44-539: The South Australian Brewing Company, Limited was a brewery located in Thebarton , an inner-west suburb of Adelaide , South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Lion , which in turn is owned by Kirin , a Japan-based beverage company. It manufactures West End Draught beer. The company was created in 1888 as the South Australian Brewing, Malting, and Wine and Spirit Company , from an amalgamation of
88-771: A cinema architect, having been the appointed architect for Ozone Theatres in the 1930s. He and his wife established the Kenneth and Hazel Milne Travelling Scholarship at the University of Adelaide in 1958. Several of his designs survive today, with many heritage-listed, including Woodards House in Waymouth Street , Adelaide, the remodelled Regal Theatre in Kensington Park , and his own home in Stanley Street, North Adelaide . Frank Kenneth Milne
132-491: A form of Art Deco . The design of the Victor had considerable impact on future new cinemas, both in modern architectural expression and with its planning for both sightlines and acoustics in the new era of talkies. More attention was also paid to concealed lighting, ventilation, and gathering spaces for patrons. In 1936, he designed a home for his own family, at 229 Stanley Street, North Adelaide , called "Sunnyside". The home
176-572: Is redeveloped. The artefacts in its on-site museum are being donated to the State Library of South Australia and other local institutions. Thebarton was part of the then largely rural District of West Torrens until 1883, when the residents of the more urban suburbs of Thebarton, Mile End and Torrensville successfully petitioned to become the Corporation of the Town of Thebarton . In 1997
220-564: Is within 2 km of the CBD, and is well serviced by trams. The West End Brewery chimney tower has been heritage-listed and will be preserved when the site is redeveloped. The tradition of painting the brewery chimney with the team colours of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) premiership team began in 1954, when a West Adelaide player and employee Clarrie Cannon suggested painting
264-640: The Adelaide Rowing Club , the Amateur Sports Club and the South Australian Rugby Union . He also played Australian Rules football , tennis and golf, and excelled at swimming and diving, earning trophies in these as well as rowing. On 12 March 1913 Milne married Hazel Muir Fotheringham (d.1968) at Chalmers Church (later Scots Church) on North Terrace . They had one child, Kenneth Lancelot Milne , who
308-631: The Australian Football League in 1997, and is one of the sponsors of the "Slowdown" charity football match. Thebarton, South Australia Thebarton ( / ˈ θ ɛ b ər t ən / THEB -ər-tən ), formerly Theberton , on Kaurna land, is an inner-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of West Torrens . The suburb is bounded by the River Torrens to the north, Port Road and Bonython Park to
352-529: The Commercial Bank of Australia . Milne regarded this building as one of his finest works. The building contractor was prominent local builder Frederick Fricker, who died suddenly while on holiday, in Port Said , before the building was completed. The building was officially opened on 5 June 1929, after a dinner the previous night attended by many local dignitaries. Later renamed Woodards House ,
396-629: The Crown & Anchor Hotel in Grenfell Street . The work was completed in 1929, with the alterations costing £5,000. In 1928-9 Milne (then in practice as Milne & Evans) designed and supervised construction of an office building at 47-49 Waymouth Street , Adelaide, known as the Norwich Union Building (later Woodards House ), for Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society , which Milne regarded as one of his finest works. In
440-730: The Kent Town Brewery , became chairman of the board and general manager of SA Brewing; Stock died in 1904 and Samuel Jacobs served from 1904 to 1937. Jacobs' son (later Sir) Roland Jacobs was managing director from 1948 to 1967. The black and red colours of the SA Brewing Company came about after the West Adelaide Football Club (whose colours are black and red) defeated Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) 1911 Grand Final, and defeated VFL premiers Essendon in
484-589: The Walkerville Co-operative Brewing Company Ltd , and its subsequent acquisition by the South Australian Brewing Company in 1939, it was renamed from Walkerville Brewery to Southwark Brewery in 1949 and the company's Walkerville Nathan beer was renamed Southwark beer in 1951. The brewery closed on 17 June 2021, with its landmark chimney tower heritage-listed , to be preserved when the site
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#1732791939767528-618: The West End Brewery (in Hindley Street , Adelaide city centre ), the Kent Town Brewery , and the wine and spirit merchants Rounsevell & Simms. In 1938 the company took over the Walkerville Brewery , whose main site was at 107 Port Road, Thebarton (the original site of Torrenside Brewery established in 1886). The company's operations continued at its two breweries on Hindley Street and Thebarton, with
