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21-418: The property is on Arbury Park Road, on the northern edge of Aldgate between Crafers and Bridgewater . Cox's Creek flows through the property. The area covered by the property was first settled in the 1850s. Plots were owned by several people, who variously planted poplars , elms , and pine trees along the creek . Tullie Cornthwaite Wollaston (1863–1931), known for his discovery and cultivation of

42-502: A Georgian style that he had admired in English country houses on a recent trip. Architect Kenneth Milne , who had also recently taken a particular interest in Georgian architecture and the work of 18th-century Scots architects Robert and James Adam , designed the house, and it was built using Basket Range sandstone. Construction took place from September 1934 to August 1935. Downer named

63-455: A dark red claret in the autumn. The bark of the tree is notably smoother than other Caucasian ash trees, which is quite apparent on those claret ash trees that have been grafted onto a Caucasian ash rootstock . In Australia and the United States a decline or dieback in some older trees has been observed, which has been attributed to a combination of environmental stress and the presence of

84-702: Is a South Australian village and a suburb of Adelaide , located 21 km (13 mi) south-east of the Adelaide city centre , in the Adelaide Hills . An inn called the Aldgate Pump was opened by Richard D. Hawkins, a well-known publican, in 1864. Hawkins, who had emigrated from London , England, to the Province of South Australia in 1842, already owned several hotels, including the nearby Crafers Inn in present-day Crafers . The pump which Hawkins had installed outside

105-486: Is mentioned in the Redgum song "So Goodbye" featured on the band's 1978 album If You Don't Fight You Lose . Claret Ash Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa 'Raywood' , known as claret ash or Raywood ash is a cultivar of ash , a seedling variant of Caucasian ash, Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa . It is distinctive in its leaves turning to a dark red colour in autumn. The original seedling

126-593: The central reservation and verges of Anzac Highway in Adelaide when it was redeveloped into a dual carriageway . The tree was introduced to cultivation in Britain in 1928 and to North America in 1956, although it did not become widely available there until 1979. Claret ash is a cultivar of Caucasian ash, derived from a natural seedling variant. Caucasian ash is a subspecies of narrow-leaved ash, Fraxinus angustifolia . Claret ash grows to around 15–20 m (49–66 ft) and has dark green leaves that turn to

147-415: The claret ash tree, bought a section of land in 1904, another in 1911, and further plots as they became available. He established the gardens, and about 1925 established Ray Nursery (named in memory of his son, a casualty of World War I) to encourage cultivation of native plants. The Wollaston property was bought by Sir Alexander Downer in 1932, who lived in a cottage while he had the large house built in

168-583: The 10 ha (25-acre) property until 2008, before relocating to Kununurra in the Pilbara region in Western Australia . In 2019 Salerno was convicted of abusing a child at the property. The cult members called the house "the mansion" and the dormitory accommodation "the barracks". In 2008, the mansion sold for about A$ 4 million , the price reduced by a million since 2006. It was bought by Port Adelaide Football Club director Alex Panas, who said that although

189-536: The Salerno family had done a wonderful job of restoring the mansion, which had been a "huge mess" when they bought it, he planned to work with heritage experts to ensure the grandeur of the property was restored. The house was confirmed on the South Australian Heritage Register in 1989; the garden, chapel, driveway and gates followed in 2000. The SA Heritage Register states: "Developed in two stages,

210-526: The first Australian residential in-service teachers' training centre, the property reverted to its former name, Raywood. The Education Department built a dormitory-style accommodation building with 31 rooms to house the teachers. The members of an Australian cult , the Ideal Human Environment (IHE) headed by James Gino Salerno ("Taipan"), purchased the two titles (accommodation block and main 17-roomed house) for A$ 2.4 million in 2001. They lived on

231-518: The garden is significant as a 1930s private estate garden established within an earlier 20th century garden. Raywood is significant as the location for the first propagation of the Claret Ash tree in Australia. The garden represents horticultural achievement for its collection of rare specimen trees, in particular a stand of Melaleuca linearifolia and collection of conifers . The garden is associated with

