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21-752: Metters is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Metters (c. 1863–1918), Australian Baptist minister and chaplain during WWI Chris Metters (born 1990), English professional cricketer Colin Metters , English conductor, orchestral trainer and conducting pedagogue Frederick Metters (1858–1937), Australian ironworker and businessman See also [ edit ] Metters Building , building in Sydney Metters Limited , Australian manufacturing business founded by Frederick Metters [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

42-505: A campus of the University of South Australia. The Magill Training Centre was situated in the area on Glen Stuart Road. Originally a Government reform school that was built in 1867. It was closed in 2012 and the land sold for housing. Magill has three educational institutions: Magill Primary School on Magill Road; Norwood International High School on The Parade ; and UniSA Magill Campus on St Bernards Road. This article about

63-508: A favoured settlement. Within a decade a population of carters, farm labourers, stonemasons, plasterers and carpenters settled there. Most of the houses were made of stone from Captain Duff ’s quarry at Woodforde to the north-east or small quarries in the hills south-east. Geographically the suburb straddles two councils, with its northern portion within the City of Campbelltown and the southern part within

84-535: A nervous breakdown, and died there a few weeks later. Alfred Metters (c. 1863 – 1 March 1918) married Ottilie Caroline Strempel ( – 18 September 1953) at Mannum, South Australia on 29 August 1888. (Ottilie was a daughter of Ferdinand Strempel and Dorothea, née Muller) Their children included: Magill, South Australia Magill is a suburb of Adelaide straddling the City of Burnside and City of Campbelltown council jurisdictions, approximately 7 km east of

105-409: A partnership as a carrier and merchant following their arrival on 28 December 1836, and purchased Section 285, which was named after Cock's trustee, David M. Makgill. The estate's homestead was built in 1838 by Ferguson, who was charged with farming the estate. Soon after farming commenced the two were short of cash, and thus Magill became the first foothill village to be subdivided. The area surrounding

126-400: Is centred at the intersection of Magill, St Bernards and Penfold Roads. Magill was early considered the centre of a district characterised by vineyards and orchards. Hills people travelled along Magill Road to and from the town (Adelaide). There were a range of services within the village such as a blacksmith, tearooms, chaff mill, hotels, butchery and post office. It became a hub of activity and

147-659: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alfred Metters Alfred Metters was born in Melbourne , the youngest child of James Metters (c. 1821 – 2 October 1881), a bricklayer from Cornwall and his wife Susan Metters, née Flux (c. 1824 – 4 July 1875), from the Isle of Wight, who arrived in Victoria some time before December 1854. His brothers Charles Henry Metters (c. 1853–1929), John Thomas Metters (c. 1853–1924) and Frederick Metters (1858–1937) were ironworkers, founders of

168-411: The surname Metters . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metters&oldid=1107965200 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

189-629: The Adelaide CBD. It incorporates the suburb previously known as Koongarra Park . Before the colonisation of South Australia in 1836, the land now called Magill was occupied by the Kaurna people. The Kaurna people, the Traditional Owners of the Adelaide Plains, were the first to live in this area and have cared for the land for thousands of years. Before Magill was established in 1838, the area

210-521: The Australian Military Forces, an appointment that followed him in his subsequent moves. By 1913 he had been elevated to the military rank of captain, and in 1915 re-graded from Chaplain 4th class to Senior Chaplain, 1st Class (Other Protestant denominations), and promoted to Chaplain-Colonel in 1915. In February 1918 he was admitted to the No. 15 Australian General Hospital, North Adelaide, following

231-805: The Baptist Church. Around November, he returned to Perth, where in April 1905, he was appointed editor of the Day Dawn and Baptist Church Messenger , but spent much of that year in Tasmania , and was appointed minister of the Devonport Baptist Church early in 1906. He left for Sydney in March 1907, where he had been appointed to the Granville and Liverpool churches, experimentally made into one circuit, but relinquished

