When was melrose founded

He came out to Tasmania with his detachment on transport duty, whence it was sent to Adelaide for garrison service on detachment. When it was sent to Sydney he left the regiment and returned to Adelaide. He joined the Police Force as shorthand reporter at the instance of the late Captain Bagot, who afterwards procured him an appointment in the Mounted Police. He accompanied Tolmer in his historical trip in pursuit of the Port Lincoln blacks accused of numerous murders.

He remained in Port Lincoln, where he was promoted to the rank of corporal, and when the district was fairly cleared of the outlaws he came overland with two troopers to pick out the first track for stock and general purposes.

On arriving in Adelaide he gave notice of his intention to proceed to the Victoria diggings, but while in attendance on Governor Young he received severe sunstroke.

Being unable to carry out his intentions, he remained in barracks as orderly corporal; thence he was sent to Yorke Peninsula, where blacks were troublesome, and afterwards to Mount Remarkable. He left the force in , and went into business as a cattle and sheep raiser. He also built the hotel known as Moran's at Melrose.

He was one of the founders of the New Melrose Lodge, M. Moran remained in the district until his death in August aged 88 years. John Howard Angas, the son of George Fife Angas who had been instrumental in bringing out the first German Lutherans, became the largest landowner in the town and district. Although resented at times because of his wealth and large estate, Angas was a benefactor to the young town. He served as a Justice of the Peace in the local court whenever he was in town visiting his lands.

He also donated large sums of money towards the building of a hospital and institute. For several years Melrose remained the only established town in the northern Flinders Ranges, supplying remote pastoral stations, mining camps, surveyors, travellers and settlers with police protection, goods and services and a means of communication.

By the end of the s a nucleus of business houses had been established. Several stores were open as well as a school where Mrs Margaret Enoch was in charge in Three years later the school closed as Mrs Enoch was having a baby. On May 30, , that dream was realized with the cornerstone laid for the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building.

The building was dedicated on December 14, in patriotic remembrance of the brave soldiers and sailors of the Civil War. John Slayton, who donated to the building fund and was chairman of the building committee in , was highly praise by the City and its citizens for his work that resulted in the completion of the building. A grand organ, donated by Mr. John Slayton, was dedicated in as a memorial to the World War I veterans. This organ, similar in construction and musical expression to an organ in the Municipal Building in Portland, Maine, is located at the rear of the stage.

A resurgence of appreciation in the building initiated community interest in restoring this valuable asset. The resurgence of interest in Memorial Hall resulted in the development of a Master Plan in , which set the stage for a series of restoration projects.

Three phases of restoration work began in A fourth phase of work, completed in June , represents a major effort to make the building weather-tight. The first is the founding of the Abbey of Rielvaux, the major Cistercian monastery in Britain. The second marks the founding of Melrose, a satellite of Rielvaux. Share E-mail this Reddit Facebook. Search within this collection. Elsewhere on our websites.

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