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252-479: The hotel (and which gave the hotel its name) became a popular place to water the horses and bullock teams which passed through the area, and by 1870, a small settlement had been established. Hawkins claimed at that time that some 60,000 people a year passed through the hotel's doors. The hotel became quite famous, at one point being described as "one of the best decorated of its kind in the colony" with "magnificent chandeliers". The pump and hotel, and subsequently

273-484: The main street. One of the worst cases of this occurred at around 8:00AM on 8 November 2005, which left most of the businesses in the main street flooded with significant damage. A recent ongoing project around Aldgate has been upgrading the drainage system. In 2009 and 2010, the intersection of Mount Barker Road , Strathalbyn Road and Kingsland Road in Aldgate was upgraded and streetscape works were carried out throughout

294-494: The mansion Arbury Park after Arbury Hall , near Nuneaton , Warwickshire , where his friends the Newdigate family lived. Downer planned and laid out the garden, which included a series of terraces and flights of steps from the house down to a circular pool at the lower level. Claret ash, deodar cedar and copper beech had already been planted by Wollaston, and Downer added liquidambar , cypress and lime trees . Later, one of

315-535: The pools was enlarged to make a water meadow , and a park stocked with 30 deer . In 1955 a chapel was built in memory of Downer's widowed mother – after having remarried in 1919 she became Mrs D'Arcy Addison . In 1964 the new South Eastern Freeway route cut through the water meadow and deer park, and at this time the state government bought the property. After being transferred to the South Australian Education Department in 1965 to create

336-530: The town, were named after Aldgate in London. The word derives from ealdgate , the Old English word meaning "old gate". The Hills Land and Investment Company subdivided land in the Aldgate area and laid out part section 92, Hundred of Noarlunga for settlement in 1882, naming the town after the hotel. Aldgate's drainage system has suffered substantial problems and has been the result of drastic flooding through

357-636: The township. To make way for the roadworks, the pump which was the centrepoint of the town was temporarily removed. It was reinstalled in May 2011 by the Adelaide Hills Council and now sits atop a pedestal on the footpath in the main street. A new fire station for the Aldgate Country Fire Service was completed in August 2009. The Adelaide-Wolseley railway line runs through Aldgate. Aldgate

378-639: The work of Tullie Cornthwaite Wollaston, an influential opal dealer important for his efforts at promoting Australian opals overseas and for the "discovery" and propagation of the Claret Ash. Sir Alexander Russell Downer , noted South Australian and Federal politician, built the house and developed the formal garden as the setting for the house which was important to his concept of the property as an English estate." 35°00′04″S 138°44′59″E  /  35.0012°S 138.7497°E  / -35.0012; 138.7497 Aldgate, South Australia Aldgate

399-637: Was discovered near a group of assorted ash trees in Sewell's nursery in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia about 1910, and later grown at the nearby property, " Raywood " (former home of the Downer family ). Tullie Cornthwaite Wollaston (1863–1931 ), an opal dealer, is credited with its discovery and propagation in the now heritage-listed garden there. In 1937, claret ash trees were planted along

420-555: Was once served by the Bridgewater railway line passenger services from Adelaide from 1883 until 1987 and the Mount Gambier railcar service until 1990. At the time of closure, Aldgate had three platforms. Platform 1 was a 151-metre-long side platform, and platforms 2 and 3 were a 149-metre-long island platform. The island platform was demolished in the 1990s, but the side platform remains in place, although no longer in use. A crossing loop

441-424: Was provided but was removed when the line was converted to standard gauge in 1995. The railway station is now The Hut Community Centre. There are many locally and state heritage-listed sites in Aldgate. those listed in the South Australian Heritage Register : Aldgate is in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area , the federal Division of Mayo and the state electoral district of Heysen . Aldgate

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