Bob was a black and tan Kelpie sheep dog. While still a young pup he became the pet and constant companion of Albert Ide, a blacksmith and general...
Bob the Wonder Dog
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Stories from Henley and Grange
People
Hendrika (Henny) de Vries
Hendrika de Vries, born and raised in Amsterdam, emigrated to Adelaide with her family as a young girl and became a swimming champion, young wife,...
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...
Merv Allen Remembers (Part 3)
We used to go do a lot of fishing on the jetty, but my older brother was a better fisherman than I and we'd ride our bikes down to the jetty mainly...
Ayneslie Dawson (nee Steeles)
Ayneslie, (or Anne to her friends) was one of the few women living in Henley and Grange during this time to join the Australian Women’s Army Service...
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...
Mystery of the Missing Roll of Honour
The advertisement above appeared in 'The Advertiser' on Saturday 10 March 1917. Below is an extract from the report in 'The Register' on Monday 12...
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...
Banner photo: Henley Beach January 1948, Courtesy of th History Trust of South Australia [public domain]