Sturt Gorge
Sturt Gorge Recreation Park lies in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, 13 kilometres south of Adelaide and has entry points at...
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Waite Street Reserve
Looking north up Waite Street from the water tower, 1958. Alex Moncrieff recalls the area having lots of hedges, gates and fences with...
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Hannaford Reserve
The Kaurna people knew the area around Hannaford Reserve as piraldi (pira meaning moon, shaven or bald) and ldi (meaning beyond). The...
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Wittunga
The development of Wittunga began in 1902 when Edwin Ashby, a real estate agent, settled on 21 acres of property in the Blackwood area....
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Farewell 1914
As the 19th century moved into the 20th century, Blackwood was emerging as the commercial and social centre for the Hills district. At...
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Blackwood Soldiers
In September 1914, The Blackwood Magazine published a ‘Roll of Honour’ to recognise the first men of the district who volunteered to...
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Empire Loyalty
"Blackwood was out to demonstrate its loyalty to the Empire" The First World War exploded onto the world stage on 4th August 1914. The...
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Women and the Path to Equity
TWENTY YEARS after women gained the vote in South Australia the 1914 Blackwood Magazine was continuing the debate. The “Revolt of Woman”,...
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Building Blackwood
Daniel John Hewett was born in 1842 on the site of what is now parliament House in Adelaide. Daniel was eight years old when his father...
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Orchards and Market Gardens
"RECORDS records everywhere, but not a drop of rain ... October has been the driest and hottest on record" (The Blackwood Magazine,...
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Beautifying Blackwood
"The time will come when a noble avenue of elms and pines may constitute the pride of every Blackwood dweller" In 1914 the district hub...
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Weighty Topics and Good Diction
In a society where few people had access to education beyond primary school, literary societies and institutes played a very significant...
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Blackwood Navvies
In Blackwood: "... A stirring Band of Hope, (organisations which encouraged members to sign a pledge of life-long abstinence from...
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Blackwood Beginnings
In the April 1914 issue of The Blackwood Magazine, Blackwood is eloquently described as: "…a semi-suburban township, situated 11½ miles...
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The Boys Club
For much of the 20th Century the Boys’ Club Hall, located on the corner of Coromandel Parade and Garnet Avenue, was the social hub of the...
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The Blackwood Magazine
Throughout 2014, to celebrate the centenary of The Blackwood Magazine as well as to promote our local history, community members...
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BAG Newsletter - November 2023
Christmas is just around the corner! Welcome to our final newsletter of 2023, with lots of information on recent BAG activities and what...
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Libraries of the Mitcham Hills
The Journey To Tiwu Kumangka For Blackwood In 1836 the first cargo of 200 books and pamphlets arrived in Adelaide, intended to provide a...
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BAG Newsletter - August 2023
WARM wintery greetings to you all. We hope you are managing to cope with the cold and wet weather we have experienced recently. The...
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BAG Newsletter - May 2023
May has become the South Australia’s traditional month to celebrate volunteers in all walks of life - and BAG volunteers are no...
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