Keith National Trust
The Museum's collections focus on: the 1894 settler's cottage; the 1910 Congregational church and manse; the AMP Society Land Development; the Gold Escort Route of 1852; and the Wild Dog Fence which saved the fledgling colony of South Australia from failing.
Address:
Heritage Street, Keith, SA
Tel:
0887551118
Hours:
Due to relocation, Keith National Trust is currently closed until further notice
Admission:
$2 donation
Facilities:
Wheelchair access at manse, (not at church), education programs, guided tours available on request, school and speciality bus tours
Collection:
Approximately 1,000 items including a feral dog preserved by taxidermist, as well as photographs.
Subject:
- Social History Museum
- Art
- Drawings and Prints
- Painting
- Archives
- Domestic Items
- Historic Buildings
- Local History
- Migration
- Organisations
- Professionals and Trades
- Religion
- Rural Life
- Social History
- Agriculture
- Postal Services
- Railways or Tramways
- Science and Technology
- Environmental or Conservation
- Mineralogy
- Natural Sciences
- Plants
- Geology
- Film Sound and Video
Items
Land development collection
AMP Collection of Development of 90 Mile Desert
Creator:
AMP Society
Description:
Film, personal histories, scientific material, relating to land development of the 90 Mile Desert for rural production.
Cottage
1894 Old Settlers Cottage
Creator:
W.H. Davis
Date:
1894
Dog
Feral Dog
Creator:
provided by Box Flat/Red Bluff Vermin Board
Description:
Feral dog which had been trapped, treated by a taxidermist mid 1970s enclosed in a glass case measuring 5 feet 2 inches by 2 feet 6 inches.
Archival data
Gold Escort Route data
Description:
Collection of data relating to the track of 1852 Gold Escort Route, near Mr. Monster with monuments.