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FRANK TINLEY

AND ETHEL ROSE HALL


MEMORIES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS

By Meredith Patterson and Barbara Dean

FRANK TINLEY AND ETHEL ROSE HALL : MEMORIES OF OUR


GRANDPARENTS
Collated from material contributed by their grandchildren
We acknowledge Reg Butler, the author of A College in the wattles. His history of
Hahndorf, the town and the Academy adds much to this story.
Written in a collaboration between Meredith Patterson and Barbara Dean and
dedicated to future generations
Any reproduction of this document, or any part thereof, should acknlowledge the
people mentioned above.
JULY 2016

AN ORAL AND PICTORIAL HISTORY OF FRANK & ETHEL HALL

Frank Tinley Hall (1880 1960) was the eldest of Henry and Charlotte (Howitt) Halls three surviving sons.
He was born at their home in Beulah Road, Norwood during the years Henry was working for his fathers
soft drink factory, Geo Hall & Sons. Tinley comes from Franks maternal great grandmother, Elizabeth
Tinley who married William Howitt.

Franks parents: Charlotte (Howitt) and Henry Hall. C 1923. From the Album of Meredith Patterson.

Frank, being only two years old, would be unlikely to remember


his younger brother dying in 1882 at only 2 months of age, nor
recall his four-year-old brother who died four months later in the
same year. So sad!
See death certificates in Appendix below.
However, as we can imagine, this must have deeply affected the
family, particularly Charlotte, their mother, with Henry travelling
often as he did for the factory. Having her Howitt parents in the
vicinity must have eased her burden somewhat, though her
mother too died in 1888, age 87; the same year Franks
youngest brother Arthur Cecil was born. The family moved to
Tea Tree Gully in 1887 after Henry retired from Geo Hall &
Sons, and where Franks youngest brother Arthur was born, at
what became Warboys.

THE BROTHERS, c 1891. Frank, standing: seated


on left, Arthur Cecil: and on the right Herbert
Ernest. From the Album of Meredith Patterson

Headstone, St Johns Church Magill for


Henry and Charlotte Hall, and Franks
little brothers, Thomas Harry and
George Edward who died so young.
From Richard Hall Archives

Frank T Hall, Tea Tree Gully 1907. From Richard Hall Archives

Our research of Frank has led


us to believe that he was a complex character, which we hope is evidenced
in the following pages.
Frank, as did his brothers Ern and Arthur, attended Hahndorf College/Academy in the Adelaide Hills as
boarders. Later Arthur went to Roseworthy and Ern joined Geo Hall & Sons.

Hahndorf College as the boys might have known it.


https://beyondink.com.au/projects-2/restorations/hahndorf-academy/#jp-carousel-344

How did they get from northeast of Adelaide in Tea


Tree Gully to Hahndorf, 43 kilometres east of
Adelaide?
Presumably their father Henry owned a buggy or
similar and would have made trips to at least
Kensington or Norwood at regular intervals for
shopping or family reasons; maybe he delivered the
boys into Adelaide itself for coach or train. By 1884 the
rail was through to Ambleside, and then it was a coach
to Hahndorf.
The boys were boarders, living in during the term and
returning home for the holidays (that probably meant
working for their father on Warboys), and here we
quote from a valuable source, Reg Butlers
meticulously documented book, A College in the
Wattles.
The increasing number of boarders making for the
Hahndorf Academy by road from Adelaide experienced Royal Mail Coach at Ambleside - It also transferred boys to the
College in Hahndorf. Reg Butler A College in the Wattles.
probably the most thrilling beginning to school to be
found in the colony. Stage coaches left from in front of
the Prince Alfred Hotel next to the Town Hall in King
Willian Street. Across the road stood the coach company booking offices for the Mt Barker coach route.
Prior to afternoon departures at 2.30 in summer and 1.30 in winter this section of King William street
became animated indeed, as preparations proceeded a pace to load passengers and HM Mails. It was
noted in the Observer on 21 May 1881 The luggage is piled like a huge pyramid on top of the coach .
Every seat is full a moment later with a get away, boys, the driver gathers up his reins and we are off!
Away, by the top of Flinders St., round the corner of Victoria Square, along its side, past the new
Government Offices, down Angus St., through a small lane, clusters of newly built houses, another street,
then taking a sharp turn we emerge on South Terrace .
The coach naturally makes for Glen Osmond road dissecting the south Parklands. Then begin suburban
marvels in the shape of new, handsome houses by the score. Through Eastwood and Parkside towards
those lovely Ranges on whose slopes lie the dwellings of our nouveaux riches, then regain the renowned
Vine Inn at Glen Osmond.
To this point the stage has been achieving a steady 8 mph.
Observations for the Gawler Bunyip of 24 February 1872 continue thus.
After leaving Glen Osmond, the road becomes mountainous and rugged and after passing the rustic hotel
known as the Mountain Hut, the assent of the Ranges is begun and parts of the road are very steep but it is
as serpentine as the windings of a stream.
A special correspondent for the Observer of 2 January 1875 observed the following. A few more hundred
yards brings us to the Eagle-on-the-Hill, here several coaches generally collect together, and one has a
chance to reconnoitre Up on the ridge between the Eagle and Crafers it was all a-bustle again after
the strenuous haul.
At Crafers no less than six coaches were seen en route from Strathalbyn, Mount Barker and Woodside, to
and from the capital; between 50 and 60 horses are changed, thus showing the immense passenger traffic
through the hills.
Through Aldgate, Bridgewater and crossing the Onkaparinga River eventually deposited on Hahndorfs
dusty roadside with piles of trunks and other paraphernalia, youthful Academy boarders watched the bright
yellow, red and dark blue coach lumber off towards Mount Barker and knew that a new term had begun.
Boarders continued to arrive in respectable numbers at the College. After the Aldgate railway line opened
in 1883, train to Aldgate with coach to Hahndorf replaced nearly twenty years of staging from Adelaide.
From the beginning of 1884 the coach journey was reduced to just several kilometers from Ambleside
through Grunthal to Hahndorf.

