page 7f.
It was the first mill in South Australia to be lit up at night by electricity
- see
14 November 1885, page 5a; also see
11 August 1888, page 12g,
8 January 1889, page 7e.
A sketch is in Frearson's Weekly,
1 May 1880, page 133.
A fire at the mill is reported in the Observer,
16 August 1924, page 46.
Information on steam saw mills is in the Observer,
11 April 1885, page 32b and
on T. Hack's timber yard in the Chronicle,
11 April 1885, page 23c.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
December 1884, pages 184 and 189.
Messrs Russell, Reid and Dickson's timber mill is described in the Register,
29 April 1886, page 7a,
Reid Brothers on
17 September 1910, page 16e.
W. Thomas and Co's Roller Mills are described in the Register,
9 July 1886, page 7f.
The introduction of electric light into flour mills is reported in the Register,
26 March 1888, page 7c.
An article on flour mills is in the Express,
20 November 1888, page 4b.
An obituary of William Thomas, miller, is in the Register,
23 November 1891, page 4h.
Messrs Gill, Gellert and Co's new flour mill is described in the Register,
22 May 1893, page 3h and
the flour milling industry in the Advertiser,
22 May 1893, page 7f.
Information on the Adelaide Milling Company is in the Observer,
9 May 1903, page 25.
A fire at the mill is reported in the Express,
15 March 1905, page 1f,
Register,
15 and 16 March 1905, pages 5h and 6c,
22 March 1921, page 5b.
Information on and photographs of the Adelaide Milling Co Flour Mill are
in the Observer,
9 May 1903, page 25;
its destruction by fire is reported in the Register,
15 and 16 March 1905, pages 5h and 6c.
An obituary of Thomas Whale, mill builder, is in the Observer,
11 May 1907, page 40c,
of A.P. Hall, miller, on
7 December 1907, page 40a.
A photograph of John Darling & Sons employees is in the Chronicle,
22 August 1908, page 29;
the destruction by fire of the company's flour mill is reported in the Observer,
10 January 1920, page 44d.
The destruction of Berry, Hodgson & Co's timber mill by fire is reported
in the Register,
4 October 1912, page 7a.
The destruction of Cowell Brothers' timber mill by fire is reported in the Observer,
4 June 1921, page 29e.
Information on Mr J.W. Cowell is in the Observer,
8 April 1905, page 43b.
A fire at Harrison's Flour Mill is reported in the Observer,
16 August 1924, page 46.
"Port Adelaide Flour Mills" is in the Register,
11 August 1924, page 7c.
Miscellany
Information on the Jerusalem Coffee House is in the Observer,
12 January 1850, page 3a,
20 July 1850, page 3b; also see
Register,
16 February 1854, page 3h.
Also see Adelaide - Coffee Taverns
and Palaces.
The Powder Magazine is discussed in the Observer,
17 March 1855, page 8c,
Register,
27 February 1873, page 4e and
28 April 1873, page 5d,
2 and 3 August 1882, pages 4e and 5c.
Also see Place Names - North Arm.
Information on the Mechanics' Institute is in the Observer,
21 April 1855, page 5f.
A report on a new Customs House, Court House and Police Station is in the Chronicle,
1 October 1859, page 2f.
A report on the laying of the foundation stone of a new Customs House, Police
Station and Local Court is in the Register,
3 November 1859, page 3f.
A sketch is in Frearson's Weekly,
22 February 1879, page 9,
8 November 1879, page 321,
Pictorial Australian in
December 1879.
"The Custom House" is in the Chronicle,
20 November 1880, page 8b.
"New Buildings at Port Adelaide" is in the Observer,
8 October 1864, page 4f (supp.),
8 April 1865, page 1f (supp.).
The laying of the foundation stone of the Town Hall is
reported in the Register,
12 June 1865, page 3a; also see
Chronicle
1 September 1866, page 5d for its opening and Port
Adelaide - Civic Affairs - Corporate and Allied Affairs.
William Blackler's warehouse is described in the Register,
5 April 1865, page 2d.
Information on the new post office is in the Register,
23 June 1865, page 2e;
an obituary of William Rossi, postmaster, is in the Register,
11 May 1905, page 4i; also see
19 May 1905, page 6f,
of John Bastard, postmaster, in the Register,
18 June 1908, page 5c.
Information on a proposed new Post Office is in the Express,
6 and 20 July 1916, pages 2f and 2d,
28 August 1916, page 4f,
27 October 1919, page 2d,
Register,
29 August 1916, page 6e,
8 September 1916, page 7d,
12 July 1922, page 9e,
9 May 1924, page 12f (history of),
17 March 1926, page 11c,
29 October 1926, page 10c,
20 and 23 March 1928, pages 10h and 13d;
