Rally planned to save Urrbrae gatehouse, as Govt accused of being 'tricky'

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Urrbrae gatehouse

13/1 Uni pursues ‘legal rights’ to stop Urrbrae gatehouse demolition
07/1 Urrbrae gatehouse demolition push despite millions in ‘contingency’ and heritage funding
11/12 Urrbrae gatehouse demolition preferred as moving would ‘decrease the heritage value’
08/12 Liberal MPs speak out to save Urrbrae gatehouse: ‘It’s heritage-listed for a reason’
07/12 Second engineer says moving historic Urrbrae gatehouse is ‘100 per cent feasible’
04/12 Historic Urrbrae gatehouse to be bulldozed – but study finds ‘relocating it is feasible’

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The University of Adelaide says it has yet to receive a formal notice from the State Government of its intention to acquire land and bulldoze the historic Urrbrae gatehouse for an intersection upgrade, as it vows to “pursue its legal rights” to stop the takeover and demolition.
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Uni pursues 'legal rights' to stop Urrbrae gatehouse demolition

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