Jock Gilbert Real Estate proudly supports Australian Sponsorship 4 African Kids Ltd.

Australian Sponsorship 4 African Kids (AS4AK) Ltd was initiated in 2006 by the irrepressible Television Chef, noted Food Anthropologist, Author and Public Speaker, Dorinda Hafner, in memory of her mother, Awula Elizabeth Naa Lamiley Bannerman-Addy, a life-long champion of children, especially the underprivileged.

AS4AK is a sponsorship fund which will continue to raise money for the advancement of kids in need in not only Ghana, West Africa, but eventually, projects all over Africa, and those that Elizabeth Bannerman-Addy's vision and passion would be proud to support.

As a humble beginning, in 2006 AS4AK first raised money for the children at VisionPort International School founded by the proprietor, Joy Addy and situated at the family home at Mamprobi, Accra in Ghana, West Africa.

In 2008 AS4AK's work in Ghana continues with support for another local and very worthwhile children's centre - BASICS, headed by Ms. Pat Wilkins. Jock Gilbert Real Estate is proud to support such a well rounded organisation who are dedicated to making a positive change in the lives of African kids.

For further information on AS4AK visit their website http://www.as4ak.com/

20’s Party To Celebrate 20th Birthday!

The glitz and glamour of the 1920’s were well and truly alive at the Jock Gilbert Real Estate midyear sware this past week. Sales consultants and admin staff transformed into flappers and gangsters, golfers and smooth customers to celebrate the company’s 20^th Birthday. With the night in full ‘swing’, many were seen attempting to do Charleston to the period jazz music which played through to the early hours of Saturday morning.

(Matt Walsh, Adam White and Di Gilbert)



(Paul Lea, Anne Frearson Lea and Jock Gilbert)


(Kim Haines, Andrew Wilton and Jock Gilbert)

(Narelle Kavanagh, Adam White and Di Gilbert)

Jock Gilbert Real Estate opened its doors in 1988 and has since become one of South Australia’s most respected real estate agencies.

Messenger Community News – Mortgage Choice Rising Star Award Sharon Gray

The highly competitive field of auctioneering has a new star… and the boys had better watch out!

Sharon Gray, one of the few practicing female auctioneers in the business, has had her talent and skill recognised, taking out the 2008 "Rising Star" Golden Gavel Award.

Sharon, of Jock Gilbert Real Estate, received the accolade at last month’s glittering awards night, hosted by the Society of Auctioneers and Appraisers (SA) Inc. at the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Grainger studio.

While Sharon has a decade of experience in the real estate industry, she’s only taken on the role of auctioneer in recent years, and now there’s no doubt her star is on the rise.

Sharon says she’s honoured to receive the award, particularly as the standard of competition was so high, and she encourages all practicing auctioneers to take up the challenge and enter in next year’s event.

Jock Gilbert has just been out and about in St Petersburg

Upon arriving during the summer time we found it snowing!

This is a city of amazing culture, of people very proud of their heritage and contact with the west and of spectacularly preserved historic architecture, mostly consisting of Baroque and neoclassical buildings of the 18th and 19th centuries, like the Church of the Savior on Blood designed in the Russian revival style commemorated the place where Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in 1881.

Founded in May 1703, St Petersburg became the capital of Russia on May 8, 1713 and whilst the city has had a few name changes and only as recently as September 1991 was renamed St Petersburg, the city’s proximity to the border and anti-Soviet armies forced the Bolsheviks under Lenin to transfer the capital back to Moscow in March 1918. This has created a strong competition between the 2 cities, but it seems that St Petersburg has no desire to become the capital city again. The rivalry between the 2 cities was likened to that of Melbourne, Sydney but covering 3 centuries!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!