Coaching charms palled rapidly for a generation hankering for a faster life.
Frank, born in 1880 in that latter era, and his younger brothers following him might well have travelled by
rail to Ambleside. Ambleside was the alternate name for Hahndorf during WW1. (Reg Butler.)
Back in Hahndorf much admiration attended the tower on the Academy, rising to a height of 35 feet
surmounted by a railing and a flagstaff. The tower also housed a tank to gravitate water to the adjoining
boarders spacious cement plunge-bath, above which hung two showers. Cold showers were mandatory in
summer while heated water from a boiler near the tower made winter baths more bearable.
Below the tower and against the Balhannah Road was another educational novelty, a large gymnasium and
as the Register of 21 September 1883 noted swinging and fixed ladders, horizontal bars, trapezes and
other aids to develop the muscles.
Between four or five young women washed cooked and cleaned for the forty boarders. The maids had a
hard routine. Weekly the carpetless public quarters in the College were scrubbed, in the dormitories fluff
dropped from the inevitably hard flock mattresses had to be swept up. Boarders stowed their terms issue
of clothing in small metal trunks under Spartan black painted cast iron beds between which stood a little
table. A list of contents was stuck under the trunk lid.

Photos from College in the Wattles by Reg. Butler

The Hahndorf College Monogram

Boarders loved their rural ventures. After school we could have


leave for a couple of hours by signing a book, and on weekends we
could take a picnic lunch and be away all day as long as we stated
clearly where we were going. Our afternoon excursions took us to
wonderful places for boys. Quite near were pools where we could
fish and swim. there was birdnesting; many and varied were the
collections, likewise the near escapes from falls from high trees. Or
we could visit old mine workings scattered about the hills and
gullies. Roaming neighbouring countryside encouraged selfreliance even if sundry Balhannah water melon patches and
intervening field pea patches suffered somewhat on occasions.
Although it was not on the school curriculum many Hahndorf
College boys came to love target shooting as a result of their time in
the town. Hahndorf could boast the colonies oldest, continuous
shooting club, in existence since 1864. Many prominent locals had a
proud tradition of marksman skill among their elders and needed
little encouragement to introduce the boarders such as the Tea Tree
Frank Tinley Hall medals c 1890s. From the
Gully Halls to the sport. (Reg Butler College in the Wattles)
Barbara Dean Collection
Both Franks lifelong interest in rifle shooting and ornithology were
encouraged at Hahndorf College.
His younger brother Ern joined his grandfathers Norwood soft drink
factory, while Arthur the youngest pursued further the agricultural
line at Roseworthy College.

The medal inscriptions read


(largest) T.T.G.C.C. (Tea Tree Gully Cricket
Club) 1902-3 - Highest Batting Average Won by F HALL
T.T.C.C. Season 1899-00 - 1002 RUNS
H.C. (Hahndorf Club?) - 27-3-97
(smallest) CLUB SWIMMING 1897 - F T
HALL

Frank became a keen sportsman, excelling in cricket for which he won medals and also for swimming at
age 17. That was also the year he passed the University of Adelaide entrance examination in his last year
at the College.
The cricketing medals were from the Tea Tree Gully and Hahndorf Clubs.
He also played cricket for North Adelaide as well as local cricket where on one occasion it is said, he hit a
six into a gum tree and the ball struck and killed a parrot!!! (Reg Butler College in the Wattles)
Instead of University, Frank chose to go to Africa big game hunting,
according to what he told Angela; also backed up by Robert who confirms
this, adding that Frank was caught up with the outbreak of the Boer War,
enlisted and became a scout up to 50 miles behind enemy lines. With his
love of the land, his uncanny ability to get lost from sight in flat country and
his ability to handle armaments of most sorts, it certainly fits.
He told me about Morant etc., and showed me correspondence mainly about
Morant, Hancock and Witton, and he was on their side; as one had to do
what one had to do. He was disgusted with the end result
I also remember he had some association with horses Robert.
Our Tasmanian cousin writes that he had a horse there of which he was very
fond but was prevented from bringing back to Australia by quarantine
regulations - Janice.
Franks compass c 1900. From
the Richard Hall Archive

Trooper Bluegum - Cemeteries and memorials - Great War Forum


As 'Trooper Bluegum', Hogue penned this poem about the Lighthorsemen's concern for their Waler mounts.
"The Horses Stay Behind",
ln days to come we'll wander west and cross the range again;
We'll hear the bush birds singing in the green trees after rain;
We'll canter through the Mitchell grass and breast the bracing wind.
But we'll have other horses. Our chargers stay behind.
Around the fire at night we'll yarn about old Sinai;
We'll fight our battles o'er again; and as the days go by
There'll be old mates to greet us. The bush girls will be kind,
Still our thoughts will often wander to the horses left behind.
I don't think I could stand the thought of my fancy hack
Just crawling 'round old Cairo with a 'Gyppo on his back.
Perhaps some English tourist out in Palestine, may find
My broken hearted Waler with a wooden plough behind.
NO; I think I'd better shoot him and tell a little lie:
"He floundered in a wombat hole and then lay down to die."
Maybe l'll get court-martialled; but l'm damned if l'm inclined
To go back to Australia and leave my horse behind.
Trooper Bluegum

