Carclew Traditional Cache
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The Cache
The cache is a 150ml vitamin container, has a log book and pen. This is a park and grab, easy parking depends on time of day and day of week. Good chance of Guggles (golfing muggles) on the nearby tee and fairway of hole 16. Congrats to Burkezoid for FTF.
Carclew (formerly Stalheim)
Carclew is a Federation style mansion built in 1897. The two-story building is constructed of sandstone, brick and cement with timber balconies and verandas and an iron roof. It features ornate woodwork and a three-story ‘widows watch tower’ with a slate roof. The house was designed by J.Q. Bruce, a prominent Adelaide architect. Consistent with other stately homes, there was a decorated archway main entrance leading to an entrance hall with main staircase. The ground floor included a ballroom, mourning room, parlor, servants quarters, kitchen scullery, conservatory and library. The family quarters were situated on the next level.
The site was originally sold in the first Adelaide land sale of 1837, purchased by George Curtis for 12 shillings. In 1861 the site contained a simple two story brick dwelling, a wall surrounding the house and a stable. It was purchased by a stockbroker James Chambers in 1861 who in the same year sponsored the expedition of John McDouall Stuart which was launched from the site. (A plaque on the property's surrounding wall commemorates the event). The expedition was the first successful European crossing of the continent, but James Chambers died at the property before Stuart's return.
In 1896 the site was purchased by Hugh Robert Dixon, a tobacco merchant and member of parliament, who demolished the existing home, leaving only the wall surrounding the property and the stable. Dixon erected the current grander building and called it 'Stalheim'.
In 1908, the building was sold to Sir John Langdon Bonython, editor of The Advertiser, and member of the first Parliament of Australia. Bonython renamed the building ‘Carclew’ after the area in Cornwall where his ancestors had lived.
Carclew House was purchased by the Adelaide City Council with assistance from the State Government in 1965. Plans to build a large festival hall on this site were scrapped in favour of the Adelaide Festival Centre. In 1971 Don Dunstan, Premier of South Australia, announced that Carclew House would become a centre for creative activities by or for young people under the name South Australian Performing Arts Centre for Young People, which was incorporated in 1972.
The new Carclew Youth Performing Arts Centre was opened in 1982 by Minister of Arts, Murray Hill, as Australia’s major centre for youth arts. The South Australian Youth Arts Board (SAYAB) was formed in November 1988 as the governing body of Carclew. Subsequently, the Board revised its programs to support children and young people 26 years and under. Its name changed in 1991, 2009 and again in 2013 (now simply Carclew). This majestic residence is a spectacle on the hill overlooking the golf course and Adelaide CBD.
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