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• RAAF No. 34 Squadron
  ...la as 34 (Communications) Squadron, where it continued, as a VIP transport and reconnaissance Unit, principally in support of the various activities under ...as which were to be used on ferry or courier service between LRW Salisbury and Woomera Rocket Range.
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• Algar's Bakery Shop
  ...and her husband Ted Algar. Mr & Mrs Algar later purchased the business and house. ...ablished at Mallala and the Algars could see the need for bigger premises, and so the Bakery Shop was renovated.
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• Mallala General Store
  ...Messrs Edward and Digby Denham, who later became a premier of Queensland, and was then managed by H. Warren until 1885. Robert Francis Williams arrived from Ireland in 1883 and proceeded almost immediately to Mallala's general store.
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• Lower Light School
  ...ildren attended at these homes and a fee was charged for each child taught and this helped with the salary of the governess. Secondary education was rare ...the Education Department in 1881, the total cost being £505, 16 shillings and 3 pence.
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• Long Plains School
  |EstablishedBy=Mr and Mrs Mitchell ...her in a separate room to class 1 and 2. The lessons were reading, writing and arithmetic.
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• Jubilee General Store
  .... Fisher was known as the manager of Hastwell &amp; Sons saddlery business and purchased it in November 1882.<br> In 1893 the store was owned and operated as a joint venture by Weddell and Dunstan.
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• Churches Butcher Shop
  ...was part of the business, was situated at the South West corner of Chivell and Joseph Streets. ...r the slaughter house was shifted to the northern end of Elizabeth Street, and much later again it was relocated out of the town area on Balaklava Road.
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• Grace Plains Football Club
  ...in 1925 guernseys cost 8 shillings and 6 pence,&nbsp;and socks 2 shillings and 4 pence! .... Broster. The goal umpire was H. Johnson, and the trainers were W. Poyzer and E. Ray.
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• Railway Opening
  Mallala was not alone in calling for this extension, and articles in the Advertiser relate the many calls for action over the preced ...y Extension and Break-of- Guage Royal Commission which visited the regions and gathered submissions, which eventually lead to the decision for the railway
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• RAAF Post Office
  ...vices were supplied. Mails were conveyed between the Air Force Post Office and the Mallala Railway Station by a member of the RAAF. The Post Office closed on 23 May 1946 and alternate facilities were arranged.
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• Barabba Cricket Club
  ...on the reserve whicn was south of the surveyed town of Aliceberg (Barabba) and this area became the place where all&nbsp; the sporting clubs played matche ...ased in that colouring. The captain and secretary had the two special caps and the remainder of the team had plain blue caps.
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• Mallala Tennis Club
  ...nds to 'liquidate the debt'. An amendment suggested that a levy be imposed and the club wound up! Fortunately the club survived, thanks to the proceeds of ...t's social and sporting life since the beginning of the twentieth century, and remains an important part of the overall sporting activities of the area.
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• Curnow's Garage
  |BusinessPurpose=Automotive business- sales and repair ...ency of Clutterbucks and Manns Motors, and these included Buick, Chevrolet and Oldsmobile.
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• First arrivals
  |Also known as=early settlement at Port Gawler and Grace Hundreds ...rrived in October 1838, he found some 5,000 people crowded around Adelaide and conceived the idea of granting special surveys to men with capital.
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• Bristol freighter crash
  ...eighter of 34 Communication Squadron crashed into a wheat field at Mallala and burst into flames shortly after I pm on 25 November (1953). ...e squadron, who piloted the plane; FO Leonard Murphy 29, of NSW, co-pilot; and FO Donald Shillinglaw 25, of Victoria, navigator.
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• Butler Philip
  ...om 1846 to 1926, Philip Butler and his relations were involved in the land and the people of the present Mallala District Council Area. ...g in the Hundred of Grace was known as 'Mallala Station' and a post office and store were developed on the property, prior to the establishment of the adj
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• Rockies Reserve
  ...ming hole and well used by those&nbsp; who were willing to brave the reeds and leeches. ...stock and direct seeding&nbsp;from 1992 under the direction of the Mallala and District Greening Committee.
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• District Council of Mallala
  ...r and was named the District Council of Light. This was not a popular name and in 1937 it was renamed the District Council of Mallala. ....R. Williams. Cr A.D. Prime was elected chairman. A secret ballot was held and A. Driscoll was elected acting clerk to hold office until the new council m
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• Mallala Police
  ...of prisoners. On March 1878 he was promoted to Second Class Trooper&nbsp; and soon after was he&nbsp; able to take up residence at the Police Station. ...weight of copper coin, a quantity of clothing, and miscellaneous articles and provisions. They are believed to be the remains of articles stolen some tim
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• Port Parham
  ...beach as the tide receded, allowing the wagons to come alongside, to load and unload the cargo. The ketch would then leave on the rising tide. ...ilt of mud and brush, while later on, the houses were of limestone, bricks and also timber framed.
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