Gallery
Images from the past and present
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drains dug
Digging drains
One of the railway cottages at Avenue Range in 1920
Railway cottages
Tatiara Station, Guichen Bay
Tatiara Station, Guichen Bay
The children of Jacky and Barbara White steeplechasing around the paddocks at Fulham Farm, Adelaide
White children at Fulham Farm
The last telephone exchange with Fran Lloyd operating
Fran Lloyd
The Bull Island abbatoirs run by GV Hocking
Bull Island abbatoir
Avenue School
Avenue Range school sign
Avenue school 1903 – 1954
Railway Cottage at Avenue in the 1900s
Railway cottages
Local children playing in the McDowell’s swimming pool at ‘Talbots’
McDowell’s pool
Illustration of the Avenue Range School
Avenue Range school
Jacky and Barbara White’s original home at Reedbeds, Fulham Farm, Adelaide
White homestead, Reedbank
The Avenue Range post office and telephone exchange build by settlers, with Mary Smith and Hilda Thomson
Mary Smith and Hilda Thomas
The old Avenue Range School 1903-1954
Avenue Range school 1903 – 1954
The ‘Bull Island’ homestead
Bull Island homestead, Avenue Range
Edward Harvey Limbert (1868-1958) of Bull Island
Edward Harvey Limbert
Avenue Range School Knitting Group in 1917 (see page 33 of the book for a listing of names)
Avenue Range knitting group 1917
Mr SE (Ted) Tavender, the first Avenue School pupil standing with Mrs Norsworthy (nee EM Flint), the first teacher at teh school, taken in 1936
Ted Tavender and Mrs Norsworthy
1954 – Lands Departmenting ploughing at Limberts, ‘Bull Island’
1954 ploughing at Bull Island
In the 1920s many o fthe young local lads made a living from trapping rabbits. Edgar and Wall Schrapel were very proud of hteir catch as shown by this photo. Lou Thomas is using his pushbike to carry his catch.
Lou Thomas, Edgar and Wall Schrapel
Percy Dow and Lillian Thomas on their wedding day, February 8th 1922
Percy Dow and Lillian Thomas, 1922
Drains being dug around Avenue Range
Drain digging
Back Row: Liz Thomas, Hilda Thomas, Lou Thomas, Vera Byass – teacher, Alma Schrapel. Front Row: Will Thomas, F James, Fred Thomas and Wally Schrapel
Avenue locals
Avenue Range pioneer John ‘Jacky’ White
John ‘Jacky’ White
Avenue Range Logo title
Avenue Range community history logo
Miegel Family
Naracoorte Herald 1993
Cutting Drain K through West Avenue Range
Photo supplied by Darryl Miegel, Taken just before or after WW1 near the bridge across the West Avenue Road, Avenue Range