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Nov 27, 20213 min read

Opening of the First Watervale School

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

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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...