Past and Present Newsletter

Previous Issues

Bowyer Brickyards helped build a community
Biddle cottage working bee makes good progress
115 years ago
The Mitchells ... from a burial to a wake
Talks ‘Doing the graveyard shift’ ... and launch of Cemeteries of the Yankalilla District: Early Burials
‘Toto’ ... Yankalilla Museum’s newest attraction
Book launch The Fleurieu Rocks!, talk, and display of local rocks & fossils

• Woodvale – supplier of fresh & dried fruits

• Colonel Light’s campsite at Rapid Bay

• 154 years ago – special historical article

• Delamere Community Hub art exhibition

• The Vets of the Valley: Vietnam memories

• Time Travel to meet the Mitchells

• Native Vegetation Heritage Agreement

• Festival Fleurieu – 20 years of history

• Members’ Tour – Cornhill, Botanic House, Sweetman Cottage, etc.

• ‘Toto’ the Diprotodon has arrived!

• An Evening with Colonel Light

Finniss Valley ... port, flour mill, timber town, and holiday destination
100 years ago
Vale Ron Blum
Library history talk by Lorraine McLoughlin: History of Festival Fleurieu (Leafy Sea Dragon Festival)
Time travel to meet the Mitchells
Heritage Conservation Grants Program closes 31 March 2025
Help us celebrate Yankalilla Museum’s newest addition!

Early overland transport to Yankalilla and beyond
Aboriginal people on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula
109 years ago & 100 years ago
Book launch - The Vets of the Valley: Vietnam - by Jo Lush
Library history talk by Taylor Lupp: Colonel Light’s campsite at Rapid Bay rediscovered
Time travel to meet the Mitchells
Wagons, dray, truck, tractors, and more at Yankalilla Museum