Events
There are three types of YDHS events.
General meetings
Every second Monday evening in February, March, April, September, October and November. Speaker at 7:00pm for 20 - 30 minutes. Followed by meeting and supper.
YDHS Friday Talks
Speaker at 10:00am for 40 - 50 minutes, then question time and morning tea.
March, May, July, September and November
Members' Tours and Social Activities
A range of activities, two to three times a year
Upcoming events
Biddle Cottage
Working Bee
Restore, Repair, Revive
Sunday 18 May 20259:30am
Biddle Cottage
265 Parawa Rd. Torrens Vale
To get involved phone
Sue Speck 0448438974 or
Email yank.hist.soc@gmail.com
Our aim is to restore this valuable historic site, taking action before it becomes a ruin, and you can help!
Conservation architects Robyn Taylor and Paul Stark will conduct an initial workshop and working bee.
Learn about reconstruction from the experts at a barbecue lunch and consider how the community can help preserve heritage buildings.
Caption: Biddle Cottage
Q&A Forum
Doing the Graveyard Shift
A History Month SA event
Friday 23 May 2025, 10:00am
Yankalilla Library Main Hall, 181 Main South Road, Yankalilla
Bookings required. Phone: 8558 2043, email library@yankalilla.sa.gov.au, online
Ever wondered who looks after historic graveyards? What happens to a cemetery when it is no longer used or is sold as part of a church property? Come and hear how people in the Yankalilla district have dealt with these issues and have uncovered buried stories. Guest speakers are Alan Barnes (Uniting Church), Merilyn McLaren (Myponga cemetery), Nigel Pile (Lions Club work maintaining historic cemeteries), Georgie Tape (Inman valley Church and cemetery).
Caption: Myponga Cemetery
Cemeteries of the
Yankalilla District
A History Month SA Event
Saturday 24 May 2025, 10:00am
Normanville RSL Hall
18 Main South Road, Yankalilla
Free event. Bookings essential.
cooee@visitfleurieucoast.com.au, online
https://www.visitfleurieucoast.com.au/cemeteries-of-the-yankalilla-district
Join us at the former Normanville Wesleyan Chapel for the launch of the booklet 'Cemeteries of the Yankalilla District-Early Burials', covering names of those in 14 burial grounds from the 1850s to 1900.
The booklet launch will be followed by a cemetery tour and plaque dedication in the adjoining State Heritage Listed 1856 cemetery, which also features some early slate headstones. Lions Club providing refreshments.
Caption: Tombstones Elizabeth & Robert Mayfield
