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ruwoltjon

Nov 15, 20216 min read

Music Making in the Clare Valley

The Bishop family - Clare Orchestra - Arthur Bishop, conductor - Clare Brass Band - Guilford Bishop - Richard Bishop - Boconnoc Park -...

ruwoltjon

Nov 10, 20215 min read

First woman Mayor of Clare 1970: Barbara J. Long

Barbara Joan Long left a "long" legacy of work and had a profound influence in the township of Clare and district, in local government,...

Val Tilbrook

Oct 16, 20201 min read

Clare for a Swim?

This photo is of our first swimming pool or swimming baths as it was known. The pool was on the site of the present Rural Building...

ruwoltjon

Sep 25, 20204 min read

Snowfalls in Clare

When did it snow in Clare? One snowfall remembered before 1900; the second occasion was in 1901; again in 1908; on August 21, 1917; once...

Val Tilbrook

Sep 19, 20201 min read

Bain Rotunda

The Bain rotunda was built in 1904 in memory of Dr John William Deveraux Bain who had died in 1903. Dr. Bain was known as England’s...

Val Tilbrrok

Sep 10, 20202 min read

Clare Pioneer Dr. Otto Wien-Smith

Dr Otto, who lived and consulted at 'WindyBrae' in Clare, found that a common disease of that day was caused by hydatids. He operated on...

Val Tilbrook

Aug 24, 20201 min read

About Mika of Samoa

You will find this headstone in the Spring Farm Cemetery on Spring Farm Road, just out of Clare. Mika was a converted native of Samoa. I...

Val Tilbrook

Aug 16, 20202 min read

10 of the best books on Clare

01 Clare-A District History by Robert. J. Noye This well-illustrated local history of South Australia's Clare district is in two parts -...