Spalding. Old General Store that later became and English Scottish and Australian Bank. The lettering is just visible. Now a residence only. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Spalding. Old General Store that later became and English Scottish and Australian Bank. The lettering is just visible. Now a residence only. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Spalding. Spalding was named after the town of the same name in Lincolnshire in England. It is in the centre of the tulip growing area of England for the bulb industry. Although Spalding in South Australia is located in well watered country (about 450 mm average rainfall or higher), of moderate altitude, it is not conducive to tulip bulb growing. Freshwater Creek that flows through the town heads off to join the Broughton River as do most creeks in this part of the Mid North of South Australia. Like the other parts of this region, the area was first occupied by leaseholders from the 1840s onwards who established extensive sheep runs. To the east were the Browne brothers of Hallett, to the south the Hawkers of Bungaree, to the north east the Cudmores of the Yongala part of Canowie, and closer to Spalding was John Bristow Hughes of Bundaleer as explained above. Despite the high rainfall and the good soils even at the end of the 19th century only about 20,000 acres of the 110,000 acres in the district was farmed. The Hundred of Andrews, which contains Spalding was first opened for farm selection in 1869. The government’s idea for a main town for the hundred was the town of Euromina, about 12 kilometres south of Spalding. Like many towns in these mid north hundreds it had a rectangular grid street pattern with terraces like Adelaide, surrounded by parklands. It was on the banks of the Hutt River and not a suitable site. The town never developed, and the site was subject to flooding. Euromina stayed on maps until 1913 when it was sold for closer settlement along with lands from North Bungaree station. But in that same year the Education Department started a primary school at the site. It finally closed in 1950. Spalding was favoured by locals as a town and the first government service was established in the township. The Post Office service started in 1875 about the same time as town allotments were being surveyed and sold by Edward Lunn who owned the Post Office land. Another land owner founded the settlement of Trelyn, which is now part of Spalding in 1878. A further subdivision in 1914 created Spalding East. Despite these various subdivisions Spalding remained a small town, and now only the name of Spalding is used for the town. Spalding was named by Edward Lunn who was born in Spalding Lincolnshire. Some of the main buildings in Spalding include: the hotel established in 1879, but the present structure dates from later periods – 1914 and 1921; the Presbyterian Church dates from 1881; the public school was opened in 1884; a general store in the Main Street dates from 1881. The town Institute dates from 1894 and the Catholic Church, from 1909. During the 1920s the town experienced a mini building boom and the Masonic Temple, the Anglican Church; a new Post Office, an English Scottish and Australian Bank, the Hospital, the Methodist Church, and a new District Hall were all erected. Electricity was “switched on” in 1951 and water from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline was turned on in 1944. A spur railway line from Clare reached Spalding in 1922 (and Andrews in 1920) and it operated for passengers until 1954 when the rail service was replaced by passenger buses. Freight services continued for a longer period of time. The major obstacle for the railway in reaching Spalding was the major crossing of the Broughton River. A large five arched bridge across the river was not completed until 1921, thus delaying the arrival of the railway line into Spalding until January 1922. The government considered extending the line on from Spalding to Jamestown but by the mid 1920s road transport was replacing the need for railway services. |
| 撮影日 | 2016-09-20 14:01:33 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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