Colton. St Lukes Anglican Church built in 1905. Closed except for special services these days. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Colton. St Lukes Anglican Church built in 1905. Closed except for special services these days. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Colton. This tiny settlement on Eyre Peninsula was named after Sir John Colton a South Australian parliamentarian. He was a government minister and then Premier of South Australia in 1876-77 and again in 1884-85. The Hundred of Colton was declared in 1876 the first time that Sir John Colton was Premier and among the first land owners to take up farming land in 1876 was Michael Kenny senior and his two sons Daniel and Michael. Son Daniel Kenny acquired land sections where five roads met in 1880 and so he decided to create a small private town as he wanted to establish a hotel there. Brother Michael Kenny took over this land in 1887 and donated land for a showground (the first show was held in 1892 and the last in 1952) and a hall. Brother Daniel Kenny operated his licensed hotel from 1884 and the small settlement soon had a general store and blacksmiths shop. The district hall was built in 1903. The state government had reserved land here upon which it built a solid stone school building in 1885. It opened with David Roper as the first teacher and by the 1890s it had over 60 pupils. In the 20th century enrolments declined and the school closed in 1956. The old school, however is still standing as a fine stone residence. In 1886 the Catholic Church purchased two acres in Colton and erected St Aidan’s Church in 1894. One hundred years later the congregation was rather small by 1985 and the church closed around that time. It has since been demolished but the Catholic cemetery on the hill remains. In that cemetery are the graves of many Catholic settlers including the North family. Their claim to fame was that they were the very first Greek immigrants to South Australia. Giorgos Tramountanas arrived in South Australia in 1842. After working at Port Adelaide and Clarendon and got employment on the ship the Admella in 1857. After anglicising his name to North (tramountanas means north wind from the mountains) in 1858 he married English woman Lydia Vosper in September 1858 in the Catholic Church at Port Adelaide and the newlyweds moved to Port Lincoln no long after. George worked as a shepherd on the Peninsula before obtaining his own land in 1869. Her acquired more land near Elliston in 1872 and eventually established North Park property between Colton and Elliston. George North was naturalized as a British subject in 1878. He spent the last years of his life with some of his children on his 8,000 farm at Colton. When he died in 1911 he was buried in the Colton Catholic cemetery. Apart from the Catholic Church the Anglicans also erected a church in Colton. The Kenny family donated land for the Anglicans as well as the Catholics. St Luke’s Anglican Church opened in 1905. It has not been demolished but it is no longer used for services. Most of the other buildings such as the hall and store and Catholic Church have all been demolished. The Colton Hotel closed in 1937 and it too has been demolished. The town that no longer exists also had a general cemetery and that still exists. |
| 撮影日 | 2016-10-28 16:19:16 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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