572-721: The Adelaide architect Alfred Wells from 1903 to 1906, being taught there by chief draftsman Stuart Clark. In 1906 Milne moved to Sydney , and worked as a draftsman with G. B. Robertson & T. J. Marks for three years. After returning to Adelaide in April 1909, he set up a practice in Grenfell Street . His style became more and more eclectic , using elements of Art Nouveau , Beaux Arts Classicism , Art Deco , Gothic , and Italian Renaissance architecture . He designed many types of building, including banks, hotels, churches, houses, and picture theatres . From 1912 until 1946, he
616-469: The Championship of Australia play-off at Adelaide Oval shortly afterwards in the same year. In 1927 T. A. Nation was the brewer and G. B. Bryant the general manager. His board of directors comprised S. J. Jacobs (later managing director), Sir Lancelot Stirling , K.C.M.G., Edward Fitzgerald, LL.D., and H. W. Morphett. The Walkerville Cooperative Brewery , which produced the popular Nathan beers,
660-673: The Hindley Street building. From 1949, the brewery was again renamed Southwark Brewery, administration was centralised at Hindley Street, and in November 1951 Walkerville's Nathan beer (Bitter) was renamed Southwark beer (Bitter). "Southwark Bitter" (actually a lager ) became the most well-known product. From 1955 operations were split between the company's two major factories, with the West End Brewery in Hindley Street making only draught beer in kegs ; bottled beer only
704-618: The Southwark Brewery in Thebarton, which was rebadged "West End". The old Hindley Street building was demolished in 1983, and in 1993, Lion Nathan took over the West End brands. Prior to the acquisition of the brewing assets by Lion Nathan in 1993, SA Brewing split its brewing assets into "SA Brewing Holdings", and its diversified operations were formed into a new listed company named Southcorp . One of Southcorp's major assets
748-679: The Thebarton site becoming known as the Nathan Brewery after the takeover in 1838, then again reverting to its former name, Southwark Brewery , before being rebadged the West End Brewery after the Hindley Street premises closed in 1980. The Thebarton brewery closed in June 2021. The South Australian Brewing Company was established in February 1888 as the South Australian Brewing, Malting, and Wine and Spirit Company by
792-662: The Town of Thebarton re-amalgamated with the City of West Torrens. Thebarton has a significant Greek-Australian population and is the suburb with the largest Greek Australian population per capita in Australia . In fact, according to census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2001, the suburbs of Thebarton and neighbouring Torrensville together are home to 4,471 Greek-Australians; i.e., 18.7 per cent of
836-780: The Wheaty Brewing Corps was named Australia's best small brewery at the national Craft Beer Awards, and it has been inducted into the SA Music Hall of Fame . In 2021 it started selling its own beers in cans, to take away. Thebarton has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Thebarton is also the location of a stop on the Glenelg tram line . 34°54′S 138°34′E / 34.900°S 138.567°E / -34.900; 138.567 Frank Kenneth Milne Frank Kenneth Milne (18 July 1885 – 3 October 1980), usually referred to as F. Kenneth Milne ,
880-518: The adjacent Thebarton Barracks of the South Australia Police actually lie within the northwestern Adelaide Park Lands . A part of Thebarton adjacent to the River Torrens , later the site of the South Australian Brewing Company , was originally known as Southwark . Hemmington , Hemmington West and West Thebarton were also suburbs later incorporated into current-day Thebarton . Prior to European settlement of South Australia ,
924-766: The amalgamation of Sir Edwin Thomas Smith 's Kent Town Brewery , William Knox Simms 's West End Brewery and the wine and spirit merchants Rounsevell & Simms (Ben Rounsevell and Alfred Simms). The managing directors of the new company were Robert Alfred Stock , Alfred Simms, and W. B. (Ben) Rounsevell. Provisional directors were Edwin Smith, W. K. Simms, W. B. Rounsevell, R. A. Stock, Alfred Simms, Charles H. T. Hart , and Frank Rymill of Adelaide, and Hon. N. Fitzgerald , John Robb , Malcolm McEacharn , John B. Watson , and John McIlwraith (brother of Thomas McIlwraith ), of Melbourne . The new company set about enlarging
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#1732791939767968-624: The areas now known as Thebarton and Hindmarsh were called Karraundongga (meaning "red gum spear place") by the Kaurna people , who would craft spears from the red gum branches gathered on the banks of the Torrens there. The suburb of Thebarton was named after the home of Colonel William Light , the first Surveyor-General of the colony of South Australia, where he lived with his de facto wife Maria Gandy and her brothers. Light named his home after Theberton Hall of Suffolk, England , where he
