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Summer 2023 CRHG Newsletter now out !
CLARE STRONG PROTESTS OVER BLASTING OPERATIONS SOUTH CLARE HOUSES SHAKE LARGE STONES FLY OVER A THIRD OF A MILE TO LAND IN PRIMARY SCHOOL...
ruwoltjon
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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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 15, 20216 min read
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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,...
ruwoltjon
Nov 10, 20215 min read
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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...
Val Tilbrook
Oct 16, 20201 min read
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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...
ruwoltjon
Sep 25, 20204 min read
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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 Tilbrook
Sep 19, 20201 min read
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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 Tilbrrok
Sep 10, 20202 min read
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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 24, 20201 min read
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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 -...
Val Tilbrook
Aug 16, 20202 min read
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