{"id":29,"date":"2009-02-12T07:11:46","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T05:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtloftyhistorycentre.wordpress.com\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2024-06-21T15:45:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T06:15:52","slug":"visiting-the-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"Visiting the centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The public area an<a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/img_4675.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"125\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?attachment_id=125\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/img_4675.jpg?fit=336%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"336,417\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 40D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1234438316&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4675\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/img_4675.jpg?fit=242%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/img_4675.jpg?fit=336%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125\" title=\"IMG_4675\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/img_4675.jpg?resize=218%2C269&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"269\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>d displays at the Mount Lofty Districts Local and Garden History Centre provide a wealth of freely available information on the history of the area, which is accessible whenever the Coventry Library is open.<\/p>\n<p>You will also find one of our volunteers in the History Centre, Tuesdays to Saturdays, between 2pm and 4pm. They can introduce you to the collection, help access material from the Society archives, and provide basic research advice.<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Click here for location and hours for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahc.sa.gov.au\/services\/libraries\/library-locations-and-hours\/coventry-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coventry Library<\/a>, Stirling.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The public area and displays at the Mount Lofty Districts Local and Garden History Centre provide a wealth of freely available information on the history of the area, which is accessible whenever the Coventry Library is open. You will also find one of our volunteers in the History Centre, Tuesdays to Saturdays, between 2pm and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=29\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Visiting the centre&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":671,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaNLq6-t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":697,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/","url_meta":{"origin":29,"position":0},"title":"Home","date":"March 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out our new \"Glimpses\" articles Welcome to the Mount Lofty Districts Historical Society Inc. Our History Centre and Archive in the Coventry Library, Stirling, are open at the times shown below. 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