East side of Yankalilla Institute established 1859: affiiated with the South Australian Institute. Fleurieu Peninsula
Former Yankalilla Institute, 117 Main Street: Aka Gardiners, shop front and double doors, building behind.
This building is of simple rectangular form constructed of stone. Large display windows are positioned on either side of double glass doors.
Build in 1866 this Institute building is a statement of the influence of the worker eduction and libraries movement in the nineteenth century South Austraia.
One of, if not, the oldest surving buildings in Yankalilla. The building indicates the most important phase of 'culturisation' of South Australian settlers. It reflects the importance of the library, education and Institute's movement to nineteenth century South Australia.
Ref: Heritage Survey of the Fleurieu Peninsula
*Yankalilla Institute
The Yankalilla Institute began on 1 September 1859. The institute provided newspapers, journals and books, all available at a subscription of two shillings and 6 pence a quarter. In 1866 there were forty members, some riding by horseback from Cape Jervis to pick up their books.
The building has been used for many businesses over the years, and it housed the Yankalilla library form 1908 to 1972.
Ref: Story Board opposite the former Yankalilla Institute.
*A meeting of the members of the Yankalilla Institute was held at the District Hall on Tuesday evening: Mr S SHerbert JP, presiding. A letter was read from the Secretary of the South Australian Institute, advising that upon application being made as a new Institute, a supply of books might be obtained, and also participation in the Government grant to the extent of £20. It was slso intimated that by conforming to the rules of the parent society the Yankalilla Institute might be affiliated with it. It was resolved that all these suggestions should be complied with, and Mr E M Hewett was instructed to write to Adelaide to that effect. Some discussion followed as to the future proceedings of the Institute, and it was resolved that a debate should take place on Wednesday evening next. It is also contemplated to give a soiree either quarterly or half yearly, to which the members will have the privilege of free admission. The Institute already numbers 35 members: and as the subscription-fee is only 2s 6d per quarter, the benefits it offers will soon no doubt be more widely extended.
Ref: Southern Argus (Port Elliot SA) Saturday 28 July 1866
*Normanville April 13
Word has been received for the local carpenter to prepare the temporary office to be used while the new Yankalila Post Office is being erected.
All business will now for the time be transacted at the Yankalilla Institute, where a portion of the reading room has been partitioned off for the purpose.
Ref Register (Adelaide SA) Thursday 13 April 1910.
*Sheep In Institute
Yankalilla May 30.
The local postmistress (Miss C A Boucoutt) had a unique experience on Friday afternoon.
A flock of sheep being driven along the main road from the sale yards, Normanville, in a body entered the Institute reading room, where the temporary post and telegraph office is situated. The sheep crowded around the little room partitioned off as an office, and flocked down to the door leading into the compartment in which the library books are shelved.
Miss Boucott was alone, but unaided she succeeded in turning the intruders from the building to graze peacefully along the side of the street until moved by the owner.
The freak [occurrence] is rendered doubly amusing by the fact that the auctioneer who had that day sold them has his office in the reading room, a narrow passage separating the two offices. It is not clear whether the sheep had a protest to lay before Mr Graham (who, however, was not at home) concerning his inhumanity in so unfeelingly consigning them to the butcher, or whether they had post business of an urgent character to transact. Perhaps they wished to consult some stock journal. It was certainly a 'sheepish' piece of business from beginning to end.
Ref: Chronicle (Adelaide SA) Saturday 4 June 1910.
*Yankalilla August 8
The annual meeting of the Yankalilla Institute was held on Saturday. Officers elected: President, R N Dewhirst: Vice-President, Rev P W Close. Committee, Messrs C H Carman, H Barratt, Mesdames J Leuwyck, H R Raye. F T Pitt, H A Newman, E R Wise, and Miss Thomas: Secretary Miss Leverington: Auditors, Messrs Carman and Barratt.
The first educational lecture will be held on August 17, when Mr Madigan will lecture on the "Geology of the Yankalilla district".
