Wolseley Institute World War Two memorial plaque, South Australia
1886 Institute hall built on allotment 13 on land donated by John Rankine. The first president of the Institute Committee was J Knight, secretary A Wilson. It was built at a cost of £106.
1896 – 1916 Literary & Debating Society.
1927 Places of Public Entertainment Act doomed Wolseley Institute, when it was just 40 years old and it was demolished.
A J C Assheton built the new Institute Hall. Entrance doors opened into a passage 6’6” wide. A reading room, library and ladies’ room to the left. To the right a supper room 44’ x 16’6”. Main hall 60’ x 40’, stage 22’ deep. Projection room 9’ square, constructed in ferro-concrete with a fireproof steel door. Electric lighting installed.
1928 The institute opened on June 1st.
1933 Border Chronicle quote “Wolseley has long been the dance mecca of the Tatiara…”.
1958 The Reverend E N Broomhead dedicated the porch as a memorial to 5 Wolseley men who gave their lives in World War II. The Honour Roll lists 75 service men and women who enlisted from Wolseley.
Wolseley Institute World War Two memorial plaque, South Australia
1886 Institute hall built on allotment 13 on land donated by John Rankine. The first president of the Institute Committee was J Knight, secretary A Wilson. It was built at a cost of £106.
1896 – 1916 Literary & Debating Society.
1927 Places of Public Entertainment Act doomed Wolseley Institute, when it was just 40 years old and it was demolished.
A J C Assheton built the new Institute Hall. Entrance doors opened into a passage 6’6” wide. A reading room, library and ladies’ room to the left. To the right a supper room 44’ x 16’6”. Main hall 60’ x 40’, stage 22’ deep. Projection room 9’ square, constructed in ferro-concrete with a fireproof steel door. Electric lighting installed.
1928 The institute opened on June 1st.
1933 Border Chronicle quote “Wolseley has long been the dance mecca of the Tatiara…”.
1958 The Reverend E N Broomhead dedicated the porch as a memorial to 5 Wolseley men who gave their lives in World War II. The Honour Roll lists 75 service men and women who enlisted from Wolseley.