Franks Medallion South African


Soldiers Association 1899-1902
Richard Hall Archives

Parting with their horses was extremely difficult for the Light Horsemen. Their sentiments are reflected in
the above poem written by Major Oliver Hogue under the name of Trooper Bluegum, (c. WW I)

HAHNDORFS BOER WAR CONTRIBUTION


by David A Grant (Hahndorf - October 2015)
Suspended on the wall in what is known as the
Supper Room, within the Hahndorf Institute building,
there is an oak tablet that has a grand height of around
two metres. Upon it, in gold lettering, appear the
names of eighteen former pupils of the Hahndorf
College school, now the Academy, who volunteered to
serve King and Empire in the second Boer War
(1899-1902).
The tablet was unveiled, amid great ceremony, in 1904
and it is perhaps a melancholic indication of the
passing of time that, after several moves over the
century, this panel has migrated from pride-of-place in
the Academy building to a forgotten backroom bereft
both of convenient public access and of local
knowledge.
The eighteen names listed are Sinclair Blue, Herbert
Brown, Roland Cudmore, Lionel Dunn, Henry Formby,
Walter Follett, Frederick Gower, F.T. Hall, S.M. Howe,
R.E. Murray, Sydney McFarlane, Edward Mattfeld,
Herbert Norman, George Paltridge, George Reece,
Robert Webb, Allen Wright and R. De Leon.
As far as can be determined, (and unlike a number of
other Adelaide Hills towns), each one of Hahndorfs
eighteen survived the conflict and continued life
beyond the war.

BOER WAR
HALL, Frank Tinley.
WO100/263.
Carbineers.

Source:
Bush Veldt

THE BUSH VELDT CARBINEERS:


The Bush Veldt Carbineers were raised in Pretoria in February 1901 and did useful work in the
difficult country north of Pietersburg in that year. They saw a lot of fighting, but it gained an
unfortunate notoriety by the conviction of Morant, Handcock and Witton on charges that they had
committed acts not in accordance with the rules of civilised warfare.
The story of the trial and execution was told in the 1979 film 'Breaker Morant'.
Undoubtedly a corps such as this, acting beyond the immediate control of higher authorities and far
from support, was placed in a very unenviable position. The enemies they had to deal with were not
always members of regular commandos, but often leaderless gangs of ruffians not unacquainted
with nefarious practices and incapable of appreciating anything but the most arbitrary justice. Mr
Green, who was chaplain to the Australian Bushmen, a corps that operated much in the Pietersburg
district, speaks in terms of praise of the Bush Veldt Carbineers. He says that they were chiefly
English refugees of that district. They acted as scouts for General Plumer, and did well. On one
occasion they captured the convoy of a train-wrecking gang and 11 prisoners. These latter would
not disclose where their mines were laid, so they were promptly put on a trolley; an explosion did
take place, but none were killed. The corps had casualties on various occasions.
The Bush Veldt Carbineers were renamed to the Pietersburg Light Horse on 1 December 1901. The
unit was employed in the extreme north of the Transvaal officially designated as 'the wildest part'
of that country. http://www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/305-bush-veldtcarbineers-and-pietersburg-light-horse

From the web site Australians in the Boer War Oz-Boer Data Base.
http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer_more.cgi?record=8609

Above - C 1901 From the Richard Hall Archives

South African War Memorial City of Adelaide

Above - C 1901 From the


Richard Hall Archives

For the citizen soldiers of the state who


fought in the South African War.
Unveiled 6 June 1904. North Tce.,
Adelaide, Designed Adrian Jones
(Sculptor), Garlick, Sibley and Woolridge
(Pedestal).
Ref:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boer_
adelaide.jpg

On his return from the Boer War, Frank worked with his father Henry
and his brother Arthur on Warboys. It cant all have been work, as
he soon met and fell in love with Ethel Rose Wisdom (1878-1945).
Ethel was born at Largs Bay, SA, June 3, 1878, the eldest child of
George Moulder Wisdom and Sarah Ann Paine of Goodwood, SA.
No doubt after due courting, they married in St Wilfreds Church,
Tea Tree Gully on March 17, 1904.
A photo of them pre marriage taken during a family visit to
Adelaide Hills relatives can be seen on the header photo on
www.hall1818.wordpress.com. The unknown woman next to her is
probably a sister think chaperone!

Ethel Rose Wisdom in her teens. C 1895 - From


Richard Hall Archive

Ethel Rose Wisdom from Meredith Patterson Album

Note we are still seeking more photos and


documents regarding the Wisdom family and
would be pleased to hear from anyone who is
able to assist.

Ethel Rose Wisdom, engagement photo, c 1903


Notice the ring, often worn on the right hand before the wedding in those
days.
Meredith Patterson Album, from Robert Hall.

Frank and Ethel had eight children, all born at Warboys, Tea
Tree Gully; South Australia, listed below in Franks hand writing.

Ethel and Frank, back at Warboys after their


marriage, 1904. From the Album of Meredith
Patterson.
Recorded by Frank. From Richard Hall Archives

Frank managed Warboys after his parents, Henry and Charlotte retired to Glenelg in 1915 until the
property was sold, after which he and his family moved to 36 Hewitt Ave, Rose Park. The Rose Park
house was bought with a mortgage on 13 April 1920.

The drive-side of Warboys, taken more than 100 years later, but at the same location as the wedding
photo above. c 1970s - From the Album of Meredith Patterson.