Ref: Observer (Adelaide SA) Saturday 20 August 1927
East side of Yankalilla Institute established 1859: affiiated with the South Australian Institute. Fleurieu Peninsula
Former Yankalilla Institute, 117 Main Street: Aka Gardiners, shop front and double doors, building behind.
This building is of simple rectangular form constructed of stone. Large display windows are positioned on either side of double glass doors.
Build in 1866 this Institute building is a statement of the influence of the worker eduction and libraries movement in the nineteenth century South Austraia.
One of, if not, the oldest surving buildings in Yankalilla. The building indicates the most important phase of 'culturisation' of South Australian settlers. It reflects the importance of the library, education and Institute's movement to nineteenth century South Australia.
Ref: Heritage Survey of the Fleurieu Peninsula
*Yankalilla Institute
The Yankalilla Institute began on 1 September 1859. The institute provided newspapers, journals and books, all available at a subscription of two shillings and 6 pence a quarter. In 1866 there were forty members, some riding by horseback from Cape Jervis to pick up their books.
The building has been used for many businesses over the years, and it housed the Yankalilla library form 1908 to 1972.
Ref: Story Board opposite the former Yankalilla Institute.
*A meeting of the members of the Yankalilla Institute was held at the District Hall on Tuesday evening: Mr S SHerbert JP, presiding. A letter was read from the Secretary of the South Australian Institute, advising that upon application being made as a new Institute, a supply of books might be obtained, and also participation in the Government grant to the extent of £20. It was slso intimated that by conforming to the rules of the parent society the Yankalilla Institute might be affiliated with it. It was resolved that all these suggestions should be complied with, and Mr E M Hewett was instructed to write to Adelaide to that effect. Some discussion followed as to the future proceedings of the Institute, and it was resolved that a debate should take place on Wednesday evening next. It is also contemplated to give a soiree either quarterly or half yearly, to which the members will have the privilege of free admission. The Institute already numbers 35 members: and as the subscription-fee is only 2s 6d per quarter, the benefits it offers will soon no doubt be more widely extended.
Ref: Southern Argus (Port Elliot SA) Saturday 28 July 1866
*Normanville April 13
Word has been received for the local carpenter to prepare the temporary office to be used while the new Yankalila Post Office is being erected.
All business will now for the time be transacted at the Yankalilla Institute, where a portion of the reading room has been partitioned off for the purpose.
Ref Register (Adelaide SA) Thursday 13 April 1910.
*Sheep In Institute
Yankalilla May 30.
The local postmistress (Miss C A Boucoutt) had a unique experience on Friday afternoon.
A flock of sheep being driven along the main road from the sale yards, Normanville, in a body entered the Institute reading room, where the temporary post and telegraph office is situated. The sheep crowded around the little room partitioned off as an office, and flocked down to the door leading into the compartment in which the library books are shelved.
Miss Boucott was alone, but unaided she succeeded in turning the intruders from the building to graze peacefully along the side of the street until moved by the owner.
The freak [occurrence] is rendered doubly amusing by the fact that the auctioneer who had that day sold them has his office in the reading room, a narrow passage separating the two offices. It is not clear whether the sheep had a protest to lay before Mr Graham (who, however, was not at home) concerning his inhumanity in so unfeelingly consigning them to the butcher, or whether they had post business of an urgent character to transact. Perhaps they wished to consult some stock journal. It was certainly a 'sheepish' piece of business from beginning to end.
Ref: Chronicle (Adelaide SA) Saturday 4 June 1910.
*Yankalilla August 8
The annual meeting of the Yankalilla Institute was held on Saturday. Officers elected: President, R N Dewhirst: Vice-President, Rev P W Close. Committee, Messrs C H Carman, H Barratt, Mesdames J Leuwyck, H R Raye. F T Pitt, H A Newman, E R Wise, and Miss Thomas: Secretary Miss Leverington: Auditors, Messrs Carman and Barratt.
The first educational lecture will be held on August 17, when Mr Madigan will lecture on the "Geology of the Yankalilla district".
Ref: Observer (Adelaide SA) Saturday 20 August 1927