Cultural Heritage Program
Heritage - it's what we have in common...
The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters Cultural Heritage Program assists all sections of the community to understand, celebrate and benefit from the Council's rich and distinctive history. It achieves this through provision of a number of specialist historical services and activities.
The Cultural Heritage Program invites you to 'let the past capture your imagination'
Services provided include...
> Management and preservation of the Council's History Collection.
> Provision of information on local family history, houses, streets and public buildings.
> Professional site histories for corporations or businesses.
> Referrals to heritage agencies.
> Outreach education programmes for school and community groups.
> Oral history programme.
> Development of historical exhibitions and displays.
> Coordination of historical plaques programme.
> Provision of guided historical walks and tours.
> Coordination of heritage events.
Assistance with ...
> Historical Research.
> Information services.
> Tertiary, Secondary and Primary School projects.
> Family history documentation.
> Seeking Grants and Sponsorship for cultural and historical projects.
> Contacting local heritage groups.
The history collection contains...
> Council Minutes
> Rate Assessments
> Mayoral Reports
> Letter Books
> Photographic Collection
> Paintings
> Civic & Domestic Artefacts
> Oral Histories
> Community Archives
> Videos
> Biographical and Subject Files
> Family History Resources
> Local History Reference Collection
> Sands & McDougall Directories
Historical publications* include...
> 50 Years of Kensington and Norwood 1853-1903, $14.20.
> Down at the Local: A History of Hotels in Kensington and Norwood, $21.90.
> Italians Influence on The Parade, by Diana Chessell, $6.50.
> Garden Village to City, History of Payneham Village, by J.W Warburton $5.50.
> Portrait of People and Places: A pictorial history of the City of Norwood, Payneham & St Peters.
Soft cover $14.95 or hard cover $19.95.
> 12 prints of various landmarks, $11.00 per print and $110.00 for a set of 12.
> Kent Town Village Historic Walks, Soft cover booklet $5.50.
* All prices are GST inclusive.
History & Archive Centre
Institute Building
1st floor, 110 The Parade
Norwood SA 5067
Or postal address ...
Cultural Heritage Adviser - Denise Schumann
Norwood History Centre
PO Box 204
Kent Town 5071
Services available include:
Conservation advice and referral service, history research, local family history, history of local houses, streets and buildings, oral history, civic collection, guided historical tours, historical signage and plaquing programme, cultural heritage events.
The Council's Library service also houses a Local Studies Collection.
For more information contact the Council's Customer Service Staff on 8366 4555.
Further Information
For more information contact the Council's Cultural Heritage Adviser, Denise Schumann at:
Norwood History Centre,
1st Floor, 110 The Parade,
Norwood SA 5067
Telephone: 8366 4536
Facsimile: 8132 0977.
Email: dschumann@npsp.sa.gov.au
Monday to Wednesday
9am - 4pm by appointment.
