North Adelaide Meeting House

In this panel we wanted to convey aspects of the history of the Meeting House, from its arrival by ship, in crates, in 1840. 

The gathering on the veranda in the 1920’s (based on a photo) shows it as it has been from its beginning to the present day, a hub for Quakers in SA. We still have the teapot, though it doesn’t get a lot of use now. At least one of the people at the table is from the Ashby family, and this was of particular significance for Christine Collins who is a descendent of that family and who put together many of the elements in the panel. The two running children and the tiny couple going in at the door are from the present-day 

Just behind the Meeting House is the outline of part of St.Peters  Anglican Cathedral. The Cathedral is on land once owned by Quakers and was built later than the Meeting House.

Wildlife is represented by the brush-tail possum and the Adelaide rosella.

The flowering branch at bottom left comes from a tree which grows in the grounds and which is sometimes used by the Kaurna people in their smoking ceremonies. 

The panel was designed by Robin Sinclair from elements collected by Christine Collins, and was stitched by Ann Rees, Mary Loftus, Jennifer Mann and Robin Sinclair.