Historic stable restored
December 13, 2009
Years have passed since the old Mount Burr Forest Reserve Stables housed horses, but the historic place has retained its charm thanks to a couple who refused to watch it rot. Read more
Navigator memorial relocated
June 20, 2009
The historic move of The Navigator memorial from St Vincent Street has begun, with the large ship’s wheel lowered into place in its new home in Timpson Street where it intersects with Queens Wharf. Read more
Researching youth migration
March 10, 2009
University of Adelaide honors graduate Elspeth Grant is currently researching a youth migration scheme for British boys administered by the South Australian Government in 1913 – 14.
She is hoping to get in touch with descendants of these migrants and researchers with similar interests. Read more
Seeking to know about Snow Stafford
February 11, 2009
Port Pirie based sisters Gloria O’Dea and Irene Harvey have been in Mount Gambier the last couple of days, looking to piece together a family jigsaw.
Mesdames O’Dea and Harvey have two football medals belonging to their late father Leonard “Snow” Stafford, who is known to have played football in the Mount Gambier district in the 1920s and 1930s. Read more
Museum grants preserve heritage
December 22, 2008
Penola’s Mary MacKillop Centre is the big winner in a State Government grant scheme for museums.
The facility will receive $15,000 for stage two of the exhibition “Josephite Education — These are the Children I Love” from a $145,000 statewide pool in the History Trust Museums Accreditation and Grants Program for 2008-09. Read more
New exhibit at Nangwarry museum
November 25, 2008
The Nangwarry Forestry and Logging Museum received its latest exhibit recently.
A machine once used to load logs onto trucks, and later as a training machine at the Logging Investigations and Training Association, is now permanently on display at the museum. Read more
Carlton great had Mount Gambier link
October 5, 2008
A controversial former Carlton player with Mount Gambier connections is the subject of a new book being written by Tasmanian Craig Mackie.
Mackie wrote to The Border Watch saying William Alexander Lang, known as Alex or “Bongo”, married a Mount Gambier woman Catherine McVicar on Feburary 15, 1937. Read more
High school centenary celebrated
September 22, 2008
Mount Gambier High School celebrated its centenary on the weekend with an open day and a reunion dance. Read more
Merrett family reunion
August 25, 2008
The descendants of William and Mary Ann Merrett will gather for a reunion at the Nhill Racecourse on November 1 – 2, 2008.
This will be the first time in 31 years that all 10 branches of the Merrett family have come together. The first reunion was held in Bordertown in 1977. Read more
Cemetery tour gives insight
August 14, 2008
Family historians recently toured the “old” Millicent Cemetery to hear interesting stories of the past.
The 90-minute tour was part of National Family History Week and was arranged by the Millicent-based South East Family History Group. Read more
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