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'''Now and Then''' is a community heritage wiki website created and maintained by the people of Gawler, South Australia. You are welcome to join and share your knowledge, memories and stories of Gawler. Create your account and join in today!
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'''Now and Then''' is a community heritage wiki website created and maintained by the people of Mallala and district, South Australia. You are welcome to join and share your knowledge, memories and stories of Mallala and district. Create your account and join in!
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== News from the Museum  ==
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If you have not visited for a while, you may have missed the upgrading of the Margaret Tiller Gallery upstairs in the mill building. The new "fire house" to house the Fire Engine has been constructed, our transport displays are now completed, and there has been lots of work improving the display of our agricultural collection.
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Why not come for a visit.
  
== Can you help tell the story? ==
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You can contact us at mallalamuseum@gmail.com or Ph:0433 820 570
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== The WIKI has returned ==
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After a prolonged absence, we are pleased to see you back,as the wiki is once again back online. We are fortunate that a backup was available to reinstate the website. In getting back online, several bugs have also been dealt with, particularly the Google mapping function which is now working as it should. We look forward to many more stories being added, and encourage you to add your own articles, recollections and comments to the wiki as well.
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Now is also a great time to visit the museum in person
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Open Sundays 2-4.30pm or by arrangement.
  
DO YOU REMEMBER?
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== Snippets from TROVE ==
* The times you waited for a ‘Red Hen’ to take you down the line to Adelaide?
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'''Electricity supply'''
* The hot summer days the sooty smoke wafted in through the wide open doors.?
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In the “Register” a South Australian Newspaper on Friday 21 May 1926 it is reported
* When the Station Master supervised arrivals and departures with whistle and flag?
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“''Mallala,  May 19- the town is now in a happy position of being supplied with electricity. A number of residents assembled in the street on Monday evening to witness the switching on of the light.''” see article:[[Electricity_arrives|Electricity arrives]]
* When you first spotted that stranger whom you later married?
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* When the rocking rhythm of the carriage sent you to sleep on the way home from a hard day’s work?
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Email:[mailto:gawlerhistory@yahoo.com.au gawlerhistory@yahoo.com.au]
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'''Water Supply'''
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Chronicle 8 Oct 1904 p14 ''"Sept 26 1904 - The pipe carters are busy carting pipes from the Barossa water track, from Mallala to Dublin."[[Water Supply|Water Supply]]
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== Share your Gawler history stories ==
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Your Gawler memories deserve to be etched in the history annals of wiki Gawler Now & Then.
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We are interested in hearing what you know about Gawler. We welcome contributions of yarns, photographs and other memorabilia.
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== Then and Now  ==
Contact Gawler History Team Inc
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Email:[mailto:gawlerhistory@yahoo.com.au gawlerhistory@yahoo.com.au]
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== Mallala Museum on YouTube ==
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[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3bRYNbieMt87G2fbTaDN0Q YouTube]
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== Find and share historic images ==
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[http://www.facebook.com/MallalaMuseum Mallala Museum on Facebook]
  
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Join us on Flickr to find more images of Gawler's history and share your own! [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/ Gawler History Team on Flickr]
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All are welcome to join Gawler History Team Inc. We meet on the first Thursday of each month in the St. George's Hall in Cowan Street from 7:15 - 9:30pm. Please contact for more information [mailto:gawlerhistory@yahoo.com.au gawlerhistory@yahoo.com.au]
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== Ex Military Service Personnel 1895-2016 ==
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An initiative of Two Wells RSL members, Gary Tancock and John Allen, for the Adelaide Plains Council District and surrounding areas, to remember and acknowledge those who served and those who paid "The Ultimate Sacrifice"
  
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The project records the details, service history and images of all from the area, who are known to have served since the Boer Wars.
  
