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Au-dessus du port d'Erquy, d'anciennes carrières de grès recèlent un joyau : un superbe petit lac qui reflète les parois roses, les pins, le ciel !
Above the port of Erquy, old sandstone quarries conceal a jewel: a superb little lake which reflects the pink walls, the pine trees, the sky!
Photo Info:
Banteay Srei Temple, Cambodia
Shooting Info:
3 exposure shots (+2..0..-2 EV) in RAW, Handheld
Camera : Nikon D90
Lens :: Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR ED Nikkor Lens
Post Processing Workflow:
1) Photomatix Pro 4.0 (32-bit) : Batch processed 3 vertical images (2848 px X 4288 px) - Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
2) Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64-bit):
a) Automated 'Photomerge' - (Spherical option) to stitch the panorama.
b) Straightened and Cropped maximum pixels possible from the panorama.
c) Applied 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' for contrast
d) Applied 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues) to enhance the sky
e) Applied 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds and yellows) to tone up the and pinkstone sculptures.
f) Applied slight 'unsharp' mask.
for Smile on Saturday
them: "Natural Stones"
These stony faces live just outside my door in my flower bed. I have collected them over the last 45 years from all around our farm land. They are eagerly awaiting the planting of flowers to lift their spirits.
Rising proudly above Lisbon’s lively Praça dos Restauradores, Teatro Éden stands as one of the city’s most emblematic examples of Art Deco architecture. Designed by Cassiano Branco and Carlo Florencio Dias, the theater opened in 1931 as a glamorous cinema and performance venue during Lisbon’s golden age of entertainment. Its pale pink stone façade, dramatic vertical columns, and sculptural reliefs by Leopoldo de Almeida all speak to the optimism and modernity of the early 20th century, when the cinema was still a relatively new and magical experience. The building’s composition—symmetrical, elegant, and monumental—combines strong geometric forms with delicate details, showing the architect’s ability to merge grandeur with refinement.
The theater’s central window and sweeping glass panels were revolutionary for their time, flooding the lobby with light and reflecting the surrounding cityscape. Inside, the Éden once housed a vast auditorium adorned with ornate plasterwork, luxurious red velvet seating, and state-of-the-art projection equipment that attracted Lisbon’s elite. Generations of locals came here not just for films, but for a sense of occasion. The Éden was more than a cinema—it was an escape, a symbol of Lisbon’s cosmopolitan identity between the wars.
Following its closure in the 1980s, the building fell into decline before being reborn as a hotel, the Éden Teatro Apartments, while carefully preserving its striking façade. Today, the restored exterior continues to captivate photographers, architects, and passersby who admire how it bridges history and modernity in one sweeping gesture. From the bas-reliefs depicting classical scenes of art and music to the bold typography spelling “EDEN TEATRO,” every element embodies the glamour of a bygone era brought thoughtfully into the present. Standing before it, one can easily imagine the hum of vintage cars, the glow of neon lights, and the anticipation of audiences waiting beneath its marquee for a night of cinematic wonder.
Teatro Éden remains one of Lisbon’s architectural treasures—a living monument to Art Deco design, cultural aspiration, and the enduring magic of the city’s urban fabric. Its restoration ensures that this masterpiece continues to watch over Restauradores Square as both a memory of old Lisbon and a beacon of its creative future.
Lovely pink flowers sitting on the window sill of a very old building!!
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The hidden small treasures of nature that one can find anywhere, This one was found while taking a walk in Driggs (Idaho, USA) by the side of a riverlet. Water is always the source of great illusions and particular beauty. I loved the shining lucid surface it left on this pecualiar pinkish colour small stone. I wonder what might be its origin in the mineral kingdom to have such a colour. If stones could talk...
1995 Toyota Land Cruiser VX turbo 24 Valve.
Supplied by Pinkstone of Stoke (Toyota).
Previously registered AWL 42.
Last MoT test expired in June 2009 (SORN).
