Ashville
South Australia
Ashville is located in South Australia
Ashville
Ashville
Coordinates35°31′S 139°22′E / 35.51°S 139.37°E / -35.51; 139.37
Population28 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5259
Location
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. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "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.


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