by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Our Collection, Our Stories
MacDonald Avenue In the year 1900 a parcel of land was purchased by the town council, enabling Grey Street to be continued, where the Kmart entrance and the undercover car park is today. Once opened, it was to become the principle roadway for light traffic...
by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Local History, Our Collection
TROUT PLACED IN VALLEY LAKE. STOCKING THE DISTRICT WATERS WITH FISH. TROUT PLACED IN VALLEY LAKE. Border Watch Saturday 23 June 1900 Mr. William Schmidt, a one time resident of Mount Gambier, but now of Ballarat, was entrusted by the Mount Gambier Fish Protection...
by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Our Collection, Our Stories
Border Watch 3 April 1863 HER MAJESTY’S MAIL HELD UP AND ROBBED “I regret to report the stoppage and robbery of the mails from Adelaide to Mount Gambier this evening (March 17) at five o’clock, midway between Mr John Stewart’s and Narracoorte....
by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Local History, Our Collection
NEW NAME FOR SOUTH-EAST (Border Watch 1932-33) Residents of the district known as the South East have for a considerable time felt that the progress of their particular portion of the state was unduly retarded for lack of a suitable name. The term “South...
by admin | Sep 6, 2023 | Local History, Our Collection, Our Stories
Herbert Hector Ashby DCM, OAM 12th Oct 1921 – 8th Feb 2009 Herb Ashby, a humble war, hero and ‘Rat of Tobruk’, died in Adelaide aged 87. His life was full and he always had a story to tell. Herb enlisted in the army in July 1940 aged 18. The age he...
by admin | Jun 30, 2023 | Business, Our Collection, Our Stories
This interesting building, on the corner of Helen Street and Bay Road, was built as the premises of the Savings Bank of South Australia between 1906 and 1959. You can still faintly see the painted name of the bank on the Helen Street side of the wall up near the roof....