Another Warboys
Wardebusc (11th century), Wardebusche (12th century), Wardeboys (13th - 17th century) and Warboys
(Modern).
Warboys is a town about 30 kms north of Cambridge, England. http://www.warboys.cambs.info/
This town had significance for Franks mother, Charlotte (Howitt) Hall.
A strict teetotaler, Frank much objected to wine being made from the Warboys grapes, mostly the grapes
were dried and exported to England but some were sold to the adjacent property of Angoves.
Though the Warboys vineyards no longer exist, Angoves have recently commemorated the name of
Warboys on labels for some of their McLaren Vale wines.
2012, August, McLaren Vale for typicity of style, unique flavor and
personality the selection criteria is rigorous with some 28 wines making the
2010 program. We were successful in our submission of our 2010 Warboys
Vineyard Shiraz to the Scarce Earth program.
he Warboys Vineyard is located in the Seaview sub-region of McLaren Vale
on the corner of Chalk Hill and Oliver roads. The name Warboys is taken
from one of the original vineyards in Tea Tree Gully, SA; my great, great
grandfather, Dr W T Angove used to source fruit from there in the late 1800s.
It was one of his best mates vineyards owned by a gentleman by the name of
Henry Hall and is named for his property, Warboys, in turn named for a town
near Cambridge, England.
From Angoves Warboys vineyard,
McLaren Vale, SA. Photo by
Barbara Dean. c 2016

We thought it was a fitting thing to do to take some of the original history of


the Angove business from the late 1800s and bring it to this beautiful
vineyard in McLaren Vale. We are honoured to be part of the Scarce Earth
program.

http://archive-au.com/au/a/angove.com.au/2013-03-18_1652912_35/2012_November_McLaren_Vale/ )
Viewed in archive 24 Sep 2016)

Warboys vineyard in winter. Trees and vines are difficult to define and no longer in existence, though the house survives. From the Album
of Meredith Patterson c 1990s

Frank apparently and relentlessly, often sent his boys into the surrounding Humbug Scrub to flush out
rabbits, foxes or anything else that moved, edible or otherwise. Often the boys became lost, frightened and
needed rescuing from those seemingly endless thick bush hills and valleys related to Robert by his
father GW.

Title for Warboys April, 1857 - 1921

Douglas Hall records in his album, of 1921, now belonging to his son John, that when the family sold
Warboys, my brother Frank Jr., age 12, made several trips on his own with a two horse trolley to Rose
Park with furniture, wood etc., and finally in the wagonette with his sister Pat, the cat, the dog and the odd
bits and pieces of our belongings.
Image at right - Warboys, possibly 40s or 50s,
much changed under other ownership. The
significant feature here is the two big trees that
given their size must have been planted by the
Halls. It has been said that early settlers planted
trees that varied from the natural vegetation and
stood out as a landmark otherwise devoid, as a
guide or orientation point. Palm trees were
another variety often used, that could be seen
from a distance to guide visitors.
Henry and Charlotte Hall had moved to Glenelg in
1915 where a house was rented a house at 9 St
Annes Terrace until 1927.

ROSE PARK

Front Gate at Number 36 Hewitt Ave. From Barbara Dean collection: taken by realtor, prior to sale by auction, The
Advertiser, c 14 April 2007

Above - from a newspaper advertisement, c 14 April, 1966. Barbara Dean Collection. Some changes have been made by subsequent
owners.

The house at Rose Park was built of sandstone/bluestone, had five bedrooms, a front sleep-out, and in the
back yard a huge sleep-out where all six boys slept in their teen and young adult years.
Robert has memories of sleeping in this draughty place in his youth when the family visited from Pt
Augusta, where his father was employed at that time. This is echoed by his younger brother Chris, and
Barbara too remembers the six iron frame beds lined up in that sleep-out, though she never had to sleep
there!
The rooms in the house were allocated to old Granny Charlotte, Grandma and Grandpa, Auntie Pat and the
maid. I always remember them having a maid and bad plumbing in the bathroom.
Pats husband George fixed the plumbing when they lived with Frank after their marriage. -

Robert.
If you let the water more than trickle out of the bath it ran all over the floor which had a lead covering on
it. The toilet was way, way down the backyard. The yard was graveled and had to be raked every day.

Granny Charlotte always promised to give us 2 shillings when we visited. Sadly, either due to
failing eyesight or devious cunning, the 2 bob coin turned out to be a penny! - Chris.
Memories of the wooden drain-board in the kitchen and Auntie Pat shaping butter between two
wooden paddles; and an ice-box refrigerator possibly in the central room, not the kitchen Margaret
Janice Menzies, daughter of Frank and Ethels first child Dorothy, and our eldest cousin, reflects on her
early memories in her story My Family, 1995; and I quote with her permission (June 2016).
Grandma Ethel Rose was a pleasant plump lady who after having eight children told Grandpa Frank that
enough was enough, so he moved into his gun room to sleep! I can remember loving Grandma but being
in awe of Grandpa. He had a nasty habit of sending me down to the cellar for something and then turning
off the light used to scare me witless.
Frank was a great gun man, winning many trophies. He had I remember, a room filled with guns, where he
spent most of his time even sleeping there. He and his sons won the Father and Son shoot for South
Australia.

