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 | Aug 28, 2023 | Our Stories
Lawrence Allen “Larry” Wells (30th April 1860 – 11th May 1938) was born at Yallum Stationnear Penola and was the son of squatter Thomas Allen Wells and his wife Isabella Elizabeth (née Kelsh). He grew up the Mount Gambier district and he moved with his family to Yahl,...
by admin | Aug 28, 2023 | Our Stories
CROUCH William Allenborn: 21 December 1821, St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdomdied: 6 October 1899, Lowan, Kalangadoo, South Australia, Australia Parents: Edmund Allen Crouch and Matilda Jane GreenSiblings: Edmund Robert, Matilda Jane,...
by admin | Aug 28, 2023 | Our Stories
LEACH Gladys Gwen nee BuckBorn: 24 May 1919 Mount Gambier, South AustraliaDied: 9 March 1945 Mount Gambier, South Australia Parents: John Edward Heinrich Buck, Elsie Adelaide AtkinSiblings: Violet Jean, Peter Edward Thomas Henry. Gwen as she was known, grew up in the...
by admin | Aug 28, 2023 | Our Stories
COX Lily Mary (nee Bishop)born: 13 April 1880, Wilcannia, New South Walesdied: 10 June 1927, Mount Gambier South Australia Parents: Thomas Bishop and Sophia LednerSiblings: Matilda Elizabeth, Selena Fleur, Joseph Walter, Alice May, Fred Ledner, Alfred...
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....