The railway connected Coolgardie to Perth from 1896 until its closure in 1971. It was built from locally quarried "pink" stone.
The architecture of Morelia is an incredible combination of Meso-American and Renaissance Spanish styles.
More than 200 protected historic buildings, most built with characteristic pink cantera stone, represented here, is a hallmark of the city.
The detail in many of the facades, cornices, parapets, cupolas and friezes are a treat to view.
Looks like time forgot this building.
Church of Saint George, Campden Hill
1864 by Bassett Keeling. Muscular Gothic style. Ragstone with ashlar dressings and pinkstone bands. Brick flanks. Stumpy tower, and low arcaded porch to west.
Taken at the Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth's Treasures of the Royal Ontario Museum.
Morganite. 1625 cts.
Mangano Calcite has a lovely sweet energy, with a vibration that is all about love, compassion and forgiveness, and assists you to accept yourself and your actions. This pink stone helps you to let go of experiences from the past, especially where you still feel fear or grief about something that happened.
The Centro Aguascalientes has many pedestrian only streets centering around the Patria Plaza (Plaza of the Country) (this photo). Surrounding the plaza are the Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion Cathedral Basilica, the Palacio Legislativo, the Palacio de Gobierno and Morelos Theatre. The cathedral is directly behind the photographer (me).
The monument in is "The Exedra"
It was built between 1948 and 1949 by architect Roberto Alvarez Espinosa. The semicircular base, is made of pink stone in a neoclassical style.
It is a fluted column, which was erected in 1808 by Manuel Tolsá in honor of Carlos IV, but upon completion of the work the quarry sculpture of his son Ferdinand VII, who had ascended the throne was placed on top.
With Mexican Independence from Spain in 1821, the bust was demolished and it was not until 1986 when an eagle devouring a snake, by sculptor Jesús F. Contreras was placed on top. It is Mexicos National Symbol.
At the base are deposited the remains of Governor Jose Maria Chavez, liberal hero shot in 1864 by French forces.
A brief History of Early Morphett Vale.
Although now part of suburban Adelaide this village was an important early settlement. The southern plains were one of the first areas beyond the city area that were surveyed by Colonel William Light as Surveyor General of South Australia. Most of this district was surveyed in 1838 and land was then put up for auction in 1840 and by August of 1840 the first crops of potatoes and wheat were growing. One of the major purchasers was the South Australian Company. At this stage they were buying up land to rent or lease to farmers so this attracted farmers with little money to the district. They did not need £80 to buy a section of land. John Morphett was directly involved as an agent for the South Australian Company and as an earliest colonist with considerable wealth he bought up land all over South Australia. He undoubtedly bought land in this district and hence it was named after him. (A nearby district was named after the first General Manager of the South Australian Company David McLaren.) Morphett Vale became the first town to emerge in the southern wheat districts. It was noted as being near Captain O’Halloran’s station (O’Halloran Hill) and also near that of John Reynell (Reynella.) Morphett Vale’s status as a town was confirmed early by the building of a flour mill, church and hotel. The hotel licensed from 1840 was the Emu Hotel run by a Mr Anderson and it was the first public building of the town. From September of 1840 it was also the district Post Office.
