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Kapunda High School has existed since 1907 as an additional section of the Primary School with its own teaching staff. Messrs Coles and Thomas had submitted the first of the batch of 1,300 horses on account of Mr Sidney Kidman, of Kapunda. The Kapunda Herald Illustrated Supplement of Septemrecorded that “Australia’s record horse sale conducted on account of one owner” had opened at Kapunda. Kidman’s annual horse sales at Kapunda attracted much attention. The total area of the stations was in excess of 100,000 square miles, an area greater than that of the State of Victoria. His first night in Kapunda was spent at the Prince of Wales Hotel and he journeyed on the next day to make his fortune in the vast and barren lands to the north.Īided by a legacy of about £400 from his grandfather, Kidman eventually built up a land and stock empire that saw him either owning or leasing over one hundred cattle and sheep stations. He arrived at Kapunda with his famed one-eyed horse when only a lad of thirteen, having run away from home. He was born at Athelstone in 1857 on his parents’ farm. He used it as his home base until he donated it to the Education Department in 1921. Sidney Kidman seems to have bought the house in about 1900 and re-named it Eringa. The conservatories alone contained 5,000 pot plants. A detailed report in a Kapunda Herald of 1886 describes the conservatories, fern houses, shade houses, lawns and trees. However, his main interest was probably the development of the grounds and conservatories of Lanark House, which occupied nearly four acres. In fact, he was a member of the Floricultural Society, Baptist Church, Dutton Park Committee of Management, Institute Committee, Municipal Council, Brass Band and Defence Rifle Club. He did nothing in a half-hearted way (excerpt from Obituary) It is safe to say that no worthy object was without his influential countenance or financial assistance or both. Part of his obituary gives us a picture of his prominence and influence.Īs a townsman, he took a very prominent position. Eventually, he set up his own large and profitable drapery business in Main Street. Greenshields had come to Kapunda in 1864 as an assistant in the general store owned by Messrs Stobie and Thomson. He named it Lanark House – no doubt after his birth place, Lanark, Scotland. In 1876 Mr Alexander H Greenshields built this house at a cost of £4000.