The Soldiers' Memorial stands as a lasting tribute to the men and women of Henley and Grange who have served Australia in times of war. Although...
A Virtual Tour of the Soldiers’ Memorial
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Stories from Henley and Grange
Audio
Badenoch’s Beach Bakery
Found beneath floorboards, this weathered and fragile fragment of a Badenoch’s bakery paper bag (c. 1926) is a surviving relic of a long-vanished...
When Henley Had a Golf Course!
Before 1929, golf at Henley and Grange was more improvised than organised. Local boys, including Ron Jones, fashioned clubs from boxthorn branches...
Henley Beach Swimming Pool
Narrated by Helen Lewis Have you heard of Dawn Fraser, Australia's swimming legend? She was voted Australia's greatest ever female athlete in...
A Grange School Story (c. 1920)
Ron Jones, who was born in 1915, lived in Grange since he was two years old. In this audio interview recorded by George Willoughby in March 1988 he...
Henley South Kiosk
Narrated by Quenten Iskov Do you remember what Saltpetre is? From the 1930s until the late 1970s, a kiosk operated on the beach in front of the...
Henley Town Hall
Narrated by Marie Hagen The Henley and Grange Council decided to build a Town Hall in 1919 and used £1,500 in funds raised through the 1921 Henley...
Joy Flights on Henley Beach in the 1920s
Narrated by Quenten Iskov Pioneer aviator, Bill Smith was born in Norwood and after serving in World War I returned to Adelaide in 1923. During the...
Henley Heydays
Marie Hagen talks about the vintage heydays of Henley Beach "The heyday of Henley and Grange would have probably been from 1900 to 1920 when it was...
Banner photo: Henley Beach January 1948, Courtesy of th History Trust of South Australia [public domain]