Penneshaw Maritime and Folk Museum

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Penneshaw Museum

Former Hog Bay School. Now Penneshaw Maritime and Folk Museum. In the museum grounds is a grinding mill, made by Coombe, Mark Lane, London. The stones are of basalt and weigh 3.5 tons (3.55 t) each. It was driven by a 12 horsepower (9 kW) steam engine and used to grind Kaoline clay and feldspar. A relic of an early pottery industry at Penneshaw. (Source: N.W. and S.H. Gilbert, 1976.2

History

In 1869 the community at Penneshaw decided to build a school. The school was built in a community spirit - some burning lime, others carting stone and sand, while others did the building. A school room, about 25 ft (7.6 m) long and 14 ft (4.3 m) wide was erected, with a residence for the teacher. The classroom has a long desk in the centre with seating for about 12 children on either side. Later in about 1893 a new wood and iron school and residence was built by contractor, Tom Usher. Later in 1920 a modern class room and residence were built by government contractors (Fricker Brothers). (Source: Kangaroo Island Past and Present, (compiled by) Kingscote Country Womens' Association, 1951).

In the 1970s this school became the National Trust Museum.