Semaphore Wesleyan preaching place
Site of Wesleyan preaching place & schoolroom 1865 until Semaphore Wesleyan (now Uniting) church opened 1867. Listed in Directories: 1888-89 Day School, 1890 Day School – Miss Westover & Miss Shellam, 1891-92 Day School – Miss Strickland & Miss Shellam.
“In 1865 a small preaching place and a Sunday school were opened at the corner of Hall street, and Woolnough road when the neighbourhood was a dreary waste of spinifex and reeds, and when the houses were few and poorly built.” [Register 6 Oct 1927]
“In 1865 preaching services and a Sunday school were held in a small building, situated near where Hall Street and Woolnough Road now intersect, and owned by Mrs. Harvey. The building was used as a schoolroom, and was placed at the disposal of the people, and was worked in connection with Port Adelaide from the North Adelaide circuit. The room (about 20 x 14) was very low at the eaves, and an ordinary man could not stand upright near the wall; but the roof being pitched gave additional height in the centre, where the late Mr. John Millard (the local schoolmaster), a man of fine physique, stood and 'pitched the tunes'. At this time but few possessed hymnbooks, and the preacher gave out the hymns two lines at a time, which proceeding was not always 'favourable to the tune'.” [Aust Christian Commonwealth 14 Sep 1917]
“The Founding of the Church. In 1865, he said, a small preaching place and a Sunday school were opened on a block of land at the corner of Hall Street and Woolnough Road. Semaphore, at a time when the neighborhood was a dreary waste of spinifex and reeds, and when the houses were few, and poorly built.” [Port Adelaide News 7 Oct 1927]
“Miss Shellam, Woolnough road, Exeter.—Studies resumed Tuesday. April 7. Next quarter begins April 13.” [Advertiser 7 Apr 1891]
“Miss Shellam's School, Woolnough-Road, Exeter.—Studies resumed on Tuesday. January 19th. 1892.” [Advertiser 13 Jan 1892]
Semaphore Wesleyan preaching place
Site of Wesleyan preaching place & schoolroom 1865 until Semaphore Wesleyan (now Uniting) church opened 1867. Listed in Directories: 1888-89 Day School, 1890 Day School – Miss Westover & Miss Shellam, 1891-92 Day School – Miss Strickland & Miss Shellam.
“In 1865 a small preaching place and a Sunday school were opened at the corner of Hall street, and Woolnough road when the neighbourhood was a dreary waste of spinifex and reeds, and when the houses were few and poorly built.” [Register 6 Oct 1927]
“In 1865 preaching services and a Sunday school were held in a small building, situated near where Hall Street and Woolnough Road now intersect, and owned by Mrs. Harvey. The building was used as a schoolroom, and was placed at the disposal of the people, and was worked in connection with Port Adelaide from the North Adelaide circuit. The room (about 20 x 14) was very low at the eaves, and an ordinary man could not stand upright near the wall; but the roof being pitched gave additional height in the centre, where the late Mr. John Millard (the local schoolmaster), a man of fine physique, stood and 'pitched the tunes'. At this time but few possessed hymnbooks, and the preacher gave out the hymns two lines at a time, which proceeding was not always 'favourable to the tune'.” [Aust Christian Commonwealth 14 Sep 1917]
“The Founding of the Church. In 1865, he said, a small preaching place and a Sunday school were opened on a block of land at the corner of Hall Street and Woolnough Road. Semaphore, at a time when the neighborhood was a dreary waste of spinifex and reeds, and when the houses were few, and poorly built.” [Port Adelaide News 7 Oct 1927]
“Miss Shellam, Woolnough road, Exeter.—Studies resumed Tuesday. April 7. Next quarter begins April 13.” [Advertiser 7 Apr 1891]
“Miss Shellam's School, Woolnough-Road, Exeter.—Studies resumed on Tuesday. January 19th. 1892.” [Advertiser 13 Jan 1892]