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27-886: Ayers House may refer to: in Australia Ayers House (Adelaide) , South Australia in the United States William Ayers House , Fort Smith, AR, listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Ayers-Little Boarding House , Carnesville, GA, listed on the NRHP in Georgia Ayers House (Lewistown, Montana) , listed on the NRHP in Montana Ayers–Allen House , Metuchen, NJ, listed on

54-497: A consolidant". This earned Artlab a commendation in the Heritage Trades and Products category of the 2005 Edmund Wright Heritage Award . In 1897 Ayers died, and in 1909, following an Adelaide Club ball at the house, Henry Newland proposed the club purchase the property. Plans were drawn up then abandoned. Eventually, it was sold in 1914 to Arthur John Walkley and Henry Woodcock's company, Austral Gardens Ltd. They built

81-459: A dance hall, "The Palais Royal", on its western side and entertainment areas on the east. Since then, the house has had many uses, including a club for injured soldiers from 1918 to 1922, and an open-air café from 1914 to 1932. The Government of South Australia bought the property in 1926 for nurse accommodation and training – it was opposite the now-closed Adelaide Hospital . Further dormitories, built in 1946, were removed in 1973. The house

108-615: A permanent home in Ayers House and that once a "comprehensive review" had been completed, the trust could move back to the property. In April 2024 the government under premier Peter Malinauskas passed the Ayers House Bill 2024, making Ayers House the permanent home of the SA National Trust. The government also earmarked A$ 5.7 on upgrading the building. Artlab Australia In September 2023, under

135-815: A range of materials, including paper, photographs, textiles, sculptures, and heritage building features in the laboratories, and also provide advice on optimum storage conditions for collections. Artlab serves libraries, museums, art galleries, Aboriginal art and craft centres, and many other clients. Artlab Australia is one of few rare book conservation services in Australia, and also cares for large technology items. Other conservation and restoration of other types include " murals and decorative paintwork, historic interiors, mosaic and terrazzo floors, stained glass windows , carved timberwork, carpets and curtains, furniture and other fittings such as lights, balustrades and decorative railings". Restoration projects have included

162-470: A tourist and cultural centre that included a museum and fine-dining and bistro restaurants. At this time, much of the house was conserved to original condition. Dunstan engaged the National Trust of South Australia to conduct the museum for restoration and public use. Costumes, silverware, artworks, furniture, a 300-kilogram (660 lb) chandelier and the original gasoliers were displayed in

189-532: A training package called reCollections. As of 2005, Artlab Australia employed 25 staff, which made it the largest conservation facility in Australia. It operated as a business enterprise within Arts SA, with initial investment made by the South Australian government and possessing the capability and policy to run a commercial service. At that time, Artlab warned of the "critical skills shortage...within

216-420: Is a government agency that "provides expert services for the preservation, care and management of the state's cultural collections". It works mainly for and in collaboration with major South Australian collecting institutions, but also provides services and support for collections that are maintained by various communities around the country as well as internationally, on a fee-for-service basis. Established as

243-423: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ayers House (Adelaide) Ayers House , formerly named Austral House , is the present-day name for a historic mansion on North Terrace , Adelaide , South Australia . It is named after Sir Henry Ayers , five times Premier of South Australia and wealthy industrialist, who occupied it from 1855 until 1897. It

270-555: Is the only mansion on North Terrace to have survived. The house has been listed on the South Australian Heritage Register since July 1980. Plans for the two-storey mansion, which for the greater part of its existence was named Austral House, were developed in 1846 for William Paxton , an Adelaide chemist. It is constructed of local bluestone and is Regency period in style, thought to have been designed by George Strickland Kingston , who interpreted

297-642: The Department for Education : To the Department for Innovation and Skills (previously Department of State Development ): The biennial Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature are managed by the State Library of South Australia (which is under the DPC). As of August 2019 , the Arts South Australia online portal is still being used for managing grant applications. Artlab Australia

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324-497: The Malinauskas government , the arts were once again brought together under DPC, in a "united arts portfolio", with Andrea Michaels as Minister for Arts (appointed March 2022). A new cultural policy was being developed at the same time, due to be released in mid-2024. Statutory Authorities reporting to the Arts South Australia were: Other organisations under their umbrella included: Other responsibilities included: To

351-631: The Malinauskas government , the arts were once again brought together under DPC. Arts SA was created primarily as a funding body around 1996, at which time it fell under the Department of Transport, Urban Planning and the Arts (DTUPA). It was responsible for the development of and funding for the arts sector within South Australia, and was responsible for nine statutory corporations and a number of not-for-profit arts organisations. During

