Seafield Tower
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It was designed as two self-contained, 15-room summer residences for Sir Henry Ayers and Sir Thomas Elder when both were in their late fifties. Ayers made his fortune from the Burra Copper Mines that secured the wealth and future of the colony of South Australia.
Uluru - Ayers Rock in the Northern Territory is named in his honour. Elder was a pastoralist, businessman, philanthropist, and politician. Ayers inhabited the northern side, and Elder the southern. Each residence had a separate staircase to the tower, but the landing was communal
Historical Places Nearby
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Melrose
13 South Esplanade, Glenelg SA, Australia
Once the home of the Melrose family, though the beautiful property no longer exists, here we remember Charles James ‘Jimmy’ Melrose, a South Australian aviator; the youngest and only solo flyer to complete the 1934 Melbourne Centenary Air Race from London to Melbourne.
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St John's Row Terraces
14 St Johns Row, Glenelg SA, Australia
In 1887 Joseph English designed these four terraces of 8 rooms each, typical of Italianate style and popular in the 1880s.
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Stormont
14 South Esplanade, Glenelg SA, Australia
Designed in the Georgian style, Stormont was built in 1886 for South Australian grazier Simon Barnard.
