Royal commission ‘good first step’
Brendan Simpkins
AUSTRALIA’S Royal Commission into Veteran and Defence Suicides has been welcomed by local former serving members.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week announced...
Parks set for $2m upgrade
PLAYFORD Council has received $2 million to upgrade four community parks – thanks to funding from the Federal Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure...
Connecting over history
THE highly-anticipated Barossa History Fair will kick off a month of activities in the region aimed at recognising, and celebrating the people, places and...
Bigger hospital ED a step closer
Brendan Simpkins
THE expansion of Gawler Hospital’s emergency department (ED) is making progress – despite construction being still more than a year away.
Health Minister Stephen...
No Wall of shame
Nick Hopton
WILLIAMSTOWN is unlikely to gain a nationwide stigma associated with tragedy similar to Snowtown or Truro after the murder-suicide at the nearby Whispering...
Anzac Day with a difference
Brendan Simpkins
IT wasn’t the usual setting, or the usual attendance, but the Last Post still rang out in Gawler on Anzac Day.
Members of the...
White has the write stuff
THE Bunyip newspaper’s cartoonist George Aldridge features in a new biographical book, released last week, on revered wine writer and close friend Philip White.
Written...
Deception in the Barossa
ONE of Australia’s most successful magicians has announced a regional tour that will bring him to the Barossa Valley in July.
Grand illusionist Cosentino will...
Hidden history inspires novel
AUSTRALIA’S internment of Germans during World War I forms the basis for a fictional novel written by Evanston Park’s Judy Gillett-Ferguson.
She will launch The...
A wonderful 67 years wed
ANGLE Vale’s Max and Margaret O’Rielly celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary, on Saturday.
The pair were married on April 17, 1954 having first met at...
Clonlea Park works give active Gawlerites a smoother run
ACTIVE residents of Gawler had a smoother run this weekend following repairs to Clonlea Park Reserve paths.
Town of Gawler staff have been busy...
