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Clare in Christmas' Past

Social Activities at CLARE at Christmas (1929) CLARE, Friday. 20 Dec 1929 Speech days, eurythmic displays, and Christmas break-ups are,...

The Musical Heritage of Clare

William Silver - 1.Miriam Hyde - 2. Frances (Francie) Solomon - 3. John Bishop - Hooper Brewster Jones - Eminent Pianist -...

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.

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.

Explorers Burke & Wills in Clare's Past

Links with the Past before Clare's Centenary in 1942.

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.

Clare Museum, S.A.