Another early structure which was the first Catholic Church built in South Australia and this too conveys a sense of the importance of this little village. A group of Irish Catholics were attracted to the district from the early 1840s. Local voluntary labour was used to erect the church which is still in use. Work started in January 1845 and the church foundation laying ceremony was conducted by the Catholic Bishop. The church opened in 1846 making it one of the earliest churches still standing in SA. A new nave was added to the early church in 1866. Mr Ignatius O’Sullivan was one of first settlers at Morphett Vale who had urged building of church was later buried in the cemetery there in June 1871. In the following year 1872 in this little church the Bishop rescinded the excommunication of Mary MacKillop who is now Saint Mary Mackillop. (The Catholics built a modern new church in 1972.) Next the Anglicans started planning a church at the urgings of Captain O’Halloran. In 1846 when Governor Robe was offering state aid to build churches and to offer land grants for glebe lands the Anglicans of Morphett Vale were awarded a grant of £25 towards the cost of building a church which was expected to cost £150. But nothing came of this and the grant was returned to the government in 1848. Next the Congregationalists proposed erecting a church in Morphett Vale. They wanted it to be used by all Protestant denominations and it was to be known as the Union Chapel. The foundation stone of the Union Chapel laid on 30 August 1849 with it opening as the second Morphett Vale church in 1850. The third church to be built at Morphett Vale was the Presbyterian Free Scots Church. The Presbyterians received a small government grant from the Governor Robe scheme and the church construction began in 1849 with some services held in the partially finished building although the official opening did not occur until 1853.The church was built on land donated in 1848 by Mr long. This church burnt down in 1858. Another Presbyterian church at a cost of £1,000 was started with foundation stone laid on Sunday 13 May 1855. It was a free Presbyterian Church known as the Knox Church and it opened in 1856. Adjacent to it the John Knox Presbyterian School opened in 1870. The Presbyterian Church closed in the 1970s. Both the Presbyterian Church and the former Knox School have recently been restored. Apart from the churches the other early public building was a town school. It was built in 1848 but replaced with the Victoria School in 1858. The superb old courthouse was built in 1851 and served as a district court for over 100 years. When it closed in 1962 it was acquired by the Anglicans who held Anglican Church services in it for the next 20 years until they had built the modern St Hilary of Poitiers Church in 1983. In the old town precinct is also the Institute which was built in 1878. The District Council of Morphett Vale was established in 1852 and existed until 1933 when it was amalgamated with the Council of Noarlunga. On the Main South Road is the former Baptist church which was built in gothic style in 1868 with a nearby cemetery.
A brief History of Early Morphett Vale.
Although now part of suburban Adelaide this village was an important early settlement. The southern plains were one of the first areas beyond the city area that were surveyed by Colonel William Light as Surveyor General of South Australia. Most of this district was surveyed in 1838 and land was then put up for auction in 1840 and by August of 1840 the first crops of potatoes and wheat were growing. One of the major purchasers was the South Australian Company. At this stage they were buying up land to rent or lease to farmers so this attracted farmers with little money to the district. They did not need £80 to buy a section of land. John Morphett was directly involved as an agent for the South Australian Company and as an earliest colonist with considerable wealth he bought up land all over South Australia. He undoubtedly bought land in this district and hence it was named after him. (A nearby district was named after the first General Manager of the South Australian Company David McLaren.) Morphett Vale became the first town to emerge in the southern wheat districts. It was noted as being near Captain O’Halloran’s station (O’Halloran Hill) and also near that of John Reynell (Reynella.) Morphett Vale’s status as a town was confirmed early by the building of a flour mill, church and hotel. The hotel licensed from 1840 was the Emu Hotel run by a Mr Anderson and it was the first public building of the town. From September of 1840 it was also the district Post Office.