1012-490: The brewing facilities at West End and centring the malting work at Kent Town . It began a campaign of purchasing hotels freehold or leasehold, and by the end of the 1880s had a stranglehold on the Adelaide market, owning 44 hotels and leasing 65. In 1893 they sold off their wine and spirit business to A. E. & F. Tolley Pty Ltd and Milne & Co. , and the name was changed to South Australian Brewing Company, Limited. Robert Stock, Edwin Smith's brother-in-law and manager of
1056-510: The chimney in the West Adelaide Football Club colours, red and black, as the West End Brewery (then still in Hindley Street) was located in their territory. General manager C. R. Aitken agreed, but only if West Adelaide was the winning team that year. However Port Adelaide Football Club coach and captain, Fos Williams , said that he expected his team to win, and the men agreed that if Port Adelaide won, their colours would be painted on
1100-443: The chimney. Port Adelaide won that year , so the chimney was painted in black and white vertical stripes, but Williams suggested that a red stripe be painted below the black to honour the runners-up. The tradition of painting the colours of the premier and runners-up was maintained at the Hindley Street premises until its closure in 1980, before transferring to the Thebarton site, which was rebadged "West End". It continued there until
1144-516: The east, Kintore Street to the south, and South Road to the west. Many buildings and landmarks that bear the name of Thebarton were in the history municipality, the Town of Thebarton , which included most of the adjoining suburb of Torrensville . These include the Thebarton Oval , the Thebarton croquet and bowls club, Thebarton Theatre , and Thebarton Senior College . The historic Adelaide Gaol , nominally shown as being in Thebarton, and
1188-617: The following names: Milne was president of the South Australian Institute of Architects (SAIA) from 1937 to 1939. He promoted the architectural profession in public lectures, and was a co-founder of the school of architecture at the University of Adelaide . He also belonged to the English-Speaking Union and the Liberal and Country League of South Australia . He was a fit man, and belonged to
1232-623: The last finals before the closure of the brewery in 2020, with the Woodville West Torrens Eagles colours aloft. The tradition of painting a chimney in the two teams' colours would continue at the Hoffmann Kiln at the Brickworks Marketplace in nearby Torrensville from 2021, with the cost of the painting continuing to be borne by Lion. SA Brewing was the original sponsor of the "Showdown" in
1276-641: The loss of over 90 jobs. It finally closed at close of business on 17 June 2021, with about a third of the workforce, mainly those in sales and sponsorship roles, staying on with the company in South Australia. Artefacts in the on-site museum were catalogued and donated to the State Library of South Australia and other local institutions. The South Australian Government purchased the 8.4 hectares (21 acres) Thebarton site from Lion Nathan for $ 61.5 million in 2023, intending to develop it with over 1,000 homes, of which 20% would be economical residential. The site
1320-408: The original Thebarton Town Hall, designed by Alfred Wells and Latham Withall and built by James King, was laid in 1885. However it was gutted by fire in 1948, with its rebuilding and restoration described as "thoroughly horrible" in 1999. The Torrenside Brewery, next to the Torrens on Port Road , was founded in 1886 by A. W. & T. L. Ware, in the then suburb of Southwark. After acquisition by
1364-549: The same year, the firm designed a large extension to the Kensington Gardens Bowling & Tennis Club . In 1933-4 Milne travelled to Europe on a study tour, and was impressed by Georgian architecture , especially that of John and James Adam . In 1934, he was commissioned by Ozone Theatres as sole practitioner to design the rebuild of the Victor Theatre at Victor Harbor , after a fire. He
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1408-648: The total population. The Thebarton campus of the University of Adelaide , also known as Adelaide University Research Park, occupies a complex of former industrial buildings in the northeastern corner of the suburb. The Wheatsheaf Hotel in George Street is a popular pub and music venue. It offers craft beers and wine from small producers, and also brews its own beers. Apart from regularly showcasing live music, "the Wheaty" also hosts book clubs, Morris dancers , knitting groups, and roller-derby parties. In 2017,
1452-605: Was " Southcorp Wines ", (acquired from the Adelaide Steamship Company in 1990), and subsequently acquired by Lion Nathan's main Australian rival, the Foster's Group . West End Draught was the largest selling beer in South Australia in 2007. West End Draught is a 4.5% abv pale lager , first brewed in 1859. In October 2020 it was announced that the Thebarton brewery would be closing in June 2021, with
