This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Georgetown Scout News and Farmers Meeting Report
A Georgetown scout party of 25, including 8 boys from 1st Laura, attended a Clare District camp near Clare where 75 scouts in four troops competed for the Shield, won by 1st Gladstone and Laura by 10 points. Other items include a farmers meeting at Georgetown Institute to form a Grain Producers Association branch, appointments of officers, and calls for government action on the 1938 wheat crop. Also noted are local accidents, obituaries, social events, a lantern lecture at the Baptist Church, a Paddy’s Market, and Anzac Day plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Gladstone
Clare
Snowtown
Port Pirie
Boy, Scouts Association
Potter
Graham Hough
Fred Atkinson
G. Black
O'Neil
Stewart
R. E. Lines
T. Brown
Scouts
Wolf Clubs
Georgetown Institute
J. A. Lyons M.P
Grain Producers Association
G. K. Davidson
Gulnare
G.P.A
A. Roy Treasure
Albert Nayda
J. Smith
Lever
J. Stewart
Robert Bowes
Prospect
R. B. White
Jessie Oakley
White
Buffalo
Dunlop
H. Martin
Ronnie Angley
Joan Wellington
Des. Martin
Ronnie
India
Baptist Church
HL. W. Masters
J. W. Read
Baptist Womans’ Guild
Institute
R. Treasure
Institute Soldiers’ Memorial
L. W. Brook
B.A. Gale
John Aunger
Jack Hewett
Sturt
Kevin Myatt
Torrens
Franke Nitschke