Another early structure which was the first Catholic Church built in South Australia and this too conveys a sense of the importance of this little village. A group of Irish Catholics were attracted to the district from the early 1840s. Local voluntary labour was used to erect the church which is still in use. Work started in January 1845 and the church foundation laying ceremony was conducted by the Catholic Bishop. The church opened in 1846 making it one of the earliest churches still standing in SA. A new nave was added to the early church in 1866. Mr Ignatius O’Sullivan was one of first settlers at Morphett Vale who had urged building of church was later buried in the cemetery there in June 1871. In the following year 1872 in this little church the Bishop rescinded the excommunication of Mary MacKillop who is now Saint Mary Mackillop. (The Catholics built a modern new church in 1972.) Next the Anglicans started planning a church at the urgings of Captain O’Halloran. In 1846 when Governor Robe was offering state aid to build churches and to offer land grants for glebe lands the Anglicans of Morphett Vale were awarded a grant of £25 towards the cost of building a church which was expected to cost £150. But nothing came of this and the grant was returned to the government in 1848. Next the Congregationalists proposed erecting a church in Morphett Vale. They wanted it to be used by all Protestant denominations and it was to be known as the Union Chapel. The foundation stone of the Union Chapel laid on 30 August 1849 with it opening as the second Morphett Vale church in 1850. The third church to be built at Morphett Vale was the Presbyterian Free Scots Church. The Presbyterians received a small government grant from the Governor Robe scheme and the church construction began in 1849 with some services held in the partially finished building although the official opening did not occur until 1853.The church was built on land donated in 1848 by Mr long. This church burnt down in 1858. Another Presbyterian church at a cost of £1,000 was started with foundation stone laid on Sunday 13 May 1855. It was a free Presbyterian Church known as the Knox Church and it opened in 1856. Adjacent to it the John Knox Presbyterian School opened in 1870. The Presbyterian Church closed in the 1970s. Both the Presbyterian Church and the former Knox School have recently been restored. Apart from the churches the other early public building was a town school. It was built in 1848 but replaced with the Victoria School in 1858. The superb old courthouse was built in 1851 and served as a district court for over 100 years. When it closed in 1962 it was acquired by the Anglicans who held Anglican Church services in it for the next 20 years until they had built the modern St Hilary of Poitiers Church in 1983. In the old town precinct is also the Institute which was built in 1878. The District Council of Morphett Vale was established in 1852 and existed until 1933 when it was amalgamated with the Council of Noarlunga. On the Main South Road is the former Baptist church which was built in gothic style in 1868 with a nearby cemetery.
Sterling Silver, Rose quartz, polymer clay image transfer, Glass lens, purchased bead caps. Techniques: Piercing, sawing, forging, soldering.
Date of Birth: 25.5.1900
Date of Enlistment: 27.5.1918
Trade or Calling: Farm hand
Born in or near what Town: Cootamundra
Address prior to Enlistment: Mangrove Mountain Gosford
Rank, Number, Battalion, Distinctions: Pte C Comp.
Casualties and where:
Name & Address of Next of Kin: as below
Name and last address of Father: Fred Pinkstone Snr Gosford
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This is the lovely wood entry door to Museo Regional de Historia located on Venustiano Carranza 118, Centro Historico, 20000 Aguascalientes, Mexico .
The Museo Regional de Historia (Regional Museum of History) has a vast collection on show of Prehispanic exhibits (from fossils to clay and ceramic figurines) and objects dating from the Colonial era.
Photograph taken by Marcus Fillinger Order reference AWM2023.4.67.45 contact: esales@awm.gov.auesales@awm.gov.au
The Anglicans of Woodside got a 20 acre grant of land from the SA government. They built this church in 1854. It is a fine Gothic building with purple Mount Lofty sandstone for the quoins, the facade and the buttress corners.
The Johnston brothers subdivided and laid out the town of Woodside in 1850 but the major landowner here was the SA Company. Hence the town is primarily to the east of the Onkaparinga Valley Road, and even today there is little town development on the former SA Company lands to the west nearer the river. The SA Company had tenant farmers in this district right up until the 1920s when it decided to sell of its land to the long-standing tenants. The origins of the town seem to go back to the establishment of a bush inn or hotel at Woodside on the site of the present hotel. It was officially licensed from 1853. One of the first settlers in Woodside was a shepherd employed by the SA Company. From its early days police were stationed at Woodside (the old police station and courthouse are behind the present hotel) and the churches here were able to take advantage of the church glebe land grants that were only available between 1846 and 1851.
