| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
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| Address |
30 Commercial Road PORT ADELAIDE |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
L - low level confidence |
| Council Area |
Port Adelaide Enfield Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Former Port Adelaide Institute (sometime Custom House) |
| Registered Name |
Institute |
| Significance |
The Port Adelaide Institute is historically significant as one of the most notable Institutes of the colonial period. Founded in 1859 at the third attempt, the Institute moved into this purpose-built two storey building in 1876. The size of the building suggests the Institute's former significance. It incorporated reading rooms, a residence for the librarian, a book bindery, probably the second public art gallery in the Colony (1880) and one of the earliest museums (1872). As well as sustaining a substantial library, the Institute also organised lectures, classes and other educational activities. In 1900 it had the most subscribers of any Institute library outside of Adelaide. Its general museum became a nautical museum in 1933, and was believed to be the oldest such museum in Australia when incorporated into the SA Maritime Museum in the 1980s. The Institute moved out in 1959 and the building was incorporated into the adjacent Custom House until 1987, when the Customs vacated both buildings. [HB 9/2007] |
| Subject Index |
Community facilities - Institute; Recreation and entertainment - Art Gallery; Recreation and entertainment - Museum; Government - Custom House |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
24-MAR-1983 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Port Adelaide Enfield |
| State Heritage ID |
10949 |
| Heritage Number |
2964 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 5585/358 D50895 A110 |