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,...
Hendrika (Henny) de Vries
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Stories from Henley and Grange
Video
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...
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...
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...
Merv Allen Remembers (Pt 2)
I'll just talk a little bit now about my recollections of my school days. The only school was the Henley Primary School. There was no kindergarten...
Merv Allen Remembers (Part 1)
My name is Merv Allen. Fortunately, I've been able to live on the Esplanade at Henley South all of my life. I was born in 1939 and my father and my...
Catalina Flying Boats Memorial
Unveiled in 1995, as part of the ‘Australia Remembers’ program, this small memorial between Catalina & Waldron Streets in Henley Beach South...
Fry’s Meat Store
Gum leaves in a butcher shop? Sawdust on the floor? Why? Arthur Fry came to Henley Beach in 1924 and opened a meat store at 9-15 Henley Beach Rd....
Banner photo: Henley Beach January 1948, Courtesy of th History Trust of South Australia [public domain]