Waterworth
Location
At his own expense, Sparks salvaged wood from the wreck of the HMS Buffalo in New Zealand to construct the Mayoral Chair; now on display at the Bay Discovery Centre, Moseley Square. The HMS Buffalo carried South Australia’s first Governor, John Hindmarsh, to Glenelg in 1836. Sparks enlarged the home to an 11-room residence where he eventually died in 1900. Waterworth later became flats, a private hospital, and then a nursing home. It is now divided into three apartments. The HMS Buffalo carried South Australia’s first Governor, John Hindmarsh, to Glenelg in 1836. Sparks enlarged the home to an 11-room residence where he eventually died in 1900. Waterworth later became flats, a private hospital, and then a nursing home. It is now divided into three apartments.
Historical Places Nearby
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Seawall22-23 South Esplanade, Glenelg SA, Australia
Seawall apartments were originally two seafront mansions of 9 rooms each built-in 1882. Much of the original Victorian detailing is still evident in number 22. The original masonry and cast iron fence, typical of the 1870s, still remains.
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Shoreham Apartments18A South Esplanade, Glenelg SA, Australia
Glenelg has always been progressive. From the 1920s and throughout the 1930s, developers and residents embraced the new architectural trends of the Art Deco style.
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Albert Hall16 South Esplanade, Glenelg SA, Australia
Albert Hall is a twenty room, 3-storey mansion first occupied by William Kyffin Thomas, one of the first European colonists, and part-owner of newspapers the Adelaide Observer and Register.
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