History of Kent Town

Over the years, there have been many unusual (some would say bizarre) deaths in Adelaide. This article, describes some of the unusual deaths in Kent Town from more than 100…

Electricity in Port Adelaide In March 1895, the South Australian Electric Light and Motive Power Company was registered. It supplied power from its Port Adelaide generator in Nile Street, to…

Colonel William Light –  painting of Adelaide plains being cleared for settlement. Behind the clearing is a line of tall gums and forest leading to the Mount Lofty Ranges in…

Horse-drawn trams Sir Edwin Smith and William Buik, both prominent in the City of Kensington and Norwood then Adelaide City Council (and both later mayors of Adelaide), spent some time…

36 College Road, Kent Town C.T. No.: 4030/252 (the old Chloe’s Restaurant site) This house is on Block 215 (part) and was probably an original block when Kent Town was…

History of PAC From the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 – 1900)  Wed 23 Jun 1869 THE PRINCE ALFRED COLLEGE. The above College, of which the foundation, stone…

How it got its name. The State Library of South Australia provided this information: The name appears as “Dequeteville” on a plan of the subdivision of Kent Town lodged in…

Hodder – History oF South Australia Volume 1 Hodder – History of South Australia Volume 2 Hodder – Founding of South AustralIa Colonel Light – Map of Preliminary Country Sections…

Heritage Places The definitions that make up the types of heritage listed properties can be found here. With respect to a map of heritage places, Kent Town has State and Local…

Hardman Gardens at the corner of Fullarton Road & Flinders Street, Kent Town The reserve land at the intersection of Fullarton Road, Flinders Street and the Parade West is known…

THE CLUB Circa 1861  History of 30 Dequetteville Terrace The beautiful old building known as “The Club” was built in 1861 from Tapleys Hill bluestone for Mr C Fisher. The…

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 – 1900)  Thu 24 Jun 1852 Page 3  LAW AND POLICE COURTS Kent v. Torrens. Replevin. For the plaintiff Mr. Fisher and the Crown…

Register, 15 November 1886, page 7 Excerpt from The Exhibition Fence A wealthy brewer, to the great disgust of the neighbourhood… erected [a brewery] on land partly facing this triangle……

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 – 1900)  Thu 15 Jun 1876 THE KENT TOWN BREWERY At the eastern end of Rundle-road, where it enters Kent Town from Adelaide,…

The Kent Town Brewery – State Heritage Place Number 10268 From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Town_Brewery Sometime around 1860 Logue took Edwin Thomas Smith on as a partner. Logue died in 1865; his will would…

First Creek appears on Colonel Light’s section map of Adelaide and surrounds as Green Hill Rivulet and it later became known as Greenhill Creek. The creek originates in the Adelaide…

There are several historical buildings in Kent Town marked by plaques supplied by the Kensington and Norwood Historical Society. John Martin’s Warehouse Maggies/Tin Cat Mayor’s Residence Kent Town Brewery Logue’s…

The Wikipedia article: British Colonisation of South Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_colonisation_of_South_Australia provides details of the planning that went into the establishment of the Colony many years before the colonists arrived in 1836….

James Shaw: Logue’s Brewery 1863 (The Art Gallery of South Australia) South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 – 1900)  Mon 26 Jan 1863 THE KENT TOWN BREWERY Early in…

The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 – 1929)  Mon 13 Dec 1926 KENT TOWN By A. T. Saunders. In Monday’s Register I asked where Logue’s Brewery actually was, and on…

Dr Benjamin Archer Kent arrived in Adelaide with his family on April 14th 1840. In 1854 Dr Kent and his wife returned to England for a visit and his departure…