Key

- Mural location

- Plaque location

Plaque 1

Byethorne Park Murals at A Here there are 3 murals: “Early Map of Nairne” “Steam Train Scene” “Country Fair”

Plaque 2

1. Railway Station 2. Uuralia 3. Shelley’s Cottage “Railway Reminiscence” Mural B “Amos Howard”

Plaque 3

4. Nairne Cemetery 5. First Church Site 6. Soldiers Memorial Hall 7. Old School 8. Millers Arms Hotel 9. Crooked Billet

Plaque 4

10. The Stables 11. Pioneer Cottage 12. Stoddart’s House 13. Albert Mill 14. The First Agricultural Show The Old Gum Stump This massive gum once stretched across the Main Street to the Millers Arms Hotel. Used not only as a meeting place for picnics and celebrations, prisoners were chained to its base during the change of guard. “First Flour Mill” “View of Nairne 1891” Mural C “The Old School”

Mural D “Albert Mill”

Plaque 5

15. Site of the First Inn 16. Murphy’s Deli 17. District Hotel 18. Elders Building 19. Nairne Institute “Main Street Nairne 1904”

Plaque 11

35. Bigmore Cottage 36. Paired Cottages 37. Chapman’s Factory “Looking West From Chapmans” (Circa 1906) “Chapman’s Bridge, Bridge Street” (Circa 1906) “Advertising the Chapman Produce” (Circa1880’s)

Plaque 1030. Bayfield Cottage: 93 Main St. 31. Cottage at 97 Main Street 32. Timmins Cottage 33. Tannery 34. Timmins House “Origin of Geo. Chapman’s Curing Business” “Pleasant Short Walk” Mural J “The Tannery” Shows the hard life endured by Tannery workers.

Plaque 9

25. Post Office 26. Old Police Station 27. Chapman’s Cottage 28. Maternity Hospital 29. Dove Cottage “Troopers on Horseback” Mural I “Old Police Station”

Plaque 8

23. Uniting Church 24. Wesleyan Church “Nook ‘N Cranny” “Nairne C 1870’s” (no railway line)

Plaque 7

Mural E “The Blacksmith at Work”

Murals F “Reverend Collins and the Bell” “Melting the Bell” “The Pig Run” “Elizabeth Smillie Going to Church”

Murals G “Anzac Day” “Country Fire Service”

Mural H “Post Office 1919”

Plaque 6

20. The Old Carpenters and Undertakers 21. Jackson’s Butcher Shop 22. Stables and Hayloft “Main Street Nairne (C 1904)” “Main Street Nairne (C 1948)”

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AOld Princes Highway

Old Princes Highway

North Road

Nixon Street

Farquharson Street

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Lower Nixon Street

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Byethorne Park

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18

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18

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39

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Old

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orse

.

The proposed township is situated in a beautiful

valley, well-sheltered from

the prevailing winds,

including both sides of the creek, in which there is

at all seasons abundance of fine water.

The adjoining hills afford extensive views of

Mount B

arker and the country around. As the

climate is salubrious, and the elevation from

the plains considerable, it is a m

ost desirable spot for sum

mer residences, particularly for persons

requiring change of air.The soil is deep, dark loam

,thickly covered with

a rich sward of grass, and the neighbourhood

abounds with good building freestone &

limestone.

From an advertisem

ent in The Register {predecessor of today’s Advertiser) of 23rd N

ovember 1839.

~N

airne was transform

ed in the early 1880s by the railw

ay, Chapmans factory, the tannery, saw

mills,

mining and a sm

elting works.

Bypassed by the freeway, it has retained its stone

village charm.

For more of the fascinating history of N

airne visit

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w.nairne.org.au

The Murals

The Nairne Historic M

urals project was started and

coordinated by Liz Hirstle, a local artist who runs a

painting school at the Jonathan Art Centre in Daw

esley.

Liz has been lucky to have the help of a number of

very talented local artists and groups. The Nairne and

District Residents Association and, in particular, Clive Pay, w

ho project managed the initial stages of the

project, raised much of the early funding and built

most of the panels on w

hich the murals are painted.

It would also not have been possible w

ithout the support of M

ayor Ann Ferguson, and many of the staff

of the District Council of Mount Barker.

The Mural Artists

Liz HirstleCountry Fire Service, Soldiers M

emorial,

The Post Offi

ce, The Tannery and Amos How

ard.

Bill Burrows

Steam Train.

Helen Carman and Lynda W

yattThe Pig Run, The O

ld Police Station, The O

ld Mill and Gum

tree.

John Mangal

The Blacksmith and The Country Fair.

Zana Thiele M

atthew

and Elizabeth Smillie.

The school mural w

as created by the Nairne Prim

ary School children w

ith the centre painting by Liz Hirstle. Each child painted his or her house.

The two m

urals of the ill-fated church bell were

painted by mem

bers of the ‘Big Week O

ut Festival’ group. Their ages ranged from

14 to 18.

The early map of N

airne in Byethorne Park was

created by a local young disabled group.

Tourism inform

ation & accom

modation bookings

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w.adelaidehills.org.au

Design - ozone creative 08 8188 0342

Nairne M

ural &Historic W

alkTake a stroll back through the history

of one of the oldest townships

in South Australia