Ashville, South Australia

Ashville South Australia
Ashville
Coordinates	35°31′S139°22′E / 35.51°S 139.37°E / -35.51; 139.37
Population	28 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s)	5259
Location	32 km (20 mi) south of Tailem Bend 127 km (79 mi) southeast of Adelaide
State electorate(s)	Hammond
Federal division(s)	Barker
Localities around Ashville: Wellington East Cooke Plains Poltalloch Ashville Malinong Waltowa Meningie East
Footnotes	[2]

Ashville is a locality in South Australia along the Princes Highway between Tailem Bend and Meningie.

The locality is named after George Ash, who was a member of the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the 1890s and a business partner of Charles Cameron Kingston. ^[2]

In 1913, the district population was 80 people. ^[3]

A school at Ashville opened in 1895 and closed in 1959. ^[4] A school hall built of stone opened in December 1918 to serve the purposes of "...the education of the children, a place of meeting and wholesome recreation for the young people, and a place of worship" at a cost of £600. ^[5] It benefited the people of Ashville, Poltalloch and Albert Hill. The debt was still being paid off in 1920. ^[6]

The Ashville Memorial Hall ^[7] was "erected in memory of those who served". ^[8] An appeal for funds following World War II included a gala country fair in 1949 at Poltalloch. ^[9] The building now houses an art gallery and antique shop. ^[10]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ashville (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Placename Details: Ashville". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 10 May 2006. SA0003440. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
3. "DISTRICT DIRECTORY". Southern Argus . Vol. XLV, no. 3, 379. South Australia. 8 May 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 7 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
4. "Place Names of South Australia – A". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia . Retrieved 7 February 2018.
5. "THE COUNTRY". The Advertiser . Vol. LXI, no. 18, 785. Adelaide. 28 December 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 7 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
6. "THE BEER BOYCOTT". The Chronicle . Vol. LXII, no. 3, 221. Adelaide. 15 May 1920. p. 10. Retrieved 7 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
7. "Ashville Memorial Hall*". Virtual War Memorial. RSL . Retrieved 7 February 2018.
8. Ashville Memorial Hall , retrieved 7 February 2018
9. "GALA DAY AND COUNTRY FAIR". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia . 4 November 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 7 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
10. "Coorong's old halls become art galleries". The Murray Valley Standard . 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.