The first to do so was the Anglican Church which received a grant of 20 acres and £150 towards the construction of a church. A local resident Dr Mayo gave a further £100. The Mt Lofty purple sandstone church in Gothic style with buttresses opened in 1851 high on a hill. But the site caused problems. In 1854 repairs had to be done to stop the front wall moving down the steep hill. In 1857 the church closed. It reopened in 1866 but the small congregation had difficulty providing a stipend for the minister. The church continued to crack and move and in 1882 a decision was made to erect a second church at the bottom of the hill. Work began in 1883 but it was 1885 before the new church opened and 1898 before it as consecrated. The Pike brewers of Oakbank worshipped here. The 1851 church is boarded up and in a poor state of repair. It should be restored and conserved.
The Wesleyan Methodists also got a glebe land grant in 1851 in Woodside. Their grant was a mere 12 acres and their first church was started in 1851 and opened in 1852. Many of the original Wesleyans were from Plymouth and the south of England but some were from Scotland. Their larger congregation enabled them to erect a larger second church in 1862 which is still in current use. Although they did not get a land grant the Primitive Methodists also built a church in Woodside in the Main Street where the netball courts are now located. This church was sold after Methodist churches amalgamated in 1900 and it became a butter factory and later an AMSCOL milk depot. Much later it was demolished.
The Lutherans had a chequered early history in Woodside. St. Peters Lutheran congregation was formed in 1863 and services began 1865 but a church was not built until 1876 in Robert Street. Mr Lauterbach who later operated a butter factory in Woodside arranged a loan of £200 for the construction of the church from the Oddfellows Lodge whose building in Moffat Street was built in 1886 and it closed in 1958. The Lutheran congregation could not service the debt and the Oddfellows reclaimed the church in 1878. They then sold it to the Scottish Presbyterians who preferred services in Woodside rather than having to travel out to Inverbrackie for church. Eventually this became the main Presbyterian church of the district. It is now a private residence and probably closed after the formation of the Uniting Church in 1977. The Lutherans now have their own church in Woodside on the northern outskirts called St. Johns. It opened in 1955 and was debt free by 1958! The other grand public buildings of Woodside are: the Institute which opened in 1880 on land donated by the SA Company; and the state school which opened in 1879 after the 1875 Education Act. An earlier school had opened in the town in 1857. The headmaster’s residence next to the schoolroom was erected in 1884.
Excitement and gold fever came to Woodside in the 1880s. Early in 1880 Mr Mitchell of Woodside, whilst removing a tree stump, found a glittering tangle of quartz and gold worth £300. He formed a syndicate in 1881 with twelve men, who included two copper kings Sir Thomas Elder Smith and Robert Barr Smith, to mine for gold. A few weeks later Andrew Johnston of the brewery in Oakbank began overseeing the mining operations as he was one of the company directors. Another mining company called the Bird-in-the-Hand Mine was also formed to work on land owned by the South Australian Company, the major landowner in the Woodside district. Other mines were formed too and in total about 200 men were employed digging for gold in the district by 1882. The Bird-in-the-Hand mine was eventually purchased by an English company in 1891 and closed down when the company went into liquidation shortly afterwards. The gold had well and truly petered out by this time. It was one of many small gold finds in the Adelaide Hills. Finds were made by all the gold companies but not on a sustainable level. The region produced about 30,000 ounces of gold although more than half of that came from the Bird in the Hand mine. The names of the main mines continue as properties today- Bird in the Hand, Eureka, Blackbird and New Era. To accommodate the miners some early terrace housing in Moffat Street was used and became known as miners’ cottages in the 1880s.
