Daveyston is located six kilometres ESE of Freeling in the Hundred of Nuriootpa. Thomas Davey (1796-1862) who, with his five sons, established mills at Penrice, Angaston, Eudunda, Salisbury and Adelaide.
Former Old Nain Hotel
Mr Matthias Dienhoff obtained the first licence for this hotel in 1857. He purchased part of Section 128 from Eduard Hempel of Daveyston and built his hotel. He called his property (section 309) “Old Nain” and His hotel was licensed as the “Old Nain Hotel’ even though the settlement of Nain was already established on another section. This was the first known public building in the district and serviced travellers en route to Adelaide, Freeling, the Barossa and the Murray Flats.
References
- Heritage Survey of Light Regional Council
- Manning Index of Place Names of South Australia