Port Elliot Institute the first section of which was built in 1880, Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia
THE PORT ELLIOT INSTITUTE
The opening of the Port Elliot Institute was celebrated on Friday evening, October 15, by a tea meeting and entertainment, which was held in the Port Elliot Assembly Room. There were not so many present as would have been the case had a more extended notice been given. However, there were a good number present to partake of the very excellent tea which had been provided by the ladies in the neighbourhood.
In the absence, through ill-health, of the President of the Institute (Rev E T Howell, MA), the Vice-President and Secretary (Mr C H Hussey) read an encouraging report, which stated that this, like many such institutions, had come into existence through the establishment in the township of a Literary and Mental Culture Association. The library now numbered over 300 volumes of mixed literature, besides the boxes of books periodically received from the South Australian Institute. The reading-room was supplied with the Adelaide daily and other newspapers and a number of the most popular English and American periodicals.
The building, so far as completed, consisted of, reading-room, committee-room, and library, the hall or assembly room being left for future erection.
On the following morning the visitors were shown over the new Institute building, the granite works, the rocks, and other points of interest, by the Vice-President of the Institute. [Ref: Adelaide Observer Saturday 23-10-1880]
PORT ELLIOT, October 2
For many years the great want of a central hall for holding public meetings and entertainments has been seriously felt in this neighbourhood, but, although the residents had a great desire to erect a suitable building, the undertaking seemed too large for their limited resources. During the past three years the growing importance of Port Elliot as a summer resort has helped to press the absolute necessity of having a public hall more fully upon the minds of the settlers in the district. This and the promise of help from numerous visitors and friends has encouraged the Institute Committee to commence the erection of a commodious building in a central position between the townships of Port Victor and Goolwa.
The building when completed will accommodate a large number of persons. The dimensions are to be 60 feet long by 28 feet wide in the clear. The masons' work has been let to Mr G Coote, and the carpenters' work to Mr A Oliver. The structure, which will be somewhat after the style of the Courthouse, is from the design of Mr S Trigg, of Port Elliot.
The ceremony of laying the corner-stone took place on Thursday afternoon, September 28, in the presence of a great number of people, the Port Elliot Brass Band being present during the ceremony.
Mr C J Anstey, the President of the Institute, after a few appropriate remarks, led forward Miss Emily Chambers, to whom he handed, in the name of the Committee, a richly chased silver trowel. The stone, a beautiful block of Port Elliot granite, was placed in position, with a bottle under it containing the following memorandum :— "The foundation-stone of the hall in connection with the Port Elliot Institute was laid by Miss Emily Chambers, of Port Elliot, on the 28th day of September, 1882. The following being the officers of the Institute — Charles John Anstey, Esq, President: Joseph Field, Esq, Vice-President and Treasurer: and Charles W Colmen, Esq, Hon. Secretary”.
Mr Anstey then presented Miss Chambers with a mallet, when she at once proceeded to lay the stone in due form, and then declared it "to be well and truly laid." A vote of thanks to Miss Chambers was then heartily given, and Mr Chambers returned thanks on behalf of his daughter.
A number of contributions in aid of the building fund were then laid upon the stone, amounting in all, with the proceeds of the tea-meeting, which was afterwards held in the reading-room, to about £55. About £40 in value has also been given in work and cartage of materials. The Committee hope to get the work completed for the sum of £600. [Ref: South Australian Register Monday 9-10-1882]
Roll of Honour
On Sunday afternoon the Institute was crowded, the occasion being the unveiling of the roll of honour which has been presented to the institute by the local Cheer-Up Society.
The hall had been decorated with bunting, and the stage was for the public choir, which had been formed to sing appropriate hymns. The Victor Harbour Brass Band kindly came up to Elliot and gave selections in the street from 2 to 2.30.
There were also many other Harbour visitors present.
Mrs W J Harding, who has two sons at the front, two more who want to go, but, through accident, are barred, and two brothers who are majors on active service, was asked to unveil the roll.
This she did amid much acclamation. The roll, which is a very handsome one, has already 47 names engraved on it, and we hope to be able to add some more very soon. The collection, which amounted to £6.8.6 will go for trench comforts.
On Friday evening a juvenile fancy dress ball, organised by Miss Nellie Welch in aid of Red Cross funds was held in the Port Elliot Institute. [Ref: Mail Saturday 15-7-1916]
THE PORT ELLIOT INSTITUTE
FOUNDATION STONE OF ADDITIONS – Elliot, July 17
The laying of the foundation stone of additions to the institute hall took place on Saturday afternoon. The president of the institute (Mr A W Channon) asked the Mayor (Mr T McDowell) to extend a welcome to the Premier (Hon R L Butler) on his first official visit to Port Elliot.