When the SA Company took up nearly 9,000 acres along the Onkaparinga in 1839 they were looking at the native Kangaroo Grass and its usefulness for a dairying industry. They got tenant farmers on the river flats (74 of them by 1850) and dairying started but within a few years the Kangaroo Grass had been eaten out and the tenants turned to general mixed farming. But dairying returned as a major industry around 1890 once butter could be refrigerated and exported to England. In 1889 the SA Company established the Onkaparinga Cheese and Butter factory to purchase the milk from its tenants. The SA Company next opened a creamery at Murdoch Hill in 1890. A second dairy factory opened at Woodside in 1894 as the Onkaparinga Cheese, Butter and Produce Company.( It soon replaced the SA Company factory.) It was the largest dairy factory in SA and made a profit of £700 in its first year. In 1919 it was taken over by SA Farmers’ Union and operated until 1983. It is now Melba’s chocolate factory! By the 1920s it was handling 4,000 litres of milk a day and even into the 1960s it had around 70 employees. Then in 1905 Woodside got a third major butter factory opened by the Lauterbach brothers. It mainly produced cheese and was purchased by AMSCOL around 1928. It mainly producing cheese and bacon but from around 1943 it was a milk depot only as all AMSCOL milk was processed in its Adelaide factory. AMSCOL closed in 1981. Dairying is no longer a major industry of Woodside.
On another note Woodside provided a home for famed Australian painter Horace Trennery (1899-1958.) Many of his work are in the Art Gallery of SA, Carrick Hill and interstate galleries. Trennery worked for Faulding Chemists for a while and then attended Julian Ashton’s Art School in Sydney. At his first exhibition in 1924 all 64 works were sold. He lived at Woodside from 1923 to 1932. Prices for his paintings fell during the Depression and he moved to Willunga in 1934. He enlisted in the army in 1940 but was discharged as he had Huntington’s chorea. He entered the Home for Incurables in 1951 and died there. Two of his works were exhibited in the Tate Gallery London in the 1960s. Many of his paintings had titles incorporating Woodside, Balhannah or Oakbank in their titles.
Photograph taken by Marcus Fillinger Order reference AWM2023.4.67.69 contact: esales@awm.gov.auesales@awm.gov.au
Day #121.... September 21, 2009
Pink is demonstrating how to be a portrait photographer. He thinks that they all have a little ducky and say "Look at the ducky!" ::Squeak Squeak!:: I wouldn't let him use my Nikon... I was way too scared he would break it!! He is doing this because I just found out today that I got a job at a portrait studio! I am really excited! The pay is pretty bad but I need to start somewhere and I am so eager to learn! I would love the opportunity to make people smile every day! I told myself I would have a job by the Christmas season and I did it! My next goal will be to approach Wedding photographers to possibly be an assistant next spring/summer for the busy Wedding season! I really wanted to do this because I don't want to look back on my life and realize that I regret never trying to do something with photography. I have way too much creativity to sit in a cubicle all day!
I am posting this kinda late because I had another idea in mind but the pictures just weren't what I wanted! I will do my other idea one of these days when I am really happy and something great happens to me! And... I also have to figure out how I'm going to get the shot I need... it was tricky!
I got the title from the Pink Panther episode "Smile Pretty, Say Pink" where Pink battles with a photographer in Pinkstone National Park. Another Pink episode with a photography theme is "Pink PIctures" where Pink decides to become an amateur photographer! Check them out!
Pink now has his very own blog! Check it out!
There are two companies offering city tours in open air buses. We did take the tour but did not see anything we had not discovered on our own wandering the city streets. Zacatecas Centro Historico of is compact and with a map and sense of adventure all the sites can easily be reached on foot.
The building behind the bus is another example of characteristic
pink stone facade used on many of the Centro buildings.
The UNESCO Heritage link for Zacatecas is: whc.unesco.org/en/list/676
And, behind the bus is the Sccotiabank. They are everywhere in Mexico and the ATM is usable with no fees if you have a Scotiabank account. No, I do not work for the bank but do appreciate the easy access to Pesos. Nice benefit for Canadians or other cards affiliated with the bank.
A brief History of Early Morphett Vale.
