Martindale Secrets
Clare Museum now has an authoritative online history of Martindale Hall, including its predecessors and off-shoots, not to mention the...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Trust prevented demolition of Ayers House
A Lockdown Letter from Deborah Morgan President, National Trust of South Australia... Many of you are also aware that the National Trust...
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Pauline Reid
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
Clare's 1920s Fashion Event
The 1920’s Vintage Fashion Talk and afternoon tea which took place on Sunday 2nd of May 2021 at the Clare Town Hall was a fun time for...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 20, 2021
- 10 min
Australia's first political assassination
Story by Daniel Keane, ABC 20 March 2021 (With John Wilson) Australia's first political assassination is just as mysterious today as it...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Jan 28, 2021
- 22 min
Dashing Mr. Sidney Ayers
Mother - Father - Grandfather Sir Henry Ayers - Death of Grandfather - Inheritance - Society Wedding - Warenda, Clare - Clare Polo Week -...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Sep 29, 2020
- 7 min
Boconnoc Pioneer, John Carter
Boconnoc Park Boconnoc Park is a village in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Region of South Australia and has a population of 21 people....
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Jon Ruwolt
- Jul 9, 2020
- 15 min
Historic Kadlunga Estate, Mintaro
Kadlunga station, near Mintaro in the Clare Valley has recently sold for $40 m.
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Jon Ruwolt
- Jun 15, 2020
- 9 min
The Last of the Butlers
Arrival - Publican - Landholder - Councillor - Politician - The Last of the Butlers - References Patrick Butler arrived in SA in 1839 on...
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Jon Ruwolt
- May 31, 2020
- 12 min
Spirited Sir Walter Hughes
Early life - On the Ocean Wave - Copper Calls - Discovery Disputed - Moonta Mine + Milestones - Fortunes Made - Goes Roving - Benefits -...
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Jon Ruwolt
- May 24, 2020
- 12 min
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.
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Jon Ruwolt
- May 20, 2020
- 6 min
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,...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Apr 3, 2020
- 14 min
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.
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 22, 2020
- 6 min
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.
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 21, 2020
- 7 min
Explorers Burke & Wills in Clare's Past
Links with the Past before Clare's Centenary in 1942.
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 19, 2020
- 10 min
A Clare disaster: Fire at the Flour Mill
Clare boasted a police station, bakery, two flour mills, two hotels and numerous retail businesses. Clare's biggest blaze was July 25 1890
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 19, 2020
- 2 min
Northern Argus: Links with the Past
Links with the Past before Clare's Centenary in 1942.
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 16, 2020
- 10 min
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.
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 15, 2020
- 5 min
Clare's First Settlers
We acknowledge that the earlier occupiers of the land in South Australia were the indigenous people of South Australia. This article...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 12, 2020
- 11 min
Heard about the great Hill River Stone Wall?
THE GREAT STONE WALL ON HILL RIVER - 7,040.000 stones - Who Built it? - C. B. Fisher - The builders of the wall - This Heritage Stone...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 8, 2020
- 3 min
Clare's Old Stepping Stones
LINKS TO THE PAST: THE FAMOUS STEPPING STONES IN BURTON STREET, CLARE By "Clarion" From: Blyth Agriculturist (SA : 1908 - 1954) Fri 19...
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