Back: Frank; Brian; Doug; Ron; their father, Frank. c 1935 Front: Arthur; George. From the Album of Richard Hall

From Richard Hall Archives

My mum, Dorothy didnt live here much as she was sent at a young age, about 9 or 10, to live with her
grandparents Charlotte and Henry at Glenelg. This made one less at home and she was expected to be an
unpaid servant to her grandparents, living with them until she married in 1927, eventually moving to
Tasmania after trying farming in the Willunga Hills.
We had many return trips to Adelaide. We used to travel by car with Dad to Launceston and then catch
"The Taroona" mostly to Melbourne. The boat was quite big and came all the way up the Tamar to Kings
Wharf. Sometimes on a return trip the boat would miss the tide and it would have to wait at the heads for
the next tide. The boat usually took from about 4.00 p.m. one day until about 10.00 a.m. the next day to get
from Launceston to Melbourne. Then we would have a full day to fill in as the train didn't leave for Adelaide
until 7.00 p.m. that night. Crossing Bass Strait was very rough in that boat and we were nearly always
seasick. One year, Uncle Ron Hall (who was a great teaser) told me to wrap my body in brown paper,
under my clothes of course, and then he said I wouldn't be seasick. So I did this (I must have been about
12 years old then) and believe it or not, I wasn't sick at all but Mum and Bob were. Sometimes during the
day in Melbourne we'd go to the Melbourne Zoo. This was considered a great treat as we had nothing like it
in Tasmania.

The train would leave promptly at 7.00 p.m. and we would travel second class sitting up all night long. At
Tailem Bend the train would stop and people would get out to buy a pie and a drink, there wasn't any food
aboard (not second class, anyway). We never got out; we always had our own sandwiches and drinks with
us. I can still hear the noise the train made crossing the plains at night. At about 9.00 a.m. the next day
we'd arrive at Adelaide Station and Grandpa Frank would be there to meet us and take us to Rose Park in
his old car. It was a really old one; I don't know what model. It was a real adventure to ride in the car with
Grandpa as he: drove flat out blowing his horn at every intersection to let everyone know he was coming
across but he never slowed or stopped. We used to hold our breath for fear of a smash.

We used to stay at Rose Park. We also used to visit Auntie Cora Hall at Tea Tree Gully I loved this trip.
Auntie Cora my great Aunt, (wife of Franks brother Arthur) was a sweetie. At Rose Park Auntie Pat
(Mum's young sister) still lived at home, she was only eight years older than me and Grandma had a live-in
maid, Roma; this I considered the height of luxury. Old Grannie Charlotte was there as well so it was a full
house.

I used to sleep in the front sleep-out off Grandma's room. This had a door but I always got in and out the
window to Grandma's room. She had the softest big bed I've ever been in. The maid had to help clean the
house, which included emptying the "slops". Each room had a chamber pot as the toilet was way, way
down the backyard. Grannie (Charlotte) and Grandma (Ethel) had commodes. These were like big wicker
chairs and the seat lifted up and the pot was inside it.

Grandma did the cooking and she and the maid dished up. Then Grandma would come into the dining
room with the rest of us and ring the bell for the maid to bring the meal in. As you can imagine, by the time
it got to the table, it wasn't very hot. They had a huge cedar table with several loose leaves and out full it
could seat about twenty people.
Ethel was a great cook and puddings with treacle sauce have never been surpassed in this young boys
memory - Robert

After the meal the maid would have to clear the
table and wash up. I used to have to help with
this; and Auntie Pat too. The last trip we made
to Adelaide was in 1945 when Grandma was
dying and they sent for Mum. We stayed nearly
four weeks and she died just after we got home
Janice.
Meredith, being just 5 when Grandma Ethel
died, has only one strong memory of her. On a
family visit to number 36, she remembers her
meeting us at the front door and of being
enveloped in a swathe of lavender fabric, in
hindsight, the skirt of her dress, at about the
level of her knees as she hugged me, saying
yum, yum, yum. Clearly an endearment! Meredith
Unlike Chris, he being that bit older, and being
asked to sing for her, no doubt to everyones
delight but his own; at least in my
reminiscence. Chris.

Ethel Rose Hall. C 1938. From the Album of Meredith Patterson.

From The Advertiser, Friday, October 27,


1950. By Open Sight
And results for Anzac Day Shoot on Thursday
April 25, 1957.

In the newspaper cutting above, 8 Trophies to Veteran, the acute observer may have noted the name C.
Hall half way down the second column. Believe it or not, that was me. I was 18 at the time, and had had
some trophy success in the Cadets at school, and hence, happily, did not make a fool of myself in such
elite rifle shooting company. We all knew Pop was so proud to have 4 sons and a grandson shooting with
him. Did he actually say so? Predictably not a word - he was that sort of man Chris.
Most of us will recall that Rose Park room where he spent so many years of his later life. Oh so dreary,
dark, dank and gloomy with the overpowering stench of gun oil. In a strange way, we admired his passion
for his sport/hobby Chris.
His older brother recalls, I also shot with Pop at the Metropolitan Rifle Club but very quickly reached 2
decisions, firstly 12 gauge shooting was more fun, and secondly girls were more rewarding than lying in the
rain for hours. I also dogged hares and foxes in paddocks, in scrub and in many other unlikely places [with
Pop] and found that while the work was hard I finally woke up to the fact he was teaching me things. Robert.
At one time Frank worked for the Harris Scarf department store, headhunted to look after the gun section.
It seems he was there only about 6-8 months in 1946/7. Robert

Throughout most of his life Frank spent many of his days bird nesting and hunting rabbits and foxes in the
Willunga Hills and elsewhere; the rabbits were then hung in a meat safe from the fig tree out the back of
number 36 Hewitt Avenue under which his fox terrier Meggsie had a kennel Robert & Meredith.
Margaret also has a similar memory but maybe a hare?
Frank could make a whistle that sounded like an injured rabbit to lure a fox from its den.
Rifles were always a large interest of Franks and the rifle below is one of which he had many.

A silver cup he won as Club Champion Aggregate for the


period 1934/5

One of Franks many rifles, passed on to Richard Hall from his father Brian, from
his father Frank Hall.
From the Richard Hall Archives, now disposed of. C 2011

Frank won trophies in his own right and in Father and Son competitions. Frank was a .303 rifle man;
competing often in matches in Hahndorf, Tea Tree Gully, Adelaide Metropolitan, and also representing
Australia in International competitions at Bisley in Surrey England, along with his eldest son, Ron.
The photo below is of Franks shooting medals c 1900 - 1960

From the Barbara Dean Collection

Frank also served his country during WW II, c 1945, mostly in munitions.