photographs of both offices are in the Chronicle,
28 January 1928, page 58.
The gasworks are described in the Register,
5 November 1866, page 3a.
"Building Improvements at Port Adelaide" is in the Register on
16 January 1866, page 3b; also see
Advertiser,
26 January 1869, page 3a.
The opening of an Oddfellows' Hall is reported in the Register,
20 and 21 November 1866, pages 2h and 3h; also see
15 January 1867, page 3c.
Comment on buildings erected during 1866 is in the Register,
15 January 1867, page 3c.
Information on a new telegraph station is in the Register,
8 October 1866, page 2f.
John Hart & Co's store is described in the Register,
18 January 1869, page 3b.
New buildings constructed during 1868 are described in the Register,
18 January 1869, page 3a,
Observer,
6 February 1869, page 15g.
Building improvements in 1873 are discussed in the Chronicle,
10 January 1874, page 6c.
The Kerosine Store is reported upon on in the Register,
8 March 1873, page 4e.
A proposed Masonic Hall is discussed in the Observer,
24 July 1875, page 10f.
The laying of its foundation stone is reported in the Register,
7 March 1881, page 6g.
For its opening see
19 November 1881, page 5d; also see
7 February 1928, page 13h.
Also see South Australia -
Miscellany - Freemasonry.
A sketch of government buildings is in the Pictorial Australian in May 1876.
Harris, Scarfe's new store is described in the Register,
20 July 1877, page 5c.
Also see Adelaide - Buildings.
New buildings constructed during 1877 are described in the Register,
1 January 1878, page 6g; also see
1 January 1879 (supp.), page 1a,
2 January 1880, page 5e.
The museum is discussed in the Register,
16 and 17 January 1879, pages 6b and 6c and
an art gallery in the Observer,
4 June 1881, page 994e,
22 July 1882, page 42c.
Information on Elder, Smith & Co's "new" store is in the Observer,
10 July 1880, page 68d.
Building improvements in 1880 are discussed in the Register,
13 January 1881, page 5a.
Information on the new Advertiser office building is in the Chronicle,
6 August 1881, page 8g.
A new hall for the Working Men and Women's Mission of Port Adelaide in Dale
Street is described in the Register,
28 November 1883, page 5b.
"Growth of Port Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
9 February 1878, page 5b,
Register,
25 November 1884, page 5b,
Observer,
29 November 1884, page 37e,
Register,
7 and 8 May 1896, pages 5g and 6e.
Information on the Bank of Adelaide is in the Register,
10 January 1885, page 5c,
Observer,
17 January 1885, page 36d,
on the Bank of Adelaide and others in the Register,
15 July 1921, page 5f.
"Port Adelaide Improvements" is in the Register,
18 August 1887, page 3f.
Information on the Commercial Bank building is in the Register,
4 May 1888, page 5a.
Also see South Australia - Banking
and Finance - Banking - Trading Banks.
The opening of the Government Produce Department is reported in the Register,
18 April 1895, page 7a; also see
4 April 1895, page 6d.
7 January 1897, page 6g,
18 October 1900, page 4d,
30 October 1901, page 4e,
Observer,
27 May 1899, page 2a,
14 October 1911, page 14e.
A photograph of egg testing is in the Chronicle,
27 November 1909, page 30.
An obituary of Thomas Telfer, an engineer with the department, is in the Observer,
1 October 1904, page 34b.
The refrigerating chambers at Port Adelaide are discussed in the Register,
8 January 1895, page 5b,
22 March 1895, page 5b,
17 and 18 April 1895, pages 6f and 4e-7a,
Observer,
16 and 23 March 1895, pages 3d and 28e,
13 and 20 April 1895, pages 30b and 24e-32a,
27 April 1895, page 3b,
11 May 1895, page 3a,
19 November 1895, page 3c,
3 July 1909, page 42c.
The opening of cool storage chambers is reported in the Weekly Herald,
19 April 1895, page 3d,
"The Freezing Works", including photographs, is in the Chronicle,
27 June 1908, page 38d,
12 September 1908, page 29; also see
Register,
3 September 1908, page 7e,
9 February 1910, page 5c,
2 August 1910, page 5e.
A sketch of Luxmoore & Co's warehouse is in the Pictorial Australian in
August 1878;
its new wool stores are described in the Register,
14 August 1896, page 6d and
those of Elder, Smith and Co on
24 September 1896, page 7d; also see
Express,
9 June 1896, page 2c.
Information on Crooks and Brooker's new premises is in the Register,
26 February 1894, page 6c.
A fire at Crooks and Brooker's furniture store is reported in the Express,
29 January 1906, page 1f.
A photograph of a fire at Crooks and Brooker's factory is in the Chronicle,
3 February 1906, page 30,
The Critic,
31 January 1906, pages 20-21.
Information on Templer's Building is in the Register,
15 December 1897, page 6h.
The opening of Foresters' Hall is in the Express,
31 March 1903, page 4g.
New buildings are discussed in the Register,
21 May 1903, page 4e.
Information on Dalgety Ltd's wheat store is in the Register,
17 March 1905, page 3f,
its new wool store on
25 September 1907, page 4c.
The opening of a new Savings Bank building is reported
in the Advertiser,
1 February 1906, page 6b.
Also see South Australia -
Banking and Finance - Savings Bank of SA and Allied Matters.
