Its significance is reported as follows:[2]The Cape Banks Lighthouse is important in the maritime history of South Australia and the establishment of navigation aids during the late 19th century.
Its significance is reported as follows:[8] Dingley Dell was the home of poet, pioneer and horseman Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) and his wife during 1864-65.
Arriving in the South East in 1853, Gordon found the district a rich source of inspiration for his writing.
He also gained a reputation as a horse breaker and steeplechase rider - his dangerous leap over a fence on the edge of the Blue Lake at Mount Gambier became the stuff of folklore.
Gordon's status is indicated by Dingley Dell being one of the early local museums in the State and the first associated with a notable individual.
Hop growing began in the Yahl district in the 1870s and continued with limited success until the early years of this century.
Corrugated galvanized iron hipped roof and gables with finials on the two main elevations.
Its significance is described in 1983 as follows:[14]Random rubble limestone with steeply pitched corrugated galvanized iron hipped ('German Style') roof and raked verandah.
Like many other parts of South Australia, Mount Gambier received numerous German settlers, who brought with them their distinctive building styles.
The oldest parts of the house After many owners the "Mingbool" Station, founded in the early 1840s, was bought in 1877 by Mrs. Joanna Crowe of "Mount Bruce"; it passed from her to her Kirby descendants, who own it to this day. The track connected Mount Salt Station with the area's early road network. The track's design was never updated after 1921, when the State government repurchased most of the land for closer settlement. Intact and largely undisturbed, the track expresses a type of road transport from the era of animal drawn vehicles. Corrugated galvanized iron hipped roof with single storey concave verandah. Webb began their celebrated general store in 1858 in a tiny building on the corner near where Fidler built this house after the business had prospered.