From the Richard Hall Collection

One of Franks hobbies was collecting eggs and he spent many years making an extensive collection of
eggs from a large variety of birds. This collection is now housed in the South Australian Museum,
Adelaide, courtesy of Peter Hall.
The F.T. Hall Egg Collection
Frank Tinley Hall of Tea Tree Gully, South Australia, 13 Oct. 1880 - 5 Sep. 1960
The Hall Collection was purchased by the SA Museum from Peter Hall, FT Hall's grandson, in 1979. The
collection was registered by Shane Parker in July 1980.
Content: originally 350 clutches when purchased, but a number of clutches were discarded due to their
poor condition. 294 clutches were registered, most collected in SA, with some from all other states except
WA. Collection dates range from 1884 to 1947. FT Hall collected many of the clutches, mainly around Tea
Tree Gully, and also acquired clutches from other collectors; mainly A.H.C. Zietz and J.W. Hosking.
Mannum
Mannum
Lake Buloke
Black Swamp
Pellaring Flats
Lake Buloke
Mannum
Mannum
Bool Lagoon

Pellaring Flats

River Murray
Bellchambers Lagoon/near
34 55 00
Mannum
S
139 18 00 E
River Murray
34 55 00 S
139 18 00 E
South-West Victoria
36 20 00 S
142 55 00 E
Southern Mount Lofty Ranges
35 26 00 S
138 50 00 E
River Murray district
34 51 00 S
139 23 00 E
South-West Victoria
36 20 00 S
142 55 00 E
River Murray
Lagoon near Mannum
34 55 00 S
139 18 00 E
River Murray
Bellchambers Lagoon
34 55 00 S
139 18 00 E
South-East South Australia
37 07 00 S
140 42 00 E
Northern South Australia
River Murray district
Northern South Australia
Central Australia

34 51 00 S

139 23 00 E

Blanchetown
Port Pirie
Golden Grove
Golden Grove
Bool Lagoon
Golden Grove
Golden Grove
Tea Tree Gully
Port Prime
Tea Tree Gully
Tea Tree Gully
Bool Lagoon
Two Wells

Western Murray Flats


above Blanchetown 34 21 00 S
Southern Flinders Ranges 3 miles E.
33 11 00 S
Adelaide District
34 47 00 S
Adelaide District
34 47 00 S
South-East South Australia
37 07 00 S
Adelaide District
34 47 00 S
Adelaide District
Cobblers Creek
34 47 00 S
Adelaide District
34 49 00 S
Adelaide Plains
near Port Prime/S.W.
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00 S
Adelaide District
34 49 00 S
Adelaide District
34 49 00 S
South-East South Australia
37 07 00 S
Adelaide Plains
N.E. of Two Wells 34 35 00 S

139 37 00 E
138 00 00 E
138 44 00 E
138 44 00 E
140 42 00 E
138 44 00 E
138 44 00 E
138 45 00 E
138 20 00 E
138 45 00 E
138 45 00 E
140 42 00 E
138 31 00 E

Mannum

River Murray district

Tea Tree Gully


Tea Tree Gully

Adelaide District
Adelaide District

34 49 00 S
34 49 00 S

138 45 00 E
138 45 00 E

Tea Tree Gully


Tea Tree Gully

Adelaide District
Adelaide District

34 49 00 S
34 49 00 S

138 45 00 E
138 45 00 E

Bool Lagoon

South-East South Australia

37 07 00 S

140 42 00 E

Bellchambers Lagoon/near
34 55 00
Mannum
S
139 18 00 E

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Peter Hall. From A.H.C. Zietz.


Peter Hall. Most clutches in this collection collected by FTH; check his catalogue for those that were not.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. From A.H.C. Zietz.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. Collector probably Zietz. Missing from collection 19 Feb.2002; probably missing for many years.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. Most clutches in this collection collected by FTH; check his catalogue for those that were not.
Peter Hall. From A.H.C. Zietz. Not a pair.
Peter Hall. From J. McEwin's collection.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. From j. McEwin's collection.
Peter Hall. From A.H.C. Zietz.
Peter Hall. From J. McEwin's collection.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. Most clutches in this collection collected by FTH; check his catalogue for those that were not.
Peter Hall.Ecological Notes: from a tree.
Peter Hall.Ecological Notes: on ground in crop; Surry Farm
Peter Hall. Most clutches in this collection collected by FTH; check his catalogue for those that were not.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. Most clutches in this collection collected by FTH; check his catalogue for those that were not.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. Most clutches in this collection collected by FTH; check his catalogue for those that were not.
Peter Hall. Most clutches in this collection collected by FTH; check his catalogue for those that were not.Ecological Notes: from stick nest(probably old magpie) in old pine tree (eggs 5 in
Peter Hall. From A.H.C. Zietz.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. From A.H.C. Zietz.
Peter Hall. See note FTH Cat. No. 276-277Ecological Notes: Eggs of 3 females; two other eggs were broken. All in the same nest- 6,5 & 4 !
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. Ex A.H.C.Zietz. Set marks - 4 eggs shows 5 in nest 2/1/02, 1 shows 2 in nest 3/1/02. An undecipherable place name? is written above.
Peter Hall.Ecological Notes: fresh
Peter Hall.Ecological Notes: Only visits us in the early summer; never common. Used to nest about here (Crompton 1915, S. Aust. Orn. 2:36).
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. Most clutches in this collection collected by FTH; check his catalogue for those that were not.
Peter Hall. From A.H.C. Zietz.
Peter Hall. Most clutches in this collection collected by FTH; check his catalogue for those that were not.
Peter Hall. From A.H.C. Zietz.
Peter Hall. Ex A.H.C. Zietz.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. Ex A.H.C. Zietz.
Peter Hall.Ecological Notes: On ground among wattles.
Peter Hall. Ex J. McEwin's collection
Peter Hall. From A.H.C. Zietz.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall.
Peter Hall. Most clutches in this collection collected by FTH; check his catalogue for those that were not.Ecological Notes: 4 freshly laid eggs without nest among clods from backward sp

