Martindale Hall

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Martindale Hall

General information
Architectural style	Georgian
Town or city	Near Mintaro, South Australia
Country	Australia
Coordinates	33°56′16″S 138°43′46″E / 33.9378°S 138.7294°E / -33.9378; 138.7294Coordinates: 33°56′16″S 138°43′46″E / 33.9378°S 138.7294°E / -33.9378; 138.7294
Construction started	1877^[1]
Completed	1879^[2]
Cost	$72,000^[2]
Client	Edmond Bowman
Design and construction
Architect	Ebenezer Gregg
Engineer	Edward John Woods

Martindale Hall is a Georgian style mansion near Mintaro, South Australia which appeared in the film Picnic at Hanging Rock.^[3] The architect was Ebenezer Gregg of London, the chief supervisor was Adelaide architect Edward John Woods and the builder was R. Huckson, who completed the work in 1880.^[4] Due to the specialist nature of the work involved, 50 of the 60 tradesmen used were brought from England, and they returned when it was completed.^[1]^[2]

It was built for a wealthy bachelor pastoralist, Edmund Bowman Jr (1855–1921). However, debt and drought soon forced the Bowmans to sell all their holdings.^[3] William Tennant Mortlock (son of William Ranson Mortlock) bought Martindale Hall in 1892. His son, John Andrew Tennant Mortlock, developed Martindale Station and built up an impressive collection of artwork which was displayed at the Hall.^[1] The Mortlock Family bequeathed Martindale Hall and the estate to the University of Adelaide in 1965.^[2]

The building is currently leased to John Maguire, who has developed Martindale Hall into a heritage museum and boutique hotel. A $1,600,000 renovation project in 2002 repaired salt damp damage and returned the Hall to near-original condition.^[1] The hall is now located within the 45-acre (18 ha) Martindale Hall Conservation Park, which is itself within the original 11,000-acre (4,500 ha) Martindale Station, still an active sheep station.^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Martindale Hall Revisited: Clare Valley". Postcards. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Martindale Hall South Australian History". Retrieved 2009-01-20.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Martindale Hall website". Retrieved 2009-01-20.
↑ "Mr. E. Bowman's Mansion at Martindale". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 16 December 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

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Conservation Parks	Acraman Creek Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Billiatt Bird Islands Black Hill Cape Gantheaume Cape Hart Cape Torrens Cleland Cox Scrub Danggali Deep Creek Dudley Ewens Ponds Fairview Finniss Fort Glanville Gum Laqoon Kelly Hill Hacks Lagoon Hallett Cove Horsnell Gully Kaiserstuhl Lake Gilles Lake Newland Lathami Mamungari Marino Martindale Hall Monarto Morialta Mount Magnificent Mount Taylor Naracoorte Caves Nepean Bay Neptune Islands Newland Head Ngarkat Parndana Peebinga Pelican Lagoon Piccaninnie Ponds The Pages Pullen Island Scott Creek Seal Bay Seddon Simpson Desert Sir Joseph Banks Group Spring Gully Talisker Torrens Island Troubridge Island Vivonne Bay West Island Western River

Recreation Parks	Anstey Hill Brownhill Creek Cobbler Creek Para Wirra Sturt Gorge Totness

Regional Reserves	Innamincka Lake Frome Nullarbor Simpson Desert Strzelecki

Conservation Reserves	Chadinga Naracoorte Caves

Wilderness Protection Areas	Cape Gantheaume Ravine des Casoars

Game Reserves	Bool Lagoon

External links

Martindale Hall Conservation Park

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