1496-463: Was an Australian architect based in Adelaide , South Australia . He was regarded as one of the leading architects in the state in 1920, and continued to design buildings even in retirement. He went into partnership with a series of other architects over the course of his career, including John Richard Schomburgk Evans, Charles Alexander Russell, and Rolfe Vernon Boehm. He is also known for his work as
1540-461: Was born on 18 July 1885 in the eastern Adelaide suburb of Tusmore , the seventh of eight children of land agent John Milne and his wife Lucy Edith Macgeorge . His grandfather was Sir William Milne . He attended both private school and state schools at Glenelg and North Adelaide . His art teacher at Mrs Kingston's school in Glenelg, Mary Overbury, taught him drawing. Milne was articled to
1584-501: Was contracted to the South Australian Brewing Company to supervise their building works. In 1920 John Richard Schomburgk Evans joined his practice (F. Kenneth Milne and Evans), and in 1925 Charles Alexander Russell joined them, becoming Milne, Evans, and Russell. The practice was dissolved in early 1930. By the 1920s Milne was regarded as one of the state's leading architects. In October 1928, architects Milne, Evans, and Russell submitted their plans for extensions and alterations to
1628-719: Was cremated. Milne and his wife Hazel gave £5000 to establish the Kenneth and Hazel Milne Travelling Scholarship in Architecture in 1958, which continues as of 2024 . The scholarship, now worth A$ 20,000 , is awarded to the selected "graduates of the Master of Architecture to travel and undertake study abroad and then return to Adelaide". In 1928-9 Milne (then in practice as F. Kenneth Milne, Evans & Russell) designed and supervised construction of an office building at 47-49 Waymouth Street , Adelaide, for Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society , which included ground floor offices for
1672-462: Was educated. The area was known as Theberton until approximately 1840, with the variant spelling now accredited to a typographical error, rather than a corruption of "The Barton", based on the Old English bere-tun , meaning "barley farm", as was thought for some time. Colonel Light surveyed the town-acre as Section 1 and built Theberton Cottage towards the northern part of the area. The area
1716-427: Was first subdivided for housing in February 1839, although it took a number of years for the housing to establish, Thebarton Post Office opening on 24 October 1850. By 1866 the population was estimated at 450 people. Thebarton Racecourse, which operated from as early as 1838 to 1869, was formed on grazing land in the area now known as Mile End , and later subdivided and completely built over. The foundation stone of
1760-746: Was founding president of the South Australian division of the Australian Democrats in 1977 and was elected to state parliament in the South Australian Legislative Council . Milne semi-retired in 1957, but continued to undertake alterations to buildings designed by him, and some work for old clients until he finally retired fully in 1973. At the age of 91, Milne rowed on the River Torrens with three family members as crew. He died on 3 October 1980, aged 95, at Calvary Hospital, North Adelaide , and
1804-560: Was produced in the Thebarton plant. Until 1974, when the Whitlam government revised the Trade Practices Act , they were legally able to dispense only the company's beer in their pubs. In 1980, faced with mounting problems with traffic on West Terrace and ageing and inefficient equipment, not to mention the rapidly increasing value of City land, the original West End Brewery closed and the property sold, operations moved to
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1848-777: Was state heritage-listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 11 September 1986. In 1941, he was engaged to do an extensive remodelling of the Ozone Marryatville (now the Regal Theatre, Kensington Park ). The then Chelsea Cinema was state heritage-listed on 24 March 1983. Later associates in his practice, from the late 1940s onwards, included L. C. Dawkins and Rolfe Vernon Boehm (1946); Russell Stuart Ellis (1947); F. P. Bulbeck (by 1957); J. R. N. Twopeny (1960); and James Hodge (by 1964). Milne's practices operated under
1892-562: Was taken over by the South Australian Brewing Company in 1938, after which operations were concentrated on the old Torrenside Brewery (established 1886, a precursor of Walkerville Brewery). The brewery was renamed Nathan Brewery to remove the Walkerville's "Southwark" branding in 1939. In 1941, architect F. Kenneth Milne (who was contracted to the company from 1912 until 1946) was responsible for upgrading
1936-409: Was then was appointed architect for all of their South Australian projects until about 1942, when the war intervened. Ozone was a family-owned company that became the largest in South Australia. The Victa Cinema was particularly significant in the history of cinema architecture in the state, as the buildings adapted to " talkies " and architectural design embraced the principles of Streamline Moderne ,
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