Past and Present Newsletter
Previous Issues ​​​​​​​​​​​​
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From the President
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Yankalilla Births Deaths and Marriages returns to Yankalilla
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Myponga Council
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September Members Tour
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Poster Charles Hewett
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News clipping
Wedding of Miss Marjory Stacey-and Mr Howard Mayfield 4 October 1924
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Coming events
Friends of Biddle Cottage Roxanne Chapman, Robyn Taylor and Sue Speck 13 October 2025
Cape Jervis Conservation Group Carolyn Schultz 21 November 2025
End of year Christmas Picnic Woodvale 22 November 2025
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Thank you Lorraine
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Biddle Cottage Update
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Woodvale update
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Members Tour 21 September Delamere
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End of year picnic 22 November Woodvale
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Coming events
Barry Jeffery - 40 years of the Lions Club
Brian Gepp - Stringybark Forests -
Museum News
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Balquhidder station once ran 15,000 sheep
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Friends of Biddle Cottage progress with restoration
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Heritage Fleurieu Coast Festival 2026 public meeting
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171 years ago
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The Fleurieu Rocks! ... a new book by Rob Kirk
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Yankalilla & District Lions celebrate 40 years
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‘The lowdown on the Diprotodon’ – by Rob Kirk, library history talk
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Yankalilla District Historical Museum AGM
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Bowyer Brickyards helped build a community
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Biddle cottage working bee makes good progress
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115 years ago
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The Mitchells ... from a burial to a wake
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Talks ‘Doing the graveyard shift’ ... and launch of Cemeteries of the Yankalilla District: Early Burials
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‘Toto’ ... Yankalilla Museum’s newest attraction
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Book launch The Fleurieu Rocks!, talk, and display of local rocks & fossils
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Normanville Wesleyan Chapel and cemetery to RSL Hall
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Native Vegetation Heritage Agreement sought for Anacotilla Gorge
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160 years ago
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Restore, repair, revive ... Biddle cottage working bee
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Delamere Community Hub art exhibition
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‘Doing the graveyard shift’ – Q&A forum with guest speakers
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Launch of NEW YDHS booklet plus cemetery tour
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‘Toto’ the Diprotodon an outstanding attraction for museum
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An evening with Colonel Light
• 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​
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Finniss Valley ... port, flour mill, timber town, and holiday destination
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100 years ago
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Vale Ron Blum
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Library history talk by Lorraine McLoughlin: History of Festival Fleurieu (Leafy Sea Dragon Festival)
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Time travel to meet the Mitchells
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Heritage Conservation Grants Program closes 31 March 2025
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Help us celebrate Yankalilla Museum’s newest addition!
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Early overland transport to Yankalilla and beyond
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Aboriginal people on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula
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109 years ago & 100 years ago
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Book launch - The Vets of the Valley: Vietnam - by Jo Lush
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Library history talk by Taylor Lupp: Colonel Light’s campsite at Rapid Bay rediscovered
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Time travel to meet the Mitchells
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Wagons, dray, truck, tractors, and more at Yankalilla Museum