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Mt Horrocks Historical Society

Locality: Penwortham

Phone: +6188434123

Address: 7884 Horrocks Highway 5452 Penwortham, SA, Australia

Website: https://mthorrocks.org/

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03.02.2022 State Library of S.A. B58005/33, taken about 1880. Victoria Square and Government buildings. Photographer: Captain Samuel White Sweet.... "A view from a high vantage point on the west side of Victoria Square looking east to the Government buildings on the other side. King William Street runs through the square with horse-drawn taxi cabs waiting in a line."

25.01.2022 Well done to this wonderful group who helped us tidy up St Marks Cemetery. A fantastic community service and very much appreciated.

24.01.2022 Watervale 1917 ! And you think its cold today.

24.01.2022 John Horrocks Cottage open the first Sunday of the month 2-4 pm 7884 Horrocks Highway Penwortham. Come on down we would love to see you.

23.01.2022 On This Day....this appeared in The Adelaide Times 17th January 1855

23.01.2022 The John Horrocks Cottage in Penwortham is Heritage Listed.

20.01.2022 Mt Horrocks Historical Society wishes all members and followers a Merry Christmas and nicer New Year for 2021

20.01.2022 20th AUGUST 1860 . . . On this day, 20th August 1860, Australian explorers Burke and Wills commence their expedition to cross the continent from south to north.... Robert O'Hara Burke and William Wills led the expedition that was intended to bring fame and prestige to Victoria: being the first to cross Australia from south to north and back again. They set out on Monday, 20 August 1860, leaving from Royal Park, Melbourne, and farewelled by around 15,000 people. The cost of the expedition was almost 5,000 pounds. Because of the size of the exploration party, it was split at Menindee so that Burke could push ahead to the Gulf of Carpentaria with a smaller party. The smaller group went on ahead to establish the depot which would serve to offer the necessary provisions for when the men returned from the Gulf. The expedition to the Gulf took longer than Burke anticipated: upon his return to Cooper Creek, he found that the relief party had left just seven hours earlier, less than the amount of time it had taken to bury Gray, who had died on the return journey. Through poor judgement, lack of observation and a series of miscommunications, Burke and Wills never found the supplies left for them by the relief party. They perished on the banks of Cooper Creek. King alone survived to lead the rescue party to the remains of Burke and Wills, and the death of one of the most elaborately planned expeditions in Australia's history. Pictured: Nicholas Chevalier, Memorandum of the Start of the Exploring Expedition, oil on canvas, 1860, Courtesy: Art Gallery of South Australia via Wikimedia. #australianhistory #australianexplorers #explorers #Australia #sharinghistory #rtpa

20.01.2022 On this day, 16th November 1920, Colin Thiele, Australian writer and author of 'Storm Boy', is born. Colin Thiele was born on 16 November 1920, in Eudunda, a sm...all town north of the Barossa Valley in South Australia. After graduating from the University of Adelaide, he served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. He then became a high school teacher, college lecturer, and principal. Thiele's novels for both children and adults were heavily influenced by his own German-Australian upbringing. A number of his stories won literary awards, and several were made into films or TV series. Among his better-known children's works are "Storm Boy", "Blue Fin", "Sun on the Stubble" and "Magpie Island". In 1977 Thiele was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, the highest level of the award, for his services to literature and education. After retiring from teaching and writing, Colin Thiele lived in Dayboro, Queensland, until his death on 4 September 2006. The Thiele Library at the Magill campus of the University of South Australia is named after him, an honour which predated his death by many years. A life-size detailed statue of Colin Thiele and Mr Percival, the pelican from "Storm Boy", was constructed by sculptor Chris Radford and located in the Eudunda Centennial Gardens. Due to deterioration, the statue required repair, so the decision was made to have it recast in bronze, a process completed the year before Thiele died. Pictured: A portrait of Colin Thiele in 1964. Wikimedia Commons.

19.01.2022 Watervale Tennis Club - 1935-36 Season. (From the MHHS Photographic Collection)

19.01.2022 Thank you Nan Berrett of #wordsolutions for an informative recruitment meeting at your 'office' #watervalestore.

18.01.2022 Historic Sevenhill Hotel just a few kms north of Penwortham, opened in 1863 by Anton Kranewitter. A fantastic place to have a drink and a meal

17.01.2022 Thank you for the interesting post #anncator #prestonpastandpresent (note: the gentleman in the photo collage is Samuel Horrocks, John Horrocks brother)

17.01.2022 On this day, