30 April 2010
Subject to suitable weather conditions, the Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH) will undertake two prescribed burns in Peebinga Conservation Park (located north of Pinnaroo) and Ngarkat Conservation Park (located 50 km south of Lameroo) on Monday 3 May.
The prescribed burns are due to begin at about 11am and [...]
North Terrace Adelaide 1922-29
O’Brien, Louisa (1880 – 1957), hotelier, was born on 1 September 1880 at Naracoorte, South Australia, third child of George Henry Read, racehorse-trainer, and his wife Mary Hannah, née Chaston. In the mid-1880s the family moved to Melbourne where George became publican of Waldock’s Hotel, Ascot [...]
Touring Artists
Amy Meredith; 14 May Electric Light Hotel
Bluejuice; 5 May Governor Hindmarsh Hotel
Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music), Frank Turner, Tim Barry (Avail),
City Riots; 7 May Jive
Dam Funk; 8 May Rocket Bar
Dave Graney and The Lurid Yellow Mist; 8 & 9 May Wheatsheaf [...]
29th April 2010
Festival Top 5
The 2010 festival is filled to the brim with a fantastic array of events, performances, exhibitions and workshops. The following are the Committee’s top five.
Illumination of the South – The premiere work in 2010, sponsored by Festivals Australia, is Illumination of the South. It will illuminate the artwork, history and famous [...]
Stonehouse, Ethel Nhill Victoria (1883 – 1964), writer, was born on 1 August 1883 at Nhill, Victoria, fourth of twelve children of Robert Stonehouse, blacksmith, and his wife Jane, née Hardingham. Educated until she was 14 at Charlton State School, she claimed to have considered entering a convent. From 1894 Ethel [...]
Anzac Day afternoon proved to be blessed with great weather, when a large crowd of 600 people attended an afternoon of both good food and good music which was held at the Bordertown Race Course, in support of Stuart Staude and his family. Stuart was involved in an accident and has [...]
'Joans View' by Glenda Rowett – Barton Steer Road Cannawigara
Cannawigara – Professor N.B. Tindale says it could be a corruption of camiaguigara (or kanawiakara), a place 12 km north west of Bordertown,
occupied by the northern most clan of the Potaruwutj people – kana – ‘woman’s yamstick’, wia – ‘begs’ and kara – ‘a man’s sharp [...]
'Poocha Swamp' Acrylic on Canvas by Glenda Rowett
Pooginagoric, aboriginal for ‘forgotten shells’, ie, a camp now forgotten and derived from pudjinagorik – implements have been found there on section 287, Hundred of Tatiara, 6km west of Bordertown. The Pooginagoric school was opened in the local church by Lilian C. Parker in 1888; it closed in [...]
[ May 9, 2010; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Sunday Evening, 9th May 2010
The Long and the Short of It
View a selection of award winning short films from the SA Short Screen Awards ( G). These will be followed by the documentary, “In the Company of Actors” starring Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving (G).
Enjoy the films with Leconfield’s fine wines [...]
Structural Repairs Underway at Serviceton Railway Station
Bordertown and Keith Police News
Dalriada Meat Closes Slaughterfloor
Much Delayed Draft of ‘Guide to Murray Darling Basin Plan’ Due For Release
Young Bordertown Athlete Selected in Australian Netball League
Commonwealth Bank Eftpos Down Across Australia
