In the earliest years of the colony, reaching Henley or Grange was a real challenge. Military Road and parts of what became Grange Road were little...
Hooves in the Sand: Horses at Henley & Grange
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Stories from Henley and Grange
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Bruce Gray (alias Saltbush Bill)
Bruce Gray was born in 1889 on ‘Frogmore’ at West Beach. Growing up among horses, cattle, and sheep, he often watched Sidney Kidman’s mobs of cattle...
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...
The Henley Line
Did you know that there was once a ‘street railway line’ right next to Military Road that ran all the way from Grange to Henley Beach terminating at...
Improved Postal Facilities Needed at Grange!
“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:...
Ayneslie Dawson (nee Steeles)
This video captures a warm and vivid oral history of Ayneslie's life growing up in Grange in the 1920s and 1930s. She recalls the family house on...
Henley Beach Primary School in the 1940s
(The following stories form an abridged version of an article written by Phillip Allen and published in the H&GHS Journal 44, November 2023)...
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...
Banner photo: Henley Beach January 1948, Courtesy of th History Trust of South Australia [public domain]