Collingrove


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Colwell, Max, "The National Trust in South Australia"; Adelaide: Rigby Limited, 1973. has a chapter on Collingrove.

After Colonel Light had visited the Barossa, Charles Flaxman, agent for George Fife Angas (the first Chairman of the South Australian Company) chose the site of Angas Town. Flaxman had bought large tracts of land for Angas, and in 1847 Angas sent his eighteen-year-old son, John Howard Angas, to South Australia to manage his lands. Seven years later, John went back to England and married Suzanne Collins. He brought her to Angaston and built the family home, Collingrove.

Collingrove was famous for breeding cattle, horses and sheep. || ................................................................................... ||
 * [[image:collingrove2.JPG width="317" height="238"]] || In 1976 Collingrove was officially presented to the National Trust of South Australia by Ronald Angas. It has since been managed as Collingrove Homestead, providing bed and breakfast accommodation and catering for dinners and other functions including weddings. Guided tours are available by appointment.

Bookings: 8564 2061 Email: collingrove.eden@bigpond.com Eden Valley Road, Angaston, Barossa Valley ||
 * The interior of Collingrove shows a style of living from the early twentieth century that was comfortable, but not grand. Hunting trophies and spears and weapons on the walls of the hallway tell of the leisure pursuits and collections of a former time.

Other interesting rooms are the library, the bedroom suite, the dressing room and the large kitchen and scullery where many grand dinners were prepared.

The drawing room has an early piano and a teapoy (a little table containing a tea chest or cupboard in which tea was kept locked away in the days when tea was a rare and precious commodity). || || =What would you like to find out about Collingrove and the people who lived and worked there? How could you find some answers?=

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