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
We wish you all
a safe and happy
holiday season
General meetings are in recess from
November until February. The first meeting for 2025 is on Monday 10 February.
Details of this meeting will be posted
in the New Year.
Bookings not required.
Please note that in 2025 we have scheduled an extra Friday talk in January. See next item.
In the meantime, free history consultations will continue at the Yankalilla Library. (We may take a short break over Christmas/ New Year so check this space)
Caption: Normanville Beach
Tom Gara
Aboriginal people on the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula
Friday 24 January 2025
10:00am (YDHS Friday talks)
Yankalilla Library Main Hall
181 Main South Road, Yankalilla
Booking required. Ph. 8558 2043 or email
Tom Gara is a South Australian historian who has specialised in Aboriginal history. In the 1980s and 1990s he worked with Kaurna people from the Adelaide area and Kokatha and Warungu people from the Gawler Ranges and the West Coast on a range of historical and heritage research projects. He has published several papers on post-contact Kaurna history.
Caption: Tom Gara
Taylor Lupp
Colonel light’s Campsite Rediscovered at Rapid Bay
Saturday 8 February 2025
10:30am (YDHS Friday talks)
Yankalilla Library Main Hall
181 Main South Road, Yankalilla
Booking required. Ph. 8558 2043 or email
Rapid Bay was named by South Australia Colonial Surveyor General Colonel William Light who landed there on 8 September 1836. It was Colonel Light’s base camp for months, with some of his survey crew stationed there from November to January. Inspired by her passion for history and metal detecting, Taylor searched this site from 2019 – 2024, discovering stories and relics of the past. This talk showcases what she uncovered.
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Caption: Rapid Bay by John Michael Skipper 1836
