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What Date is This Photo??
If you found this in your collection of family photos, with no clues about its date, what would you do? Consult a fashion and costume
Ruth – a Life Well Lived
With the passing of Ruth Baxendale OAM in June 2015, aged 89 years, it’s appropriate to acknowledge her valuable contribution to the Willunga and McLaren
The Enigma of Ino and Bacchus
Contributed by Dr. Paddy O’Toole When visitors enter the Willunga Slate Museum, they are often bemused by the slate relief entitled Ino and Bacchus. The
Slate Heritage Next to Pizza Oven!
An important piece of history has been found by members of the National Trust in Willunga. Willunga, famous today for the farmers market and gourmet
The Prettiest Scenery in Australia, but a Financial Disaster…
Willunga, 1850, sketch by Edward Snell. Edward Snell (1820-1880) was an engineer, surveyor, artist and diarist. He arrived in Adelaide in November 1849, lived in
Railway Centenary Celebrated
Centenary Railway celebrations, Willunga, 20 January 2015. Photo by Chris Horsman. On 21 August 1903, an E.K. Miller of Semaphore wrote a letter to the