KELLEVIE HALL

Other Media: Dodges Ferry Community Hall – exterior south c1990 [Carmel Torenius]; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – interior north c1990 – art exhibit [Carmel Torenius]; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 [Carmel Torenius]; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – north exterior c1990 – Carmel Torenius

Title: KELLEVIE HALL
Description: 1920s
Local community events in 1923 raise funds to build the hall. In 1925/26 the Kellevie Hall was built of local timbers at Kellevie Recreation Ground by George Mason and others. In April 1925 school teacher Mr Jones held a dance at Kellevie hall to raise funds for "the schoolboys to visit Carnarvon to play cricket". In 1928 a community celebration at the hall farewelled the Kellevie School teacher.; c1960
Hall moved intact from Kellevie Recreation Ground to council-owned land on Lewisham Scenic Drive; 1980s
April 1983, Huon Barlow and others moved the hall by truck from Lewisham to Dodges Ferry Recreation Reserve. At the time, the only other building in the precinct was the Lagoon Farm farmhouse (demolished in 1985, now the site of the school's Lagoon Park playground). The Dodges Ferry Community Hall became the first clubrooms for Dodges Ferry Football Club and in 1987 hosted the first local kindergarten, before the primary school officially opened in May 1988.; 1990s
The community hall building became a permanent part of the primary school, still used for community events out of school hours. In 1994 the hall's community role was replaced by the purpose-built Dodges Ferry Recreation Centre, a shared Sorell Council and school building including gym and change rooms, kitchen and kiosk, general purpose room and meeting rooms. By 1998, renovations for school use had removed the small stage and replaced the original entry door with a window.; 2010s
Used for Outside School Hours Care (initially run by the School Association then outsourced to Gumnuts Childcare); the hall building became known as Ferry Hall. No longer available to the community, Ferry Hall is a classroom of various types, including kindergarten, art and music. Education Dept and Liminal Architecture plan was to build new Kindergarten classrooms initially focused on the Ferry Hall site, later moved to the beach side of the school after community input about the strong cultural values of the hall.; 2020s
Planning for the state government funded $25m school upgrade canvases expansion concepts, proposing new buildings on the Ferry Hall site. Community inputs again highlighted the hall's cultural heritage values. SHS begins documenting available historical records and interviews. In 2026 the Sorell Council transfers the gym ownership to DECYP, committing to retain community access for out of school hours events. Sorell Council canvases options for Ferry Hall or other community meeting spaces in Dodges Ferry and surrounds. A community-led 'Save Ferry Hall' campaign begins.
Alternative Title: Lewisham Community Hall; Dodges Ferry Community Hall; Ferry Hall
Address: Kellevie Recreation Ground
c1925-c1960; 231 Lewisham Scenic Drive, Lewisham
c1960-April 1983; Dodges Ferry Recreation Park
April 1983 – 1988; Dodges Ferry Primary School
1988-present
(same location)
Region: 7176 Kellevie; 7173 Lewisham & Dodges Ferry
Status: Active research
Property Owner and date: Kellevie community (to be confirmed)
Sorell Council
Dodges Ferry Primary School (State Government)
Relation: Lewisham Community Hall Committee; Dodges Ferry Community Hall Committee; Dodges Ferry Recreation Park Committee; Pitt Water Chronicles Volume 1
Source: The Mercury, 17 April 1925, p9: "the local school teacher Mr Jones arranged a dance on Saturday night at the Kellevie hall..."; SHS recorded conversation with Huon Barlow at his Dodges Ferry home, 27 April 2025; SHS recorded conversation with George Mason's grandson, Dave Mason, at Sorell History Rooms, 11 July 2026; Interviews and personal communication with Huon Barlow, Annette Kumpulainen, Lenna Boxall, Lucy Bradshaw, Niki Wood, Lorraine Clark, Melinda Reed, Kerry Degrassi, Nelle Degrassi, Steve Bailey, Dodges Ferry Horse Riding Club and others with first hand experiences of the hall at Lewisham and Dodges Ferry.

Media: Kellevie Hall c1926 – copied from a framed photo at Dodges Ferry Primary School; Lewisham Community Hall (centre) – 1971 aerial photo [ListMap]; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – exterior south c1990 [Carmel Torenius]; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – interior north c1990 – art exhibit [Carmel Torenius]; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 [Carmel Torenius]; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – art exhibit c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – north exterior c1990 – Carmel Torenius; Dodges Ferry Community Hall – interior stage c1997 Sal & Ange ABBA [Sal Badcock]; Lewisham Hall – relocation – letter 18 April 1983 [Libraries Tasmania]; Lewisham Hall – relocation – hand drawn exterior plans 2/2 1983 [Libraries Tasmania]; Lewisham Hall – relocation – hand drawn interior plans 1 of 2 – Lewisham and proposed for Dodges Ferry 1983 [Libraries Tasmania]; Dodges Ferry Recreation Park – Sorell Council report [Libraries Tasmania]; Dodges Ferry Recreation Park – line drawn precinct plan 18 February 1988 [Libraries Tasmania]; Dodges Ferry Recreation Park – development concept map [Libraries Tasmania]; Huon Barlow outside Ferry Hall – 27April2025 [Melinda Reed]

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