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 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 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 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...
Services Life on the Range – Chapter 4 Railway LineThe first passenger train to travel on the line from Kingston to Naracoorte was on September 1st 1876 with a train consisting of an engine and covered trucks. There were thirteen passengers, who each paid 13/6...
School Days Life on the Range – Chapter 5 Avenue Church and School On December 9, 1886 the South Australian Government proclaimed the town of Downer (renamed Avenue Range in 1940) around the existing Avenue Range railway siding, about 14 kilometres west of...
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