Concordia Rocks

At 3.40 am on March 1^st 1954 Adelaide experienced a 5.5 magnitude earthquake.

The strong shaking woke most residents, cracked walls and loosened plaster from many buildings.

In the Brown and Gold of that year a boy boarder described what he heard and felt.

‘When the earthquake was on I awoke and heard a roaring noise like the wind. I pulled the blankets over my head because the plaster was falling on me. When it was over I asked the boys what had happened. They said it was an earthquake.’

Along with many houses in Adelaide, Concordia buildings did not go unscathed.

During the May holidays Mr Harms repaired four of the bedrooms which had been damaged. This cost was estimated at 1000 pounds, with much more repair work to be done.
The total damage bill for Adelaide was $70 million.