Giles Corner, South Australia
The name is in honour of Thomas Giles, one of the fifteen sons (and six daughters) of William Giles, Colonial Manager of the South Australian Company (1841-1860). Thomas Giles was a business partner of George Alexander Anstey, who was an early pastoralist on the Yorke Peninsula and is remembered by the landmark Anstey Hill Recreation Park in the Adelaide Hills, overlooking the Adelaide suburb of Hope Valley.
Giles Corner was the site of a Wesleyan church built in 1867–8 on land donated by Edward Furness and stone donated by Giles. The congregation had been meeting in a private house. In 1900 it became a Methodist chapel and was enlarged in 1903. A school hall was built alongside the church in 1927. The church remained in use until the final service held on 4 October 1959. Owing to vandalism the buildings were later demolished and now a house stands on the site. In June 2016 a memorial was erected by the road side.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Giles Corner (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Cockburn, Rodney (1999). South Australia – What's in a Name?. Axiom Publishing. ISBN 0-9592519-1-X.
- ^ aquilareen. "Giles Corner Wesleyan church & hall". Flickr. Retrieved 7 February 2019.