Ashville, South Australia
The locality is named after George Ash, who was a member of the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the 1890s and a business partner of Charles Cameron Kingston.
In 1913, the district population was 80 people.
A school at Ashville opened in 1895 and closed in 1959. A school hall built of stone opened in December 1918 to serve the purposes of "...the education of the children, a place of meeting and wholesome recreation for the young people, and a place of worship" at a cost of £600. It benefited the people of Ashville, Poltalloch and Albert Hill. The debt was still being paid off in 1920.
The Ashville Memorial Hall was "erected in memory of those who served". An appeal for funds following World War II included a gala country fair in 1949 at Poltalloch. The building now houses an art gallery and antique shop.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ashville (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Placename Details: Ashville". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 10 May 2006. SA0003440. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "DISTRICT DIRECTORY". Southern Argus. Vol. XLV, no. 3, 379. South Australia. 8 May 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Place Names of South Australia – A". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "THE COUNTRY". The Advertiser. Vol. LXI, no. 18, 785. Adelaide. 28 December 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE BEER BOYCOTT". The Chronicle. Vol. LXII, no. 3, 221. Adelaide. 15 May 1920. p. 10. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Ashville Memorial Hall*". Virtual War Memorial. RSL. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Ashville Memorial Hall, retrieved 7 February 2018
- ^ "GALA DAY AND COUNTRY FAIR". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia. 4 November 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Coorong's old halls become art galleries". The Murray Valley Standard. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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