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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 in Christmas' Past
Social Activities at CLARE at Christmas (1929) CLARE, Friday. 20 Dec 1929 Speech days, eurythmic displays, and Christmas break-ups are,...
Jon Ruwolt
Nov 17, 20217 min read
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The Musical Heritage of Clare
William Silver - 1.Miriam Hyde - 2. Frances (Francie) Solomon - 3. John Bishop - Hooper Brewster Jones - Eminent Pianist -...
Jon Ruwolt
Oct 31, 20218 min read
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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.
Jon Ruwolt
May 24, 202012 min read
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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.
Jon Ruwolt
Apr 3, 202014 min read
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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.
Jon Ruwolt
Mar 22, 20206 min read
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Explorers Burke & Wills in Clare's Past
Links with the Past before Clare's Centenary in 1942.
Jon Ruwolt
Mar 21, 20207 min read
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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.
Jon Ruwolt
Mar 16, 202010 min read
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