“The postal facilities at Grange are a hundred years behind the times," said Mr. G. W. Stacey, on Tuesday morning, 30th March 1909. Feature image:...
Improved Postal Facilities Needed at Grange!
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Stories from Henley and Grange
Grange
Bill Tipler
Bill Tipler arrived in Australia from the UK as a £10 Pom aboard the P&O Otranto in 1956, accompanied by his mother, May, father William, and...
Ayneslie Dawson (nee Steeles)
In this video Ayneslie recalls her time working first as an usherette, then in the ticketing office and finally in the booking office at the new...
The Grange Railway Station
In the 1880s a railway line was built between the townships of Woodville and Grange, influencing the growth and development of the Henley and Grange...
Grange & Henley Beach Bowling Club 1906-1923
A meeting to discuss forming the Grange and Henley Beach Bowling Club was held at the Grange Institute on the 12th May, 1906 at which Alderman King...
Fred and Florence Lill of Grange
[Fred and Florence Lill c. 1904] Jillian Crider has lived for many years at Grange. In the story below Jillian shares memories of her grandfather...
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...
A Coastal Aerial Video (c. 1985)
The (edited) aerial video below sweeps along the coast from West Beach to Henley Beach and onto Grange. It has been digitised by the H&GHS from...
Banner photo: Henley Beach January 1948, Courtesy of th History Trust of South Australia [public domain]