From Wadlow's Timber Mill
Bagot's Fortune
A magnificent Northern French Romanesque building. Built in 1866 as the Baptist Church with two floors. This is complimented by an extensive undercover display area for the agricultural, industrial and transport history of Kapunda. Bagot's Fortune is managed by the Kapunda Historical Society Inc. See separate Guide listing for their other venue, the Kapunda Museum.
Address:
5 Hill Street, Kapunda, SA
Tel:
0885662286
Hours:
1pm-4pm daily, except from June to Aug 1pm-4pm, Sat & Sun and public holidays and school holidays
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Admission:
Combined entry to Bagot's Fortune and the Kapunda Museum: Adults $5.00, Concessions $3.00, Children $2.00, Family $12.00 (combined with Bagot Fortune)
Facilities:
Guided tours, educational tours, wheelchair access, public toilets and shop nearby
Collection:
Extensive collection of the social, commercial, industrial and agricultural history of Kapunda.
Subject:
- Historic Display
- Advertising
- Photographs
- Drawings and Prints
- Furniture
- Glass
- Metalwork
- Paper
- Woodwork
- Archives
- Armed Forces
- Business
- Childhood
- Numismatics, Coins and Currency
- Domestic Items
- EducationAndSchools
- Emergency Services
- Genealogy
- Historic Buildings
- Historic People
- Local Government
- Local History
- Medals and Badges
- Militaria
- Philately
- Religion
- Rural Life
- Weapons Arms and Armor
- Women
- Agriculture
- Bicycles
- Clocks
- Clothing, Fashion, Costume
- Communications
- Engineering
- Horse Drawn Transport
- Industry
- Instrumentation
- Lighting
- Manufacturing
- Mass Media
- Medicine and Health
- Mines and Mining
- Motor Vehicles
- Photography
- Postal Services
- Printing
- Telecommunications
- Tools
- Aboriginal Artefacts
- Pacific Cultures
- Mineralogy
- Geology
- Film Sound and Video
- Literature
- Music
- Sports
- Toys and Games
Items
Horse Drawn Vehicle
Run About
Creator:
Unknown
Description:
2 Seat Vehicle
Date:
C1860
Cross Compound Steam Engine
"Hawke" steam engine
Creator:
Hawke & Co
Description:
20"x12"x24" Stroke cross compound steam engine
Date:
C1920
Printing Press
Albion Press
Creator:
V & J Figgins
Description:
Hopkinsons no. 4200
Date:
C1863
Printed first "Kapunda Herald" in 1864
Post Office
Allendale North Post Office
Creator:
Mr Masters
Description:
Galvanised Iron - Timber Frame
Date:
C1930
From Allendale North via Kapunda
Mineral Collection
Kapunda School of Mines Mineral Collection
Creator:
Unknown
Description:
Teaching mineral collection
Date:
1860-1900
From Kapunda School of Mines