The town was named by Sir Henry Young after a particular friend, Captain Elliot. Elliot was proclaimed a port in 1851. At the time there were visions of it being the New Orleans of Australia.
The nine millions spent on locking the Murray were not spent for the purpose of irrigation only, but mainly for navigation. As a country was known by its architecture, it was pleasing to note that the residents were assisting to beautify the town and foreshore.
A glass jar, containing one copy each of several newspapers, a report of the history of the institute, and current coins of the realm, was placed in a cavity beneath the stone. The stone is of Murray Bridge granite, presented by Mr Thomas Duncan, of Murray Bridge. The architect (Mr H E Fuller) presented a silver trowel to the Premier, and Laurel Scott, the little daughter of the librarian, handed him a bouquet.
Sir William Sowden (president of the Institutes Association) offered congratulations.
Mr P T Heggaton said he was a schoolboy in Port Elliot. The first set of rails laid in South Australia between Port Elliot and Goolwa came from Crimea. He was confident after the visit of the Prime Minister (Mr Bruce) a fortnight ago that things looked well for a Murray port in the near future.
Mr A T Grosvenor, the Mayor of Victor Harbour, added congratulations. He said he used to walk to Port Elliot years ago to dances. Other speakers were Mr A J Henderson (the president of the Victor Harbour Institute), the Rev W Clair Palmer, and the Rev T M Boyer.
An invitation by the president to lay donations on the stone resulted in £33 10/ being placed there. Afternoon tea followed in the old hall. [Ref: Chronicle Saturday 23-7-1927]
PORT ELLIOT November 22
On Friday evening last the official opening of the new billiard room at the institute took place, and two matches were played. George Dodd defeated Eddy Bliss by 28 in a game of 300 up, and George Bond (Victor Harbour) scored an easy win over Fred Needham by 300 to 169.
At the conclusion of these two games, Messrs Bond and Bliss played 100 up, and Bond ran out an easy winner.
The new room is situated under the stage at the rear of the enlarged hall. [Ref: Advertiser 26-11-1927]
Port Elliot Institute the first section of which was built in 1880, Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia
THE PORT ELLIOT INSTITUTE
The opening of the Port Elliot Institute was celebrated on Friday evening, October 15, by a tea meeting and entertainment, which was held in the Port Elliot Assembly Room. There were not so many present as would have been the case had a more extended notice been given. However, there were a good number present to partake of the very excellent tea which had been provided by the ladies in the neighbourhood.
In the absence, through ill-health, of the President of the Institute (Rev E T Howell, MA), the Vice-President and Secretary (Mr C H Hussey) read an encouraging report, which stated that this, like many such institutions, had come into existence through the establishment in the township of a Literary and Mental Culture Association. The library now numbered over 300 volumes of mixed literature, besides the boxes of books periodically received from the South Australian Institute. The reading-room was supplied with the Adelaide daily and other newspapers and a number of the most popular English and American periodicals.
The building, so far as completed, consisted of, reading-room, committee-room, and library, the hall or assembly room being left for future erection.
On the following morning the visitors were shown over the new Institute building, the granite works, the rocks, and other points of interest, by the Vice-President of the Institute. [Ref: Adelaide Observer Saturday 23-10-1880]
PORT ELLIOT, October 2
For many years the great want of a central hall for holding public meetings and entertainments has been seriously felt in this neighbourhood, but, although the residents had a great desire to erect a suitable building, the undertaking seemed too large for their limited resources. During the past three years the growing importance of Port Elliot as a summer resort has helped to press the absolute necessity of having a public hall more fully upon the minds of the settlers in the district. This and the promise of help from numerous visitors and friends has encouraged the Institute Committee to commence the erection of a commodious building in a central position between the townships of Port Victor and Goolwa.
The building when completed will accommodate a large number of persons. The dimensions are to be 60 feet long by 28 feet wide in the clear. The masons' work has been let to Mr G Coote, and the carpenters' work to Mr A Oliver. The structure, which will be somewhat after the style of the Courthouse, is from the design of Mr S Trigg, of Port Elliot.
The ceremony of laying the corner-stone took place on Thursday afternoon, September 28, in the presence of a great number of people, the Port Elliot Brass Band being present during the ceremony.