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252-733: The Baptist Union of WA. He transferred to Fremantle in December 1902, being succeeded by Rev. A. A. Medley, and shortly after was elected Secretary of the Baptist Union of Western Australia, while retaining the vice-presidency, followed by the presidency in November. His health suffered however, and in March 1904, he returned to South Australia. Back in Adelaide, Metters represented the British and Foreign Bible Society and undertook various preaching roles for

273-547: The Baptist newsletter. In 1890 he and Rev. E. J. Henderson, pastor of the Baptist church at Laura, South Australia exchanged pulpits. In February 1892 he relinquished the pastorate of Laura and Appila for Jamestown , Georgetown and Cloverhill, which he resigned in November that year, and took over the Hill Street Baptist Church at Kapunda . He resigned that post and returned to Goodwood early in 1886. His next posting

294-811: The City of Burnside boundary. The area is close to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges and encompasses part of the Third Creek. Magill is home to one of the Penfolds Wineries, the University of South Australia Magill Campus and the historic Murray Park Estate. The Murray home, set in 22 acres of land, was later acquired by the South Australian government and it became the core of the Wattle Park Teachers’ College in 1957, and eventually

315-743: The Victorian firm of Metters Bros., oven and stove manufacturers. Sometime before 1880, Frederick left for South Australia, where he was associated with the Norwood Baptist Church and there patented his "top fire" stove design in 1891 and founded his own business which eventually became Metters Limited . Metters followed brother Fred to Adelaide on the SS Victorian in February 1883, and is reported as being engaged in commercial affairs of an unidentified nature, but quite likely with his brother. His heart

336-425: The original Magill village was initially characterised by large estates set amidst vineyards and orchards, particularly to the north of Magill Road: the blocks of the first subdivisions to the south were also large enough for the planting of orchards. The name Makgill was changed to Magill in the late 1940s, for reasons unknown. The suburb has several buildings dating back to early colonial time. Business development

357-786: The pastorate a year later. He was recognised as being the instigator in 1906 of Federal Congresses of the Baptist Church in Australia, first held in September 1908. He received a call by the Hindmarsh Baptist Church, which he took up in June 1909. He added the Prospect church to his responsibilities in 1911. While pastor at Hindmarsh its finances improved sufficiently for considerable expansion to be undertaken. In 1912 he relinquished pastorate of Hindmarsh, but continued his association with Prospect. He

378-789: Was a proponent of a referendum for compulsory Bible instruction in State schools, and organizing secretary of the Scriptural Instruction in State Schools League. For many years he conducted (as "Cousin Felix") the children's page in The Southern Baptist (later renamed The Australian Baptist ) In 1906 while in Tasmania he was appointed Chaplain (4th Class) with the Chaplains' Department of

399-456: Was a woodland with widely spaced gums over native grasses and some small shrubs. In 1836 it is believed there were around seven hundred Kaurna people in the area. The suburb of Magill was first established as the 524-acre (2.12 km ) Makgill Estate, owned by two Scotsmen, Robert Cock and William Ferguson , who met en route to the newly founded colony of South Australia when sailing out from Portsmouth on HMS  Buffalo . They formed

420-712: Was however in matters religious, as he was soon involved in various Baptist causes. He became Secretary to the Gospel Temperance Mission, and preached the Temperance cause for the Blue Ribbon Army, of which he became president in 1884. He was also closely involved with the YMCA and Band of Hope . In 1885 he began studying for the ministry at Union College, and in 1888 he began his ministry as pastor at Goodwood Baptist Church. In 1889 he became manager of Truth and Progress ,

441-506: Was in late 1898 to Mount Barker , but was suffering ill health, and resigned in May 1900 rather than face another cold winter in the hills, and was given a short-term posting at Magill . While in Mount Barker, he founded a Berean association. In May 1901, he accepted a call to Katanning , Western Australia, and in 1902 was appointed Superintendent of Baptist Home Missions and Vice-president of

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