{"id":2933,"date":"2022-04-22T14:58:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T05:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=2933"},"modified":"2022-04-22T14:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T05:28:29","slug":"new-acquisitions-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=2933","title":{"rendered":"New Acquisitions March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Text: Jackie Mussared<\/em>
Images: Jackie Mussared<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A selection of new items added to our archive during March 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridgewater Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos of the Bridgewater Fair 1936 taken by Gerald Fischer & a 1940s photo of the Bridgewater Hall taken by his father. The Bridgewater Fair was held on Easter Saturday and it possibly began in 1916 to raise funds to build the Bridgewater Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4688001-468803<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Rural Deanery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A drawing of Benjamin Deanes first hotel at Cox\u2019s Creek on the bullock track to Mount Barker. Donated by Gerald Fischer, it is from the Frome Collection in the Library of the Royal Empire Society, London. On the back the following is written: The Rural Deanery March 1943.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4589001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Police Memorial on Waverley Ridge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 photos showing the Police Heritage Dedication Ceremony which was held in April 1995 unveiling the Memorial on Waverley Ridge road, Stirling. The memorial was unveiled jointly by Stirling District Council Mayor Anita Aspinall & Police Commissioner D A Hunt. The Memorial is to 3 police officers: Sergeant Cecil William Sparkes & Special Constables Mervyn George Casey & Colin Roy Kroemer.\u00a0 They died while fighting a bushfire near Upper Sturt in January 1951. They were on foot fighting the fire with knapsack sprays. 8 of the photos were from SAPOL & 7 were taken by Jill Ahlberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4690001-4690015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mt. Barker Road, Stirling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 photographs of Mt Barker Road, Stirling showing the shops & businesses located there. 3 of the photos were taken in 1967 and 11 in 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an example of one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4697001-4697003<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Helen and Sarah Stirling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 poetry books which belonged to Helen & Sarah Stirling. They are \u2018The Book of \u00a0 Gems\u2019, \u2018Selections from the Poets\u2019 and \u2018The Poetical Works of George Crabbe\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4702001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elizabeth (Liz) Mary Campbell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tribute to Elizabeth (Liz) Mary Campbell, written by Jill Ahlberg in 2008 & by \u00a0 Robert Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hymn Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4695001 has the title \u2018Congregational Praise\u2019 and it is from the Mt Lofty Congregational Church. It was published by Independent Press Ltd for the Congregational Union of England & Wales. It was first published in 1951 with the 5th Impression published in 1956.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4695001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No. 4696001 is titled \u2018The Australian Hymn Book\u2019 which was published by Collins in 1977 & it is the Harmony Edition with the Catholic Supplement. It comes from the Aldgate Uniting Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 4696001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you have any further knowledge of the items shown which have been recently acquired by the Society? Or do you know something about the people or places that are depicted? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We welcome your contributions to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mldhsgateways@mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

or drop into the History Centre at the Coventry Library, 63 Mount Barker Road, Stirling.
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Text: Jackie MussaredImages: Jackie Mussared A selection of new items added to our archive during March 2022 Bridgewater Fair Photos of the Bridgewater Fair 1936 taken by Gerald Fischer & a 1940s photo of the Bridgewater Hall taken by his father. The Bridgewater Fair was held on Easter Saturday and it possibly began in 1916 … Continue reading “New Acquisitions March 2022”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaNLq6-Lj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2821,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=2821","url_meta":{"origin":2933,"position":0},"title":"New Acquisitions January 2022","date":"January 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Jackie MussaredImages: Jackie Mussared A selection of new items added to our archive during January 2022 Eastern Regional History Seminar 2003 Includes the booklet about the seminar as well as a flyer & notes of the proceedings No: 2167001 Summit Estate Mount Lofty Booklet for the Summit Estate Mount\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Picture2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1226,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=1226","url_meta":{"origin":2933,"position":1},"title":"The Bridgewater Mill","date":"August 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Text Karen Agutter John Dunn (1802-1894) arrived in South Australia on the Lysander in 1840 with his wife and four children and took up land near Nairne. 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