List of state heritage places in the District Council of Grant

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List of state heritage places in the District Council of Grant

This is a short, easy-to-understand guide to the state heritage places in the District Council of Grant, South Australia.

- Cape Banks Lighthouse — Carpenter Rocks, inside Canunda National Park. Added to the state Heritage Register on 11 November 1999. It’s important for South Australia’s maritime history and the development of navigation aids in the late 19th century. The lantern house is a rare Deville and Company design, one of only three in Australia, with a distinctive fourteen-sided shape.

- Cape Northumberland Lighthouse — Port MacDonnell, at Cape Northumberland headland. Added on 24 July 1980. Built in 1881, it reflects the colony’s maritime and economic history and the region’s dependence on the sea; a lighthouse has stood at this site since 1857.

- Coola Shearing Shed — German Creek. Added on 11 April 1996. Coola has been a successful pastoral station for about 140 years; the shed, built around the turn of the century, is one of the area’s great shearing sheds and is associated with the South Australian Company and Captain John Ellis and his descendants.

- Dingley Dell Museum — Port MacDonnell, within Dingley Dell Conservation Park. Added on 24 July 1980. It was the home of poet Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870) during 1864–65. The site marks Gordon’s connection to the region and became one of the state’s early local museums (opened in 1922).

- Former Oast House and Attached Stone Building — Yahl, Caroline Forest Headquarters Road. Added on 28 May 1981. Noted for its historic building techniques and hop-drying heritage; also used for church services.

- Port MacDonnell Customs House — Port MacDonnell, Charles Street. Added on 24 July 1980. Built as a Customs House, Court House, Telegraph Station and Police Station, with notable stonework and a symmetrical Charles Street facade.

- Dwelling – German Style Cottage — Yahl, Ruwoldt Road. Added on 24 July 1980. Reflects German settlement in the Mount Gambier area; features random rubble limestone and a distinctive German-style roof.

- Mingbool homestead and stables — Mingbool. Added on 29 June 1989. The homestead has several sections from different periods, with a history connected to the Mingbool Station and later ownership by Kirby descendants.

- Mount Salt Limestone Track — Mount Schank area, near McLeans Road. Added on 12 August 2015. A rare intact track designed for animal-drawn vehicles, showing an old transport route with three parallel grooves.

- Dwelling 'Pine Hall' — Suttontown. Added on 29 June 1989. A two-storey home with Georgian proportions, built with Mount Gambier stone and dolomite; linked to early local business figures Caleb Fidler and S. T. Webb.