Ashville, South Australia

Ashville is a locality in South Australia along the Princes Highway between Tailem Bend and Meningie.

Ashville
South Australia
Ashville
Coordinates35.51°S 139.37°E / -35.51; 139.37
Postcode(s)5259
Location
State electorate(s)Hammond
Federal Division(s)Barker
Localities around Ashville:
Wellington East Cooke Plains
Poltalloch Ashville Malinong
Waltowa Meningie East
Footnotes[1]

The locality is named after George Ash, who was a member of the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the 1890s and a business partner of Charles Cameron Kingston.[1]

In 1913, the district population was 80 people.[2]

A school at Ashville opened in 1895 and closed in 1959.[3] A school hall built of stone opened in December 1918 to serve the purposes of "...the education of the children, a place of meeting and wholesome recreation for the young people, and a place of worship" at a cost of £600.[4] It benefited the people of Ashville, Poltalloch and Albert Hill. The debt was still being paid off in 1920.[5]

The Ashville Memorial Hall[6] was "erected in memory of those who served".[7] An appeal for funds following World War II included a gala country fair in 1949 at Poltalloch.[8] The building now houses an art gallery and antique shop.[9]

References
  1. "Placename Details: Ashville". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 10 May 2006. SA0003440. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "DISTRICT DIRECTORY". Southern Argus. XLV (3, 379). South Australia. 8 May 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Place Names of South Australia – A". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. "THE COUNTRY". The Advertiser. LXI (18, 785). Adelaide. 28 December 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "THE BEER BOYCOTT". The Chronicle. LXII (3, 221). Adelaide. 15 May 1920. p. 10. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Ashville Memorial Hall*". Virtual War Memorial. RSL. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. Ashville Memorial Hall, retrieved 7 February 2018
  8. "GALA DAY AND COUNTRY FAIR". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia. 4 November 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Coorong's old halls become art galleries". The Murray Valley Standard. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.


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