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The Mallala museum holds these records and invites you to check that they are complete and accurate. Any omissions will be gratefully received to be added to the collection
  
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== Upcoming Event: Sunday, May 27 ==
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== Find and share our historic images  ==
Gawler Now and Then wiki (this website) will be officially launched at the Gawler Institute on May 27. Join us to celebrate the launch of Gawler's history wiki as part of the [http://abouttime.sa.gov.au 2012 SA History Festival].
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Join us on Flickr to find more images of Mallala's history and share your own! [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mallalamuseum/ Mallala Museum on Flickr]  
For enquiries contact Gawler History Team Inc Email: [mailto:gawlerhistory@yahoo.com.au gawlerhistory@yahoo.com.au]
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For more upcoming events visit Town of Gawler's website [http://www.gawler.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=292 Calendar of events]
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== Look what we found!  ==
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A long lost photograph taken in 1897 and developed at Marchant's Studio in Gawler.
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Read more about the Celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee  [http://gawler.nowandthen.net.au/index.php?title=Celebration_of_the_Diamond_Jubilee_(60_years)_of_the_reign_of_Queen_Victoria,_1897. here]
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Latest revision as of 11:39, 13 August 2024

Now and Then is a community heritage wiki website created and maintained by the people of Mallala and district, South Australia. You are welcome to join and share your knowledge, memories and stories of Mallala and district. Create your account and join in!

Loading map...

Click the colored pins on this interactive map to find the stories in this wiki. Try zooming in or out, shifting the view to see more, or switch between the map or satellite view.

News from the Museum

If you have not visited for a while, you may have missed the upgrading of the Margaret Tiller Gallery upstairs in the mill building. The new "fire house" to house the Fire Engine has been constructed, our transport displays are now completed, and there has been lots of work improving the display of our agricultural collection. Why not come for a visit.

You can contact us at mallalamuseum@gmail.com or Ph:0433 820 570

The WIKI has returned

After a prolonged absence, we are pleased to see you back,as the wiki is once again back online. We are fortunate that a backup was available to reinstate the website. In getting back online, several bugs have also been dealt with, particularly the Google mapping function which is now working as it should. We look forward to many more stories being added, and encourage you to add your own articles, recollections and comments to the wiki as well. Now is also a great time to visit the museum in person

Open Sundays 2-4.30pm or by arrangement.

Snippets from TROVE

Electricity supply In the “Register” a South Australian Newspaper on Friday 21 May 1926 it is reported “Mallala, May 19- the town is now in a happy position of being supplied with electricity. A number of residents assembled in the street on Monday evening to witness the switching on of the light.” see article:Electricity arrives

Water Supply Chronicle 8 Oct 1904 p14 "Sept 26 1904 - The pipe carters are busy carting pipes from the Barossa water track, from Mallala to Dublin."Water Supply

Horse Teams carting water pipes
Horse Teams carting water pipes

Then and Now

Parham wheat ketches
Parham wheat ketches
Bathers at Middle Beach
Bathers at Middle Beach
International Bird Sanctuary
International Bird Sanctuary
RAAF Base Mallala
RAAF Base Mallala
1950's at Mallala RAAF Base
1950's at Mallala RAAF Base

Mallala Museum on YouTube

YouTube


Mallala Museum is now on Facebook

Mallala Museum on Facebook

What's new on Now & Then

  1. Two Wells - the original wells
  2. Dublin
  3. Wild Horse Plains
  4. Baxendale Merle 91690
  5. Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF)
  6. Mallala War Memorial
  7. Tiller Margaret Helen
  8. Two Wells Country Fire Service
  9. RAAF No. 6 Service Flight Training School Fatalities
  10. Mallala sub-branch Returned and Services League

Most popular articles

  1. Dublin School‏‎ (68,386 views)
  2. Barabba School‏‎ (61,001 views)
  3. Mallala School‏‎ (57,733 views)
  4. Korunye School‏‎ (56,700 views)
  5. Feltwell Cemetery‏‎ (50,200 views)
  6. Shannon Methodist Church‏‎ (49,300 views)
  7. Reeves Plains School‏‎ (47,771 views)
  8. Teddy Bear‏‎ (46,595 views)
  9. Long Plains School‏‎ (41,514 views)
  10. Lower Light School‏‎ (40,461 views)


Ex Military Service Personnel 1895-2016

An initiative of Two Wells RSL members, Gary Tancock and John Allen, for the Adelaide Plains Council District and surrounding areas, to remember and acknowledge those who served and those who paid "The Ultimate Sacrifice"

The project records the details, service history and images of all from the area, who are known to have served since the Boer Wars.

The Mallala museum holds these records and invites you to check that they are complete and accurate. Any omissions will be gratefully received to be added to the collection


Find and share our historic images

Join us on Flickr to find more images of Mallala's history and share your own! Mallala Museum on Flickr


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