12.00 PM–2.30 PM
Reillys 175th Heritage Lunch
In commemoration of Mintaro’s 175^th Celebrations, Reillys Wines & Restaurant’s head chef Luke Smith has curated a ‘Mintaro Heritage’ a la carte menu. Reillys estate-grown wines are available to purchase by the glass and bottle with this celebratory menu.

Reillys Wines & Restaurant, Mintaro
Bookings available from 12.00 PM –2.30 PM
Bookings: Visit the website or email customerservice@reillyswines.com.au

1.00 PM – 3.00 PM
Heritage Tour – Martindale Farm
This is a guided tour of this famous sheep stud. Established by Edmund Bowman Senior it sits across the road from Martindale Hall which was built by his son Edmund Bowman Junior and it follows the course of the ‘Wakefield River’. Current owners Dianne and Graeme Johnson bought this majestic merino farm due to their love for the land and the sheep and will be hosting a guided tour which will include the historic shearing shed. The fully guided tour will also include visiting the original Martindale Station old barn and the reworked cottage.

Cost: $25 – includes tea/coffee/soup and lamb sausage and bread, 25 places
Bookings: Visit the website
Meet at the historic shearing shed – 129 Martindale Road, Mintaro (approx. 5 mins from Mintaro PO)

1.00 PM – 3.00 PM
Heritage Tour – Jaeschke’s Ystalyfera Historical Farmstead
Tractor Museum, Heritage Trail and History Museum. Taking you on a journey showcasing past struggles and good times. Stepping through history from early settlement to now. View the Jaeschke family collection of restored vintage tractors and memorabilia at this heritage centre.

Cost: $25, includes tea/coffee/fresh scones and booklet, 30 places
Bookings: Visit the website
Meet at 179 Ystalyfera Avenue, Hill River (approx. 10 mins from Mintaro PO)

2.00 PM
Mintaro Heritage Walk
This guided walk will showcase Mintaro which is remarkable for the many buildings that remain from its early settlement. The town’s importance to South Australia’s early colonial history was confirmed when Mintaro was declared the state’s first rural heritage area in 1984. Conservation and thoughtful restoration under the guidance of the South Australia’s Heritage Branch, over the years since, reflect the civic pride that residents have for the special character of their town.

Cost: Free
Bookings: Visit the website
Meet at Mintaro Institute

2.00 PM
Heritage Tour – Martindale Hall
This guided tour includes the mansion and its interiors, coach house, stables, and associated structures, which are closely associated with the pastoral and economic development of South Australia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Martindale Hall is an outstanding example of the grand country mansions constructed by wealthy pastoralists and represents the ‘baronial’ lifestyle achieved by them. The property including the mansion, its interiors, and coach house retain a high degree of integrity and illustrate a way of life that no longer exists in South Australia.

Cost: Entry fee for Hall, guided tour free
Bookings: phone 0417 838 897
Meet at Martindale Hall, 1127B Min Man Road, Mintaro (approx. 5 mins from Mintaro PO)

4.00 PM–5.30 PM
Looking after the past and digitising it for the future
Over the last few years, an interdisciplinary group of researchers, including historians, archaeologists and digital humanists, have worked together to develop a project to help better understand the remarkable and sometimes misunderstood Martindale Hall, its families, objects, and legacy.

In this talk we share some of the findings of the research, its place on Ngadjuri land, the people who have called it their home or workplace, the flows of people and objects to, from and around Australia.

Join us to launch the project’s website that gathers our research and to see a snippet of the digital virtual production experience we have created to enable virtual interactions with the Hall and its objects.

Flinders University, Martindale Hall Archaeology & Community Heritage Project.

Mintaro Institute, 56 Burra Street
Cost: Free
Booking not required.

4.30 PM–5.30 PM
Heritage Tour – Mintaro Slate Quarries (1 hour)
Mintaro Slate is a naturally occurring sedimentary rock. Its uniqueness is its exceptional flatness and straightness in its hand split form, only highlighted by minor “feathering” type marks distinguish it as being direct from Mother Nature. Mintaro Slate is used in many of Australia’s most distinguished, contemporary and historic buildings. Its appeal comes from the harmony exhibited with other materials. As early as 1861 and again in 1924 Mintaro was described as superior to any slate previously known. It is believed to be the oldest continuously operating quarry in South Australia, possible Australia.

Cost: $10, minimum age 18 years, must bring signed ‘visitor agreement’ for entry (this will be emailed to you prior to the event)
Bookings: Visit the website
Meet at 86 Slate Quarry Rd, Mintaro (approx. 3 mins from Mintaro PO)

5.30 PM–7.00 PM
Heritage Pub Tales – Magpie & Stump Hotel
Come and join past publicans and employees and ‘tell a tale’. Bar nibbles provided.

Front Bar, Magpie & Stump Hotel

Get a table together and book for dinner to continue your tales.