Carclew, North Adelaide
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| Carclew | |
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.jpg) Carclew, 2011 | |
  Carclew Location within Australia | |
| General information | |
| Location | North Adelaide, Australia |
| Coordinates | 34°54′44″S 138°35′34″E / 34.912352°S 138.592759°E |
| Construction started | 1897 |
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| Architectural | Federation style |
Carclew is a Federation style mansion built in 1897, located in the suburb of North Adelaide, overlooking the Adelaide city centre from Montefiore Hill, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The building is known for being the premises of the cultural organisation dedicated to artistic development of young people, now known simply as Carclew, which has been housed in the building since 1971.
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-storey 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.[1] The expedition was the first successful European crossing of the continent, but James Chambers died at the property before Stuart's return.[2][3]
In 1862 the site was purchased by businessman, politician and philanthropist Hugh Robert Dixson (later Sir Hugh Robert Denison), who demolished the existing home, leaving only the wall surrounding the property and the stable. Dixson erected the current grander building in 1897 (or 1901?[4]) and called it "Stalheim" (perhaps after the town in Norway).[5]
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.[5] The property remained in the Bonython family until 1965, when it was purchased by the Adelaide City Council.[6]
After a 2006 architects' report recommending maintenance work on the structure of the building, the Government of South Australia undertook the construction work, which was completed in October 2009.[6]