Ashville South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°31′S 139°22′E / 35.51°S 139.37°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 28 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5259 | ||||||||||||||
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State electorate(s) | Hammond | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Ashville is a locality in South Australia along the Princes Highway between Tailem Bend and Meningie.
The locality is named after George Ash, who was a member of the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the 1890s and a business partner of Charles Cameron Kingston. [2]
In 1913, the district population was 80 people. [3]
A school at Ashville opened in 1895 and closed in 1959. [4] A school hall built of stone opened in December 1918 to serve the purposes of "...the education of the children, a place of meeting and wholesome recreation for the young people, and a place of worship" at a cost of £600. [5] It benefited the people of Ashville, Poltalloch and Albert Hill. The debt was still being paid off in 1920. [6]
The Ashville Memorial Hall [7] was "erected in memory of those who served". [8] An appeal for funds following World War II included a gala country fair in 1949 at Poltalloch. [9] The building now houses an art gallery and antique shop. [10]