Single Men’s Quarters – Rapid Bay … RULES and REGULATIONS
1.DINING ROOM:
(a) CUTLERY AND CROCKERY – No cutlery or crockery (except cups) may be taken out of dining room at any time. Any offender may be told to leave the establishment without notice.
2.BEDROOM BLOCKS:
(a) KEYS – Any lodger leaving the establishment must hand his keys to the Manager before collecting his pay, otherwise a deduction of 5/- will be made. In the case of keys being lost a similar deduction will be made when keys are replaced.
(b)PICTURES, SCREWS, NAILS – No pictures are permitted on the walls, or nails, or screws, or hooks driven into the walls or woodwork.
(c)ELECTRICAL – No electrical appliances shall be connected in the bedrooms or any other part of the premises without the consent of the Manager. A Company’s electrician may inspect any appliance allowed by the Manager and reject it if found faulty.
(d)PERSONAL EFFECTS – No furniture, bedding or other effects additional to those provided by the Company are to be place in any room without the consent of the Manager.
(e)CLEANING SERVICES – The lodger shall allow the housemaid to enter his room for the purpose of cleaning from Monday to Friday of each week, excepting Public Holidays, and he shall not interfere with her in any way during the course of her duties.
(f)BIRDS & ANIMALS – No birds or animals are allowed to be kept in the bedrooms or around the premises.
(g)FIREARMS – No firearms of any description are allowed to be kept in any bedroom or in or around the premises.
(h)LINEN – The following linen will be changed for clean each week – 1 sheet, 1 pillow slip and 1 towel.
(i)INSPECTION – The Manager or any approved Company’s Officer may inspect the lodger’s room at any reasonable time.
3.COMMON ROOM:
The Common room is to be used for social and recreational purposes only – no meetings are to be held in the hall or on the property without the consent of the Management.
4.ABSENT PERIOD ALLOWANCE:
An amount calculated on a daily basis is allowable for periods of absence from the establishment for three or more consecutive days, provided the required deduction form is lodged with the Management before period of absence begins.
5.LEAVING QUARTERS:
Any resident leaving the quarters to live elsewhere, or leaving the town, must give a week’s notice into the Manager’s office. No refund will be made to anyone having been charged full rate and not having complied with the above.
6.CONDUCT:
Any lodger causing annoyance to other persons, damaging property, creating disturbances, holding parties, excessive drinking, or violating any rules and regulations may be told to leave the premises without notice.
7.WORKING CLOTHES:
Lockers are provided in the ironing room for working clothes and men will not be permitted in bedrooms while dressed in quarry clothes.
The open cut mine at Rapid Bay was a major source of limestone for Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd (BHP) from 1942 to 1981.
The jetty was constructed as part of the works to establish the mine from 1938 to 1942.
The jetty was first used 5 September 1942 when limestone was loaded onto the SS “Iron Knob” for transport to Whyalla.
During 1981 BHP sold their operations to Adelaide Bright Cement Limited. The jetty was last used for shipments in 1991: loads have been shifted by road transport since then.
Rapid Bay was the first part of the mainland touched by South Australia’s founding father Colonel William Light.
Light arrived from Kangaroo Island on his brig ‘Rapid’ in 1836: he is reputed to have said “I have hardly seen a place I like better”.
The hamlet is well known for spectacular views: the bay is a dive site and one of the areas that is home to the endangered Leafy Sea Dragon.
There exists an old jetty (in parts now), and a new jetty popular with fishers.
