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Tuesday, 24 December 2024

William Williams and the Missing Christmas Day Goose!

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  William Williams and the Missing Christmas Day Goose!   In 1845 William Williams a 37-year-old brickies labourer was charged with theft ...
Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Cold Case Files: Patricia ‘Susi’ Schmidt

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  Cold Case Files: Patricia ‘Susi’ Schmidt   At 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 18, 1971, Patricia ‘Susi’ Schmidt finished a double shift at th...
Tuesday, 3 December 2024

REMAINS OF A DIPROTODON FOUND.

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REMAINS OF A DIPROTODON FOUND.  In 1924, The Mail (newspaper) reported that Professor Walter Howchin unearthed the bones of a Diprotodon at...
Tuesday, 5 November 2024

A Haunting at Belalie North, South Australia.

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 A Haunting at Belalie North, South Australia.   Belalie North is famous as the birthplace of R.M. Williams. It was a town that sprang u...
Tuesday, 29 October 2024

The Ghosts of Stanley Grammar School – Part 3: Peppi the ghost

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 The Ghosts of Stanley Grammar School –  Part 3: Peppi the Ghost. Stanley Grammar School 1897 [SLSA: B 16781] There are always local legen...
Tuesday, 22 October 2024

The Ghosts of Stanley Grammar School – Part 2: Family History

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 The Ghosts of Stanley Grammar School –  Part 2: Family History   Joseph Stear Carlyon Cole, 1895 [SLSA B 12272]     Joseph Stear Carlyo...
Tuesday, 15 October 2024

The Ghosts of Stanley Grammar School – Part 1: History

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 The Ghosts of Stanley Grammar School –  Part 1: History   Old Stanley Grammar School, Watervale c. 1975 [SLSA: B 31688] The constructio...