Although now part of suburban Adelaide this village was an important early settlement. The southern plains were one of the first areas beyond the city area that were surveyed by Colonel William Light as Surveyor General of South Australia. Most of this district was surveyed in 1838 and land was then put up for auction in 1840 and by August of 1840 the first crops of potatoes and wheat were growing. One of the major purchasers was the South Australian Company. At this stage they were buying up land to rent or lease to farmers so this attracted farmers with little money to the district. They did not need £80 to buy a section of land. John Morphett was directly involved as an agent for the South Australian Company and as an earliest colonist with considerable wealth he bought up land all over South Australia. He undoubtedly bought land in this district and hence it was named after him. (A nearby district was named after the first General Manager of the South Australian Company David McLaren.) Morphett Vale became the first town to emerge in the southern wheat districts. It was noted as being near Captain O’Halloran’s station (O’Halloran Hill) and also near that of John Reynell (Reynella.) Morphett Vale’s status as a town was confirmed early by the building of a flour mill, church and hotel. The hotel licensed from 1840 was the Emu Hotel run by a Mr Anderson and it was the first public building of the town. From September of 1840 it was also the district Post Office.
Another early structure which was the first Catholic Church built in South Australia and this too conveys a sense of the importance of this little village. A group of Irish Catholics were attracted to the district from the early 1840s. Local voluntary labour was used to erect the church which is still in use. Work started in January 1845 and the church foundation laying ceremony was conducted by the Catholic Bishop. The church opened in 1846 making it one of the earliest churches still standing in SA. A new nave was added to the early church in 1866. Mr Ignatius O’Sullivan was one of first settlers at Morphett Vale who had urged building of church was later buried in the cemetery there in June 1871. In the following year 1872 in this little church the Bishop rescinded the excommunication of Mary MacKillop who is now Saint Mary Mackillop. (The Catholics built a modern new church in 1972.) Next the Anglicans started planning a church at the urgings of Captain O’Halloran. In 1846 when Governor Robe was offering state aid to build churches and to offer land grants for glebe lands the Anglicans of Morphett Vale were awarded a grant of £25 towards the cost of building a church which was expected to cost £150. But nothing came of this and the grant was returned to the government in 1848. Next the Congregationalists proposed erecting a church in Morphett Vale. They wanted it to be used by all Protestant denominations and it was to be known as the Union Chapel. The foundation stone of the Union Chapel laid on 30 August 1849 with it opening as the second Morphett Vale church in 1850. The third church to be built at Morphett Vale was the Presbyterian Free Scots Church. The Presbyterians received a small government grant from the Governor Robe scheme and the church construction began in 1849 with some services held in the partially finished building although the official opening did not occur until 1853.The church was built on land donated in 1848 by Mr long. This church burnt down in 1858. Another Presbyterian church at a cost of £1,000 was started with foundation stone laid on Sunday 13 May 1855. It was a free Presbyterian Church known as the Knox Church and it opened in 1856. Adjacent to it the John Knox Presbyterian School opened in 1870. The Presbyterian Church closed in the 1970s. Both the Presbyterian Church and the former Knox School have recently been restored. Apart from the churches the other early public building was a town school. It was built in 1848 but replaced with the Victoria School in 1858. The superb old courthouse was built in 1851 and served as a district court for over 100 years. When it closed in 1962 it was acquired by the Anglicans who held Anglican Church services in it for the next 20 years until they had built the modern St Hilary of Poitiers Church in 1983. In the old town precinct is also the Institute which was built in 1878. The District Council of Morphett Vale was established in 1852 and existed until 1933 when it was amalgamated with the Council of Noarlunga. On the Main South Road is the former Baptist church which was built in gothic style in 1868 with a nearby cemetery.
Smile on Saturday's theme -
Natural Stones
These stony faces live in my flower bed. I have collected them over the last 45 years from all around our farm land. They are eagerly awaiting the planting of flowers to lift their stony spirits.
Photograph taken by Marcus Fillinger Order reference AWM2023.4.67.6 contact: esales@awm.gov.auesales@awm.gov.au
Photograph taken by Marcus Fillinger Order reference AWM2023.4.67.37 contact: esales@awm.gov.auesales@awm.gov.au
A scan from the book "The Glasgow Region a General Survey" prepared for the meeting of the British Association, held from the 27th of August to the 3rd of September in Glasgow 1958.
