Newsletters

Newsletters The Avenue Ranger The Avenue Ranger community newsletter was published between December 2001 to July 2004.  Regular contributors included John Hensel (Avenue Range CFS captain), Phil Kuhndt (Crystal Ballz), Alan McGurk (On the Couch with Alan), Karena...

Forward

Forward Life on the Range Historical notes and reminiscences of the Avenue Range district. Compiled by Brenda Hensel, Phyllis McDowall and Judith Mugford Artwork by Shirley Barnett   Acknowledgements Special thanks are extended to: All those members of the Avenue...

The First Inhabitants

The First Inhabitants Life on the Range – Chapter 1 At the time of the first white settlement the Avenue country was occupied by the Mootaiunga people whose tribal boundary extended from just south of Robe north-easterly to just south of Lucindale and then in a...

First White Settlement

First White Settlement Life on the Range – Chapter 2 The earliest permanent white settlers in the South East were the occupiers of Pastoral Land in the Portland District who moved over the border from Victoria into South Australia. As time went by these first...

The Old Families

The Old Families Life on the Range – Chapter 3 Naming of Bull IslandPat ConrickBull Island (or as it was once known – Bull’s Island) was named by Commander Bull in honour of himself. Commander Bull was in charge of a Royal Naval Sailing Ship sent to...

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