| LOCATION |
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| Address |
286 Torrens Road CROYDON PARK |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Port Adelaide Enfield Council |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church |
| Registered Name |
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church |
| Significance |
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church demonstrates an important aspect of the evolution of the State's history, namely post-war migration to support the Playford government's industrialisation strategy for South Australia. The construction of St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church is a direct result of the suburban growth that occurred due to industrial expansion in Adelaide's north-western suburbs that attracted large numbers of migrants to settle in the Croydon parish and in particular, Italian and Polish Catholics, who swelled the congregation. The church has particularly strong and direct associations with the high concentration of migrant settlement the church supported and supports still.
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church is an outstanding example of a post-war church retaining a high level of integrity and intactness and incorporating a wide range of characteristics typical of the class, including a radical plan form created as a response to the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (1962-1965) (Vatican II) and seamless integration of bespoke ecclesiastical art. The church is also an outstanding example of late twentieth-century ecclesiastical Modern Movement architecture in South Australia, featuring a fan-shaped plan and innovative gable roof, unbroken straight lines emphasising verticality, clerestory windows, inverted V-shapes, the use of domestic materials, and plain unadorned surfaces.
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church has significant associations with the life and work of the critically-acclaimed ecclesiastical and surrealist South Australian emigre artist Voitre Marek. As artistic consultant for St Margaret Mary's, Marek designed all and created many of the church's original sacred artworks and liturgical fixtures. Marek's body of work at St Margaret Mary's was created at the height of his creative achievements in the late 1960s and is seamlessly integrated with the design of the church. |
| Subject Index |
Religion - Church (Christian) |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
18-AUG-2022 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Port Adelaide Enfield |
| State Heritage ID |
26521 |
| Heritage Number |
28122 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
d - it is an outstanding representative of a particular class of place of cultural significance
e - it demonstrates a high degree of creative, aesthetic or technical accomplishment or is an outstanding representative of particular construction techniques or design characteristics
g - it has a special association with the life or work of a person or organisation or an event of historical importance
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 5840/399 D3332 A5,CT 5710/844 F117834 A52,CT 5726/535 D3333 A72,CT 5824/99 F117831 A49,CT 5835/507 D3333 A4 |