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Auburn's Anglican Church History
St John’s Anglican Church: 162 Years, 1862 - 2024 Sadly, after 160 years of service to the Auburn community, the Anglican Church at...
Jon Ruwolt
Jan 84 min read
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New Stories of Old Auburn
Below are true tales of Auburn drawn from old newspapers of South Australia. Tateham's Waterhole 1851 "Exact" people called it 'Auburn...
Jon Ruwolt
Dec 10, 202427 min read
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Rhynie's Old Stories
The town of Rhynie was laid out in 1859, to a plan deposited by Robert Milne . Milne came from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where the...
Jon Ruwolt
Oct 8, 202416 min read
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Clare's Postal History
--- Mail : 1847 ; Telegrams : 1860 ; Telephone : 1908 --- In December, 1838, Mr. Henry Watts was appointed S.A. Postmaster-General,...
Jon Ruwolt
Sep 26, 20245 min read
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Marvellous Mervinia of Undalya
E. Mervinia Masterman was a busy woman and travelled a lot and this was well-documented. Edith Mervinia Masterman was born on 24 October...
Jon Ruwolt
Sep 24, 20247 min read
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Old Undalya on the Wakefield
Undalya is a small settlement in the Clare Valley. Its name, meaning water holes, is taken from the local Ngadjuri people who occupied...
Jon Ruwolt
Sep 21, 20246 min read
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Historic Old Auburn
In 1857 Auburn was a town of small dimensions. It boasted of an hotel (the Rising Sun), a blacksmith's shop, and a store, which was also...
Jon Ruwolt
Sep 7, 202411 min read
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Historic Pipe Organ mothballed at Sevenhill
This story starts with the Baptist church in Semaphore, S.A., which was formally constituted in August 1878. Their first church was to be...
Jon Ruwolt
Aug 21, 20242 min read
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Flour Millers of Penwortham
Frank Treloar wrote in 20 March 1929: The first flour mill erected north of Gawler was built by a Mr. Berry at Penwortham in 1856 and he...
Jon Ruwolt
Jul 10, 20244 min read
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Gold at Mintaro!
Yes, there is Gold at Mintaro, at Martindale Estate, and at nearby locations in the NACKARA ARC which has mining significance in South...
Jon Ruwolt
May 18, 20244 min read
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History Walk in Clare
History Month Event - The ‘Guided History Walk of Clare’ Presented by National Trust of SA, Clare Branch Sun 5 May, 10am - 12.15pm The...
Jon Ruwolt
Apr 27, 20241 min read
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Jean Moyle, talented historian & artist
(With assistance of the Auburn National Trust) 'C.J. Dennis' benefactor In 1975 Jean Moyle gave $1000 to the C.J. Dennis Homes for the...
Jon Ruwolt
Mar 3, 202439 min read
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Auburn Historian Col. J.W. Castine
"Ancient History" 73 Years in South Australia By LIEUT.-COLONEL J. W. CASTINE (1932, October 6). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954),...
Jon Ruwolt
Jan 26, 20248 min read
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Clare's Modern Wine Promoters
With more than 30 Clare Valley wineries to choose from, visitors to the region are spoilt for choice, and with many of the wineries...
Jon Ruwolt
Nov 11, 20232 min read
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Clare's Wine Adventurers
"Clare arrived at a turning point in its existence in 1895 — when wheat growing for profit was played out, so wine making and fruit...
Jon Ruwolt
Nov 4, 20232 min read
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Clare Historian Jean Schmaal
For over 30 years, Mrs Jean Schmaal has been interested in the history and legends of the many country towns in which she has lived, as...
Jon Ruwolt
Jul 22, 20235 min read
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Watercolours of Thomas Bone
Recently a Volunteer at Clare Museum discovered a watercolour shoved behind a cupboard with a broken frame and broken glass. We took the...
Jon Ruwolt
Jun 17, 20238 min read
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Story Telling Competition
South Australia History Festival May 2023 – Theme ‘WONDER” Primary and Senior School Students and Adults are invited to write a story...
Jon Ruwolt
Apr 30, 20231 min read
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Early History of Clare
A simplified pictorial History of Clare had been written (over Summer) in two long pages at the Clare Museum website : ClareMuseum.com...
Jon Ruwolt
Mar 15, 20231 min read
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Rosa Hawker – School Mistress at Clare
"Miss Hawker had many accomplishments and was a great reader. She was an excellent musician, and also an excellent teacher of the piano."...
Jon Ruwolt
Feb 10, 20233 min read
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