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Surprise item found in Gawler time capsule

The opening of the McKinlay Memorial time capsule revealed a memorial card from Mr McKinlay's funeral wrapped in a blank piece of mourning stationary. (Supplied)
Mahala Gainer

A SURPRISE item was discovered among a series artefacts capturing life in Gawler in the 1870s after the opening of […]

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