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November 20, 2006

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North Adelaide Heritage Apartments’ Sir George Lowe

When we arrived Regina Twiss, owner, happened to be there. She was most gracious and could not have been more accommodating. Buxton Manor was an exceptional place. It was like having our own house and it was beautifully furnished with really old antiques. It was comfortable, roomy and just about top of the line in my opinion. We would HIGHLY recommend it to anyone going that way. We stayed in the Sir George Lowe Apartment. The use of the washer and dryer was at no charge. The service was excellent. Our 7 year old grand-daughter even recognized it as being an outstanding place. It’s just pure class in my opinion.

Regina even came back the next morning and took Lucy to church. We also met Rodney (Regina’s husband) when he came on our arrival morning. He has been in the antique business for many years and had done very well. You can mention Rodney and Regina Twiss to anyone in Adelaide and I can guarantee you that they’ll know them.

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Kerryn on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 10:54 AM

Its a little incorrect. George Lowe Esquire was Rodney Twiss’s (owner of N ADL Heritage apts) great uncle and he lived in Buxton Manor in 1920 to 1922. He was a ‘Mercantile Prince’ ie he was a Managing Director of a large trading company and a gentleman.

Sir Josiah Symons was the Chief Justice and a Member of Parliament of South Australia. He was the Chair of the committee who drafted the Constitution of Australia which lead to our independence and the Federation of Australia in 1900. He had the most extensive library in existance at the time and this formed the nucleus of the embryotic South Australian library.

We believe this library was situated in the drawing room of the George Lowe Esquire apartment as Sir Josiah and members of his family lived in buxton manor from 1922 to around 1954.

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