Example of spreadsheets in Excel of the full collection catalogued in the museum and registered by Shane Parker, July 1980
Hermitage

Mount Lofty Ranges

Pellaring Flats
Pellaring Flats
Mannum
Two Wells

River Murray
River Murray
River Murray district
Adelaide Plains

34 49 00 S

138 46 00 E

34 51 00 S
139 23 00 E
34 51 00 S
139 23 00 E
Bellchambers Lagoon/near
34 55 00
Mannum
S
139 18 00 E
1.5 miles S.E. of Two
34Wells
35 00 S
138 31 00 E

A sample of Egg Clutches and Franks log book


now housed in South Australian Museum,
Adelaide.

Franks car, we believe, was a Dodge Flying Four as recorded in Assets listed after his death. Possibly a
1930s model or earlier, with running boards both sides, soft top, a spare wheel fixed on the back plus a
series of hooks from which to hang game. There was also a reinforced front bumper bar, presumably to
flatten scrub. I distinctly remember that it had a wooden steering wheel (fat not skinny), a two bar front
bumper bar, (horizontal), round clutch & brake pedals, an absolute vertical rise in the rear hood and
wooden wheels. Robert.
Another addition of course, was the canvas water bag hanging from the front bumper bar Meredith
The following photo seems to be one of those moments during outback travel of that era. Maybe all ended
well as in the next photo, c 1930s

From the Barbara Dean Collection

From the Barbara Dean Collection

Meredith also remembers Frank parking his car in the lane behind her parents house (then 17, Portrush
Rd) when he arrived for the occasional Sunday roast; he got on well with Arthurs wife Kath; they discussed
books a lot and this ties in with Ians book gift from Pop, The Old Man and the Boy that he so enjoyed.
Yet another instance of the man, our grandfatherFor whatever reason, just after Meredith finished school (57), a photo appeared in the Social Pages of
her, no doubt instigated by her mother, she was wearing a skirt and blouse with a cummerbund, then
fashionable, or so we teens thought. Franks disapproval is remembered You should have been wearing
a dress! - Meredith
This brings us to another discovery of Barbaras, Franks book of Tennyson Poems inscribed to him by
Ethel shortly before they were married. He mentions Tennyson again in one of his many letters.

From the Barbara Dean Collection c 1903

One Christmas dinner at the Pt Willunga shack Meredith remembers some consternation because Kath
had deliberately slipped Frank a small silver charm in his serve of pudding which failed to materialize at the
end of the course; had he swallowed it or was he just hiding it?!!
Another Pt Willunga story remembered by Meredith is a visit by Pop and Auntie Pat in the days before our
shack. (Pre 1948) As a treat, not sure to whom, but Ian and Meredith were driven home in the back of
Pops car. Ian had just learnt to whistle and was trying it out in the back seat. Pops hearing might have
been failing a little as he thought his car was misbehaving or maybe the tuneless whistling was just getting
on his nerves, so Pat had to ask Ian to stop. The highlight of the journey of course was reaching the top of
Tapleys Hill at dusk and looking down on fairyland the lights of Adelaide.
Pats son John recently talked about spending much time with our grandfather, as he would have, living in
the same house. One of his memories was of them going crabbing together John S.
Frank was also a letter writer corresponding with his sons, Doug and Brian, and they with him during WW
II; and also with his daughter Dorothy when she was living away from home as a young girl.
He surely would have visited Dorothy after her marriage when she and her husband were farming in the
Willunga Hills but I doubt he visited after their move to Tasmania, though Ethel did, evidenced by a
postcard to Ron.

Ian remembers once receiving a note from


him possibly around a birthday, c late
1940s/early 50s.
What-Ho Rastus, I saw you playing footy
in the street the other day. You should
find a five shillings postal note inside, if
not, Mum has taken it for new hats.
Grandpa - Ian

A most poignant letter from Frank was to


his son Arthur, A after the death of Ethel
Rose in 1945. Why Arthur and Kath were
absent at this time Meredith has no idea.

From the Barbara Dean Collection, c 1934

Meredith Patterson collection from John Hall

Ethel Rose Hall 1941. Photo taken by Doug Hall from


John Hall Album.

A Day Out - Ethel, Frank - and the axe! c1941. (The nearest he gets to a
smile in a photo, except on his wedding day). Barbara Dean Collection

In 1951, as a grandson of George Hall, Frank was invited to the 100


Year Celebration at the South Australian Hotel.

Frank Tinley Hall 1941. Photo taken by Doug Hall from


John Hall Album.

From the Richard Hall Archives.

