The Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council have now released the long awaited Heritage Guide Booklet. Heritage Guide The guide serves as a...

Lights ! Camera! Action! It wasn’t exactly a Hollywood movie set, however on a cold and frosty morning in Watervale, members of The Mt...

In 1889, German migrant Carl Sobels and his brother-in-law Hermann Buring purchased a winery in Watervale in the Clare Valley. As chief...

Over the years there have been many reports from old timers regarding the fact that Ned Kelly spent some time in the Clare Valley. The...

Kudnarto was a Kaurna woman who made South Australian legal history. Published : August 1, 2022 6.05am in The Conversation by Peggy...

SKILLY HILLS (from Wikipedia) The name Skilly Hills is a slang derivation from nearby Skillogalee Creek, a watercourse that rises near...

Watervale School students recently spent time enjoying local history. Mt Horrocks Society member Leonie Moore held a ‘Walks and Talks’...

Mt Horrocks Historical Society hosted an event as part of South Australia's History Month on Sunday 7th May. The Society showcased...

On Sunday March 19th 2023 the Mt Horrocks Historical Society celebrated its 40th Birthday in the pleasant surrounds of the John Horrocks...

Forty years ago on the 16th of February 1983 a devastating bushfire ripped through the Clare Valley. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/program...

Our Summer 2023 newsletter is now available with lots of interesting articles, photos and local history. Click on the link to take a look.

The Mt Horrocks Historical Society members and friends gathered at the local Penwortham Restaurant 'The Uppside' to celebrate Christmas...

The original founding of Penwortham, a small village 180kms north of Adelaide occurred on the 5th of November in 1839. In recent years...

Lady Jean Gordon Duncan (wife of Sir John J. Duncan)? OR Lady Bessie Duncan (wife of Sir Walter Duncan, John's second son)? Benefactor...

Captain Hughes, their benefactor and the Duncan graves at Penwortham INDEX Captain Walter Watson Hughes — Captain John Duncan — The...

The Mt Horrocks Historical Society hosted a successful South Australian History Festival Event on Saturday 14th May 2022. The ‘Twilight...

On Friday 6th May the Mt Horrocks Historical Society hosted a group from the Hawthorndene Probus Club. The group arrived at the John...

As part of "The South Australian History Festival", Mt Horrocks Historical Society is once again offering a guided walk through the...

Old Photos of Watervale School 1946 and 1953. These photos were donated by local resident Gwen Smith.

The Stanley school began as "Watervale School" in mid-1858 with head master Mr. Joseph S. C. Cole (Illustrated at right) and 59 boy...