Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum

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Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum
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The museum during the All Locked Up event
Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum
Established1854;167 years ago (1854)
Location3 Perseverance Rd, Tea Tree Gully SA 5091, Australia
Coordinates 34°49′20″S138°43′51″E / 34.8221°S 138.7307°E / -34.8221; 138.7307
TypeCulture museum
Website http://www.ttgmuseum.on.net/

The Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum, formerly the Highercombe Hotel is a local history museum located in Tea Tree Gully, South Australia. It is one of the three museums operated by the History Trust of South Australia. [1] It deals with the history of the Tea Tree Gully (Steventon) area of South Australia. It was formed as the Highercombe Hotel in 1854 [2] , then served as the Tea Tree Gully Post Office and Telegraph Station in May 1880 and was made into a museum in 1965 to save the building [3] .

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The museum offers regular Heritage on Sunday events with varying themes throughout the year. Ghost tours occasionally operate at night. The museum is accredited in the Community Museums Program of the History Trust of SA [4] .

History

Highercombe Hotel

The Highercombe Hotel was built in 1854. Its first licensee was William Haines, who served as District Clerk of Tea Tree Gully Council for 37 years and Member of Parliament for 6 years. The State Government purchased the building in 1879 [5] and it was used from 1880 to 1963 as a post and telegraph office. During this period part of the building was used as a school classroom and accommodation for Headmasters' and the Postmasters' families. [6] From 1963 to 1967 the Tea Tree Gully Council used it as an office and library.

Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum

At the request of citizens, the National Trust took over the building in 1967. Volunteers formed the National Trust of South Australia (NTSA) Tea Tree Gully Branch and museum contents were donated by local residents. The Tea Tree Gully Branch restored it and converted it to a heritage museum. It was initially known as the Old Highercombe Hotel Folk Museum and later the Old Highercombe Hotel Museum [7] [8]

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References

  1. History Trust of South Australia Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. "TEA TREE GULLY HERITAGE MUSEUM 3 PERSEVERANCE ROAD, TEA TREE GULLY" (PDF). Heritage South Australia. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. "Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum – South Australian History Network" . Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. "MaC Members" (PDF). History Trust of South Australia. Government of South Australia. May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. "Parliamentary Trip to Teatree Gully". South Australian Register . Adelaide. 7 August 1879. p. 6. Retrieved 19 November 2012 via National Library of Australia.
  6. City of Tea Tree Gully (1986). History, heritage, humour. Tea Tree Gully, South Australia: City of Tea Tree Gully. pp. 33–36. ISBN   0-7316-1398-8.
  7. "Old Highercombe Hotel". National Trust South Australia. Archived from the original on 20 September 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
  8. "A Brief History of the Museum". Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum. Retrieved 1 July 2021.