A brief History of Early Morphett Vale.
Although now part of suburban Adelaide this village was an important early settlement. The southern plains were one of the first areas beyond the city area that were surveyed by Colonel William Light as Surveyor General of South Australia. Most of this district was surveyed in 1838 and land was then put up for auction in 1840 and by August of 1840 the first crops of potatoes and wheat were growing. One of the major purchasers was the South Australian Company. At this stage they were buying up land to rent or lease to farmers so this attracted farmers with little money to the district. They did not need £80 to buy a section of land. John Morphett was directly involved as an agent for the South Australian Company and as an earliest colonist with considerable wealth he bought up land all over South Australia. He undoubtedly bought land in this district and hence it was named after him. (A nearby district was named after the first General Manager of the South Australian Company David McLaren.) Morphett Vale became the first town to emerge in the southern wheat districts. It was noted as being near Captain O’Halloran’s station (O’Halloran Hill) and also near that of John Reynell (Reynella.) Morphett Vale’s status as a town was confirmed early by the building of a flour mill, church and hotel. The hotel licensed from 1840 was the Emu Hotel run by a Mr Anderson and it was the first public building of the town. From September of 1840 it was also the district Post Office.
Another early structure which was the first Catholic Church built in South Australia and this too conveys a sense of the importance of this little village. A group of Irish Catholics were attracted to the district from the early 1840s. Local voluntary labour was used to erect the church which is still in use. Work started in January 1845 and the church foundation laying ceremony was conducted by the Catholic Bishop. The church opened in 1846 making it one of the earliest churches still standing in SA. A new nave was added to the early church in 1866. Mr Ignatius O’Sullivan was one of first settlers at Morphett Vale who had urged building of church was later buried in the cemetery there in June 1871. In the following year 1872 in this little church the Bishop rescinded the excommunication of Mary MacKillop who is now Saint Mary Mackillop. (The Catholics built a modern new church in 1972.) Next the Anglicans started planning a church at the urgings of Captain O’Halloran. In 1846 when Governor Robe was offering state aid to build churches and to offer land grants for glebe lands the Anglicans of Morphett Vale were awarded a grant of £25 towards the cost of building a church which was expected to cost £150. But nothing came of this and the grant was returned to the government in 1848. Next the Congregationalists proposed erecting a church in Morphett Vale. They wanted it to be used by all Protestant denominations and it was to be known as the Union Chapel. The foundation stone of the Union Chapel laid on 30 August 1849 with it opening as the second Morphett Vale church in 1850. The third church to be built at Morphett Vale was the Presbyterian Free Scots Church. The Presbyterians received a small government grant from the Governor Robe scheme and the church construction began in 1849 with some services held in the partially finished building although the official opening did not occur until 1853.The church was built on land donated in 1848 by Mr long. This church burnt down in 1858. Another Presbyterian church at a cost of £1,000 was started with foundation stone laid on Sunday 13 May 1855. It was a free Presbyterian Church known as the Knox Church and it opened in 1856. Adjacent to it the John Knox Presbyterian School opened in 1870. The Presbyterian Church closed in the 1970s. Both the Presbyterian Church and the former Knox School have recently been restored. Apart from the churches the other early public building was a town school. It was built in 1848 but replaced with the Victoria School in 1858. The superb old courthouse was built in 1851 and served as a district court for over 100 years. When it closed in 1962 it was acquired by the Anglicans who held Anglican Church services in it for the next 20 years until they had built the modern St Hilary of Poitiers Church in 1983. In the old town precinct is also the Institute which was built in 1878. The District Council of Morphett Vale was established in 1852 and existed until 1933 when it was amalgamated with the Council of Noarlunga. On the Main South Road is the former Baptist church which was built in gothic style in 1868 with a nearby cemetery.
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