{"id":3998,"date":"2026-05-01T14:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=3998"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:54:59","slug":"new-acquisitions-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=3998","title":{"rendered":"New Acquisitions; October 2025"},"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 October 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WW1 Recruiting Poster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Printed by S T Leigh & Co Ltd Lithographic Printers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4754001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Opening of the Heysen Tunnels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highway to the Hills – 5 Mar 1999, a page from The Courier, showing members of the public walking through the Heysen Tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4754019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jill Ahlberg; Citizen of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jill Ahlberg is Stirling\u2019s Citizen of the Year for her contribution to the history of the area. She is presented with the award on 26 Jan 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4754002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bullock Dray Re-enactment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4754015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leawood Gardens Wooden Eggs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

24 wooden eggs made by woodturner Len Harrison. At the time of the building of the South-Eastern Freeway, he made the 24 eggs from 24 different trees in Leawood Gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4760001 & 4760002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Draper’s Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019Draper\u2019s Hall\u2019, a book by Geoffrey Graham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4773001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thorngrove Manor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thorngrove Manor article in \u201cCountry Style\u2019 magazine. The article was written by Vivienne Goldie with the photographs by Greg Norton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4780001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebekah Sharkie\u2019s Office Items<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Items from Rebekah Sharkie\u2019s office including calendars, shopping pads and fridge magnets<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4784001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Australian Constitution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 booklets on the Australian Constitution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No: 4785001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0Do 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 October 2025 WW1 Recruiting Poster Printed by S T Leigh & Co Ltd Lithographic Printers No: 4754001 Opening of the Heysen Tunnels Highway to the Hills – 5 Mar 1999, a page from The Courier, showing members of the public … Continue reading “New Acquisitions; October 2025”<\/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\/PaNLq6-12u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1306,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=1306","url_meta":{"origin":3998,"position":0},"title":"The Heysen Tunnels","date":"August 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Text Ann Herraman. 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