More memories Richards sister recalls, "Grandpa called me Darkie, I often wondered whether he knew my name, having
so many grandchildren; it was a term of endearment. Was Barbara also Darkie? We both had similar
skin, hair and eye colour Margaret.
I think all I can say is I'm unsure. Its quite possible but I really don't know, quite often it was girlie
Barbara.
Sues memories of living with Pop
sitting on his lap in an old cane chair, squeezing his fingers and being amazed at how they stayed
squeezed!
Megs biting me and not coming home next day because " she'd run so fast after a rabbit that her
heart stopped"! Pop was quiet and miserable after that.
Finally talked mum into letting me have a budgie, only to have Pop come home and release my little
budge 'cos he didn't agree with birds being caged!!
He used Solyptol soap & always smelt really fresh. He whistled constantly around the house Oh
Susannah!
Pop had brown bread (and it was BROWN!) I loved his bread but was only allowed our white - with
dripping, after school.
Probably due to his deafness, he had a steel rod that went into a specially drilled hole behind his
bedroom door with hand space to remove it for those of us who knew.
He also had a pistol under a book by his bed.
The night he died he'd been babysitting us while George & Pat were out square dancing, or at a
canasta night. I think mum was horrified to know we'd been in the care of our dead grandfather. I
woke next morning to over-hear dad on the phone advising family of his death. My first question
was "how's mum?" the response - "she's in bed and you are not to go in there!" So off in my ski
jamas to Pop's room and there he was, with his jaw tied up!
PS: I loved him dearly Sue.

At some time, before I was 7 years old, Poppy, as we


knew him, dropped by one evening to 3 Heathpool
Road, possibly bearing rabbits but the memory of him
that has stayed more vividly, is of him pointing out and
naming certain stars in the sky Angela.
His sons would have known all these things from him,
and one other too that I am sure I have inherited
through my father, Arthur never camp under a River
Red Gum (widow makers), they drop large branches
indiscriminately and without provocation. Meredith.
These same sons were brought up tough! The
following was told to Barbara by her father Ron.
For pocket money, the boys when young, were sent
out into the vineyards, even on bitterly cold mornings,
to find and collect/destroy birds eggs/nests in the vines
because the birds would eat the grapes/fruit - the
family livelihood.
Shooting at rabbits in the vineyards was also a good
pointer as to where to find the birds nests Barbara.

Frank at the Rifle Range, probably Athelstone, near Tea Tree


Gully, (the feet of someone shooting just visible)
Anzac Day, April 25, 1935. From the Richard Hall Archives

The photo below shows family camaraderie, father Frank and sons, Ron & Doug, c 1946.

From Barbara Dean Collection

As a whole we Halls were not an overly clannish lot, and wider family gatherings were rare. Below are two
photos of a gathering in the early 60s of Franks Adelaide based family and their spouses (61/62)?

Back Row: Kath; Frank; Jean; Doug; Arthur; Ron. Front: Pat; Marj; Brian; Gwlad; George; Betty; Joyce. Family
Album of Meredith Patterson.

Behind: Kath; Jean; Frank; Ian; Arthur; George S; Ron. Foreground: Pat; Marj; Brian; Betty; Joyce. From the
Family Album Meredith Patterson

Ethel Rose Hall died June 19, 1945.

Frank Tinley Hall died September 5, 1960.

Chris adds I was 21 when FTH died. Despite being a medical student at the time, his cause of death is
unknown to me. Grandma Ethel, who died when I was 6, had cirrhosis of the liver, totally unrelated
to alcohol consumption.
The general consensus is that Frank died of heart failure. See death certificates in Appendix.

APPENDIX

Frank and Ethels marriage certificate - 1904

Frank Tinley Hall Baptism - 1880

Birth certificate for Franks mother, Charlotte Howitt January 14, 1846

Baptism for Ethel Rose Wisdom - 1878

Title for Hewitt Ave., Rose Park, Sth Australia. 1920 - 1961

The following death certificates were procured by Margaret Parker, 2016


Ethel Rose Hall
Laennecs cirrhosis is caused by malnutrition [insufficient protein], alcohol or unknown. I suspect the latter.
Laennec was the Frenchman who invented the stethoscope. Chris

Frank Tinley Hall


Sounds like straightforward congestive cardiac failure with a bit of mild hypertension tossed in. A bit like
George Wisdom Hall his heart muscle just wore out! Chris

George Edward Hall age 4


The diagnosis of Diabetes in 1882 at that age was a brave call, but could well be true considering the
ongoing family history. Sadly of course, there was no thought of insulin in those days. In addition, again a
guess, the peritonitis diagnosis may well have been an untreated ruptured appendix. Chris

Thomas Harry Hall


The certificated cause of death is a little confusing, hard to decipher. I think the word should be
muralenteritis a word we dont use much these days. The poor baby of 2 months may have had what
the doctor described as an inflammation of the mural or wall of the intestine producing enough diarrhoea to
warrant a mention on the certificate. There were any number of pathogens around in those days. The
children would become dehydrated very rapidly and quickly succumb from whole body organ failure.
Rescue with I.V. therapy was not an option in 1882. Chris

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Barbara and Meredith appreciate our cousins sharing their memories with us, and their quotes have
enriched our perception of Frank and Ethel Hall, our grandparents. We would not know a fraction of this
history today if it wasnt for Joyce Hall, Douglas and Brian Hall and those, including our cousins who saved
now valuable material. The early combined but sometimes separate research or conservation of photos,
documents etc., now benefit us all.
We also acknowledge and thank our husbands, the two Deans, one by first name, the other by surname,
for their often, essential technical assistance and patience.
Underlying all of this is the work that Jo-Anne Shaw, another Hall cousin, contributes making this available
to all on the Hall blog site- for more Hall and Howitt information click on this link to visit the blog site.
www.hall1818.wordpress.com
We are keen to gather more photos and stories so please dont hesitate to contact us with your family
stories and photos.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Butler, Reg, College in the Wattles: Hahndorf and its academy, Hahndorf: Hahndorf Academy Foundation, 1989.

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