Information on R.J. Coombs & Co's wool store is in the Advertiser,
27 July 1906, page 9e.
"New Buildings for Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
15 February 1908, page 8g.
G.Wood, Son & Co's warehouse is discussed in the Register,
14 August 1914, page 5e.
Information on Smith's buildings (including a photograph) is in the Register,
28 October 1920, page 5.
Historical information on Hall's Stores is in the Register,
21 March 1923, page 12a.
Customs House
A report on a new Customs House, Court House and Police Station is in the Advertiser,
1 August 1859, page 3g,
Chronicle,
1 October 1859, page 2f.
A report on the laying of the foundation stone of a new Customs House, Police
Station and Local Court is in the Register,
3 November 1859, page 3f.
An obituary of John N. Wills of the Customs Department is in the Register,
15 March 1873, page 5c,
of T.P. Addison on
15 January 1878, page 4g.
A presentation to F.R. Dashwood is reported in the Register,
30 March 1877, page 5b.
A sketch is in Frearson's Weekly,
22 February 1879, page 9,
8 November 1879, page 321,
Pictorial Australian in
December 1879.
"The Custom House" is in the Chronicle,
20 November 1880, page 8b,
"The Customs Service" in the Register,
19 April 1884, page 4h.
An obituary of J.W. Lewis of the Customs Department is in the Register,
3 July 1879, page 5a,
of T.K. Magee on
18 September 1882, page 5c,
of F.A. Howell on
7 October 1886, page 5b,
of Mr Beaumont on
8 November 1886, page 5b,
of T. Frewin on
11 April 1894, page 5b.
Biographical details of E.J. Hieatt are in the Register,
29 January 1894, page 5b,
of W.H. Cammell, Comptroller of Customs, in the Observer,
13 August 1898, page 16,
of T.N. Stephens on
21 October 1899, page 16e,
Register,
5 June 1914, page 9a.
Information on F.W. Ringwood of the Customs department is in the Observer,
28 December 1901, page 29e,
11 January 1902, page 45a;
his obituary appears on
16 June 1906, page 38b.
Biographical details of F. Searcy are in the Register,
14 April 1894, page 5b,
of A.H. Skinner in the Observer,
24 March 1928, page 34b.
An obituary of C. Stephens is in the Register,
10 May 1905, page 5a.
Biographical details of H.J. Dunn are in the Register,
17 May 1906, page 4i,
of W.H.F. Bayly on
12 October 1906, page 4h.
The Customs system is explained in the Register,
12 February 1907, page 5d; also see
2 May 1907, page 7d,
9 October 1908, page 8e,
5 October 1911, page 9a.
An obituary of E.J. Newman, sub-collector, is in the Observer,
21 September 1907, page 42c,
of B. Macgraith on
16 April 1910, page 38a,
of M.J. Conlon on
19 July 1913, page 41b,
of W.S. Welbourn on
4 September 1915, page 46a,
of T.S. Gillman on
8 April 1916, page 28c,
of William Little on
28 May 1921, page 34a,
of Walter Wadlow on
6 October 1928, page 49a.
An 1883 photograph of customs officers is in the Observer,
23 June 1928, page 38b.
An obituary of Thomas Taylor is in the Register,
21 December 1899, page 7b,
of R.N.S. Baker on
5 April 1915, page 4f,
of F.L. LeLeu on
4 January 1926, page 8g.
Biographical details of S.J. Harvey are in the Register,
22 and 29 April 1909, pages 8g and 7g,
of A.C. Threlfall on
12 August 1911, page 12i,
of Alfred H. Skinner on
20 March 1928, page 8h.
"His Majesty's Customs" is in the Register,
5 October 1911, page 9a.
Biographical details of the late T.P. Addison are in the Register,
19 May 1920, page 8f.
Theatres
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Theatres.
The laying of the foundation stone of Mr Coppin's New Theatre is reported
in the Adelaide Times,
19 October 1850, page 8d; also see
Observer,
19 October 1850, page 1e (supp.).
The opening of the Port Adelaide Theatre is reported in the Register,
27 June 1851, page 2e,
28 May 1857, page 3d,
1 June 1857, page 3h,
Observer,
5 June 1858, page 4c.
A new theatre is discussed in the Register,
22 April 1910, page 4f.
The proposed Ozone Theatre is discussed in the Advertiser,
7 December 1912, page 21e;
its opening is reported in the Register,
8 November 1913, page 13 and
a new Star Theatre on
6 April 1922, page 8e.
Also see SA - Moving Pictures.