378-850: The reredos at St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide and chapels at New Norcia monastery in Western Australia . Artlab has also undertaken several projects outside of Australia, including cultural preservation in Bali in partnership with the Indonesian Government and others, funded by the World Bank , and work in Taipei and Hong Kong . Artlab's services include disaster preparedness planning, environmental management of display and storage conditions in order to prevent deterioration, and research and analysis that contributes to both

405-534: The NRHP in New Jersey Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ayers House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayers_House&oldid=1216671940 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

432-517: The National Trust's monthly recurring lease and that, although the lease termination letter cited only 31 days, the Trust would be given "several months" to vacate the premises. Critics surmised that the decision to terminate the lease "sounds like punishment" following the National Trust's criticism of the government-approved demolition of a historic structure at Port Adelaide in 2019, and that

459-780: The State Conservation Centre of South Australia in 1985, the unit has been located in the North Terrace cultural precinct since its beginning, between the Migration Museum and the Art Gallery of South Australia (street address 70 Kintore Avenue ). The specialist staff who work on the conservation of materials are mostly graduates of a University of Canberra program on the Conservation of Cultural Materials. They are qualified to work on

486-460: The development of conservation practice and to a greater knowledge and understanding of cultural artefacts and works of art. It also offers preventive conservation for collections, training of conservators through internships, conservation capacity building projects overseas, and education and advisory services to support communities in the preservation of their cultural heritage. Artlab has given courses in several Asian countries, and in 1999 developed

513-526: The government's History Trust "is of course never going to publicly criticise them". The National Trust launched a petition and legal action against the order from Speirs, but was unsuccessful. It then moved to premises in Beaumont . However, the government changed in March 2022. Ten days later, the new Environment Minister, Susan Close , announced that the government was supporting the National Trust to have

540-565: The independent arts sector. In 2016 Arts South Australia operated with a budget of $ 140 million, less than one percent of the state budget. It was then a division of the Department of State Development , overseen by the Minister for the Arts. In 2016 Arts South Australia established the campaign "Made In Adelaide" to export and promote South Australian artists at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival . In September 2023, under

567-509: The museum area. The bedrooms became the "fine dining" Henry Ayers Restaurant; the stables housed a bistro . Four private event rooms were used for weddings and events. In June 2021, South Australian Environment Minister David Speirs announced that the History Trust of South Australia , a government agency , would move into the building after undergoing a $ 6.6 million makeover to be funded by his government. He stated that he had ended

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594-500: The period of its existence, Ministers for the Arts were: Chief executives included: In September 1997, Arts Minister Laidlaw and then new CEO O'Louglin completely restructured Arts SA. Previously, it had operated under art form divisions, but the new structure created three divisions: arts leadership, professional development and emerging artists; cultural tourism and export; and the development of new commissions, events and festivals. From 2015 until August 2018, Arts South Australia

621-532: The temperatures in various places in the house during Adelaide's very hot weather. The first such record was dated 1874. Ayers House was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register in July 1980. Sometime around 2005, a plumbing fault caused flooding, and led to flaking and peeling of the elaborate painted decoration of the ceiling. Restoration work was undertaking by a team of Artlab Australia specialists, who "resecured each individual paint flake by applying

648-507: The wealth of the owners at the time it was built. Ayers also commissioned a basement to escape the hot Adelaide summers. During its owner's parliamentary service, the house was the venue for cabinet meetings, parliamentary dinners and grand balls. It was one of the first properties in Adelaide to be fitted with gas lighting. The names given to many of the rooms, and their functions, were revealed in notes made by Sir Henry when he recorded

675-512: The work of Robert Kerr , a leading architect of the period in Britain. In 1855, Sir Henry Ayers leased the property when it was a 9-room brick house. He transformed it into a 40-room mansion mainly during the 1860s; it was finally completed in 1876. It is well preserved. Internally, the rooms feature hand-painted ceilings, stencilled woodwork and memorabilia from the Ayers family, demonstrating

702-488: Was closed as nurses' quarters in 1969, after a new residential wing was built at the back of the hospital. In the 1960s, the National Trust of South Australia campaigned successfully to save the building from demolition since it was "the last of the grand mansions of Adelaide's North Terrace boulevard". In 1970, Premier Don Dunstan overrode his cabinet colleagues to save the mansion's from being demolished. Mindful of its tourism potential, he instigated its renovation as

729-491: Was headed by Peter Louca, former chief of staff to Minister Jack Snelling and one-time Labor Party candidate for the federal seat of Mayo . Peter Louca instigated the re-branding of Arts SA to Arts South Australia in 2016. In 2016, following significant federal funding cuts experienced by several South Australian small to medium arts organisations, Arts South Australia was criticised by Arts Industry Council for South Australia for not providing enough financial support to

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