Families

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),...

Historic Kadlunga Estate, Mintaro

Kadlunga station, near Mintaro in the Clare Valley has recently sold for $40 m.

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Generous Mrs. Christison

A Clare citizen all her life, Diana Hope was born in Clare at "Wolta Wolta", the Hope family residence in beautiful wooded country.

Faithful Mr William Beare

Northern Argus (Clare, SA) Fri 30 Apr 1943 Page 5 William Beare was an old colonist, as he landed as a child of ten, with his parents,...

Founder Paddy Gleeson: "King of Clare"

A true specimen of the fine old Irish gentleman was Edward Burton Gleeson, known familiarly as Paddy Gleeson, the King of Clare.

First Motor Cars in Clare !

In 1904 Dr O W Smith of Clare SA bought a De Dion Bouton car (one cylinder), and this was the first car North of Adelaide.

The Hope family of "Wolta Wolta"

The Hope family were pioneer pastoralists of South Australia, whose family home of Wolta Wolta in Clare was burnt out on Ash Wednesday 1983.

The Gillen Family in Clare

Thomas Gillen (1823-1873) and Bridget McCann (1829-1920) emigrated from Cavan in 1855, they lived at Onetree Hill northeast of Adelaide...

Clare Museum, S.A.