Following closure of school on Mount Lofty , the property was leased to the Australian Army and used by the Australian Women 's Army Service then in 1943 sold by Patience Howard and Mabel Hardy to Basil Harford . The National Broadcasting Service purchased a substantial section for the ABC-TV transmitter building and mast . Nancy Harford still owned the place on 16 February 1983 when it was destroyed in the Ash Wednesday bushfires . " Arthur 's Seat " and " St. Michael 's House " , the Anglican Church retreat , were the only two significant buildings which were never rebuilt . The property is now part of Cleland Conservation Park , owned by the South Australian Government
Ash Wednesday bushfires
Ash Wednesday bushfires
Stawell School