The other Lutheran Church in Clare
The Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council is preparing a guide to the history of the Clare Valley which will link online to all the Valley's...
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ruwoltjon
- Mar 15
- 3 min
Understand Clare's History Sites
The Clare Historic Walk, which has been published is now updated on our website: https://www.clarehistory.com/clare-history-walk The...
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ruwoltjon
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Summer 2023 CRHG Newsletter now out !
CLARE STRONG PROTESTS OVER BLASTING OPERATIONS SOUTH CLARE HOUSES SHAKE LARGE STONES FLY OVER A THIRD OF A MILE TO LAND IN PRIMARY SCHOOL...
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ruwoltjon
- Nov 15, 2021
- 6 min
Music Making in the Clare Valley
The Bishop family - Clare Orchestra - Arthur Bishop, conductor - Clare Brass Band - Guilford Bishop - Richard Bishop - Boconnoc Park -...
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ruwoltjon
- Nov 10, 2021
- 5 min
First woman Mayor of Clare 1970: Barbara J. Long
Barbara Joan Long left a "long" legacy of work and had a profound influence in the township of Clare and district, in local government,...
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Val Tilbrook
- Oct 16, 2020
- 1 min
Clare for a Swim?
This photo is of our first swimming pool or swimming baths as it was known. The pool was on the site of the present Rural Building...
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ruwoltjon
- Sep 25, 2020
- 4 min
Snowfalls in Clare
When did it snow in Clare? One snowfall remembered before 1900; the second occasion was in 1901; again in 1908; on August 21, 1917; once...
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Val Tilbrook
- Sep 19, 2020
- 1 min
Bain Rotunda
The Bain rotunda was built in 1904 in memory of Dr John William Deveraux Bain who had died in 1903. Dr. Bain was known as England’s...
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Val Tilbrrok
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
Clare Pioneer Dr. Otto Wien-Smith
Dr Otto, who lived and consulted at 'WindyBrae' in Clare, found that a common disease of that day was caused by hydatids. He operated on...
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Val Tilbrook
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
About Mika of Samoa
You will find this headstone in the Spring Farm Cemetery on Spring Farm Road, just out of Clare. Mika was a converted native of Samoa. I...
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Val Tilbrook
- Aug 16, 2020
- 2 min
10 of the best books on Clare
01 Clare-A District History by Robert. J. Noye This well-illustrated local history of South Australia's Clare district is in two parts -...
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