The Kent Town Hotel
Many thanks to Craig Hill for his history month presentation on the Kent Town Hotel (shown as it appears in 2025). Craig has now made his presentation available on his Liquid History website and anyone interested can access it from the button below. Kent Town Hotel – History Month 2025 Related posts: No related posts.
History Corner
Prince Alfred College in 1869
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 ...
Dequetteville Terrace
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 ...
Interactive Map Heritage Buildings
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
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 ...
30 Dequetteville Terrace
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 ...
Kent vs Torrens – Part 2
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 ...
The Kent Town Triangle
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… ...
Kent Town Brewery – Part 2
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, ...
Kent Town Brewery – Part 1
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 Wetland
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 ...
Historical Plaques
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 ...
Section 255 Kent vs Torrens – Part 1
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. ...