Mr C J Anstey, the President of the Institute, after a few appropriate remarks, led forward Miss Emily Chambers, to whom he handed, in the name of the Committee, a richly chased silver trowel. The stone, a beautiful block of Port Elliot granite, was placed in position, with a bottle under it containing the following memorandum :— "The foundation-stone of the hall in connection with the Port Elliot Institute was laid by Miss Emily Chambers, of Port Elliot, on the 28th day of September, 1882. The following being the officers of the Institute — Charles John Anstey, Esq, President: Joseph Field, Esq, Vice-President and Treasurer: and Charles W Colmen, Esq, Hon. Secretary”.
Mr Anstey then presented Miss Chambers with a mallet, when she at once proceeded to lay the stone in due form, and then declared it "to be well and truly laid." A vote of thanks to Miss Chambers was then heartily given, and Mr Chambers returned thanks on behalf of his daughter.
A number of contributions in aid of the building fund were then laid upon the stone, amounting in all, with the proceeds of the tea-meeting, which was afterwards held in the reading-room, to about £55. About £40 in value has also been given in work and cartage of materials. The Committee hope to get the work completed for the sum of £600. [Ref: South Australian Register Monday 9-10-1882]
Roll of Honour
On Sunday afternoon the Institute was crowded, the occasion being the unveiling of the roll of honour which has been presented to the institute by the local Cheer-Up Society.
The hall had been decorated with bunting, and the stage was for the public choir, which had been formed to sing appropriate hymns. The Victor Harbour Brass Band kindly came up to Elliot and gave selections in the street from 2 to 2.30.
There were also many other Harbour visitors present.
Mrs W J Harding, who has two sons at the front, two more who want to go, but, through accident, are barred, and two brothers who are majors on active service, was asked to unveil the roll.
This she did amid much acclamation. The roll, which is a very handsome one, has already 47 names engraved on it, and we hope to be able to add some more very soon. The collection, which amounted to £6.8.6 will go for trench comforts.
On Friday evening a juvenile fancy dress ball, organised by Miss Nellie Welch in aid of Red Cross funds was held in the Port Elliot Institute. [Ref: Mail Saturday 15-7-1916]
THE PORT ELLIOT INSTITUTE
FOUNDATION STONE OF ADDITIONS – Elliot, July 17
The laying of the foundation stone of additions to the institute hall took place on Saturday afternoon. The president of the institute (Mr A W Channon) asked the Mayor (Mr T McDowell) to extend a welcome to the Premier (Hon R L Butler) on his first official visit to Port Elliot.
The town was named by Sir Henry Young after a particular friend, Captain Elliot. Elliot was proclaimed a port in 1851. At the time there were visions of it being the New Orleans of Australia.
The nine millions spent on locking the Murray were not spent for the purpose of irrigation only, but mainly for navigation. As a country was known by its architecture, it was pleasing to note that the residents were assisting to beautify the town and foreshore.
A glass jar, containing one copy each of several newspapers, a report of the history of the institute, and current coins of the realm, was placed in a cavity beneath the stone. The stone is of Murray Bridge granite, presented by Mr Thomas Duncan, of Murray Bridge. The architect (Mr H E Fuller) presented a silver trowel to the Premier, and Laurel Scott, the little daughter of the librarian, handed him a bouquet.
Sir William Sowden (president of the Institutes Association) offered congratulations.
Mr P T Heggaton said he was a schoolboy in Port Elliot. The first set of rails laid in South Australia between Port Elliot and Goolwa came from Crimea. He was confident after the visit of the Prime Minister (Mr Bruce) a fortnight ago that things looked well for a Murray port in the near future.
Mr A T Grosvenor, the Mayor of Victor Harbour, added congratulations. He said he used to walk to Port Elliot years ago to dances. Other speakers were Mr A J Henderson (the president of the Victor Harbour Institute), the Rev W Clair Palmer, and the Rev T M Boyer.
An invitation by the president to lay donations on the stone resulted in £33 10/ being placed there. Afternoon tea followed in the old hall. [Ref: Chronicle Saturday 23-7-1927]
PORT ELLIOT November 22
On Friday evening last the official opening of the new billiard room at the institute took place, and two matches were played. George Dodd defeated Eddy Bliss by 28 in a game of 300 up, and George Bond (Victor Harbour) scored an easy win over Fred Needham by 300 to 169.
At the conclusion of these two games, Messrs Bond and Bliss played 100 up, and Bond ran out an easy winner.
The new room is situated under the stage at the rear of the enlarged hall. [Ref: Advertiser 26-11-1927]