Entrance to Memorial Chapel with Soldier Statue by John Stuart Dowie AM, Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia

            Roseworthy Agricultural College Memorial Chapel commemorates students who served and died on active service during the Boer War and the Two World Wars. 

During World War One 228 students and staff of Roseworthy College enlisted. Of that number 39 did not return. 

The nondenominational Memorial Chapel was constructed in 1955 after a public appeal for funds began on 24 July 1945.
By March 1948 the appeal had reached £10,000. During the year a competition, sponsored by the South Australian Branch of the Australian Institute of Architects, for the chapel design was held.   The winning architects were Dean W Berry with Stephen Gilbert. 

The walls are constructed of Mallee limestone, the roof is red terracotta. Originally it was to be larger but due to increased costs the overall length was reduced which is evidenced externally by a temporary wall at the eastern end. 

Above the Chapel entrance is a Waikerie limestone sculpture by John Dowie AM epicting a young warrior discarding his uniform in readiness to return to the land. 
The building contains an organ donated by Mrs R J Rudall in memory of her late son Jake, a College student who was killed on active service in New Guinea in December 1942. 

The dedication of the Chapel by His Excellency the Governor of South Australia, Sir Robert George was held on Sunday 28 April 1957. The Governor had laid the foundation stone on 11 March 1955.

Roseworthy Agricultural College a Campus of the University of Adelaide, the first of its kind in Australia. 
Officially opened Tuesday 3 February 1885. 
In 1879 a motion by M P F Basedow was brought before South Australian Parliament regarding the necessity for South Australian farmers to have access to improved methods of agriculture. The first principal of the college was J D Custance, previously Departmental Professor of Agriculture. 
A great deal of work was done at this college on phosphate deficiencies, which led to the introduction of super phosphate, effecting a dramatic change in farming techniques and production levels throughout South Australia. 
Aside from superphosphate, the college fostered the practice of following good cultivation and drilling in agriculture. It also showed farmers how they could combine lamb raising with wheat-growing. 

The State Heritage listed Main Building, now known as Roseworthy College Hall, began early in 1883 to a design by Edward J Woods, Chief Architect from the Department of Public Works. It was completed in October 1884. It is constructed of Tarlee stone and red brick with freestone mouldings and brick quoins.
At a cost of £7,625 it contained accommodation for residential students, originally planned for 100 but reduced to 30 with the intention to add extra accommodation wings later. There was a lecture room, dining hall, reading room staff room and offices. A single storey laboratory was added in 1891. Included is a clock tower which lacked a clock mechanism for over 120 years.  In 2003 a Swiss precision clock that adjusts automatically by a global positioning system connected to Greenwich Mean Time was installed after a donation by Mr J H Newland.

Located on a 1600 hectare property 50km north of Adelaide, the campus includes a working farm on which students gain practical experience and training.

The Roseworthy campus of the University of Adelaide is the location of Australia's newest Veterinary School. The School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences provides education and training of animal and veterinary scientists in a research environment. The School offers three academic programs: Animal Science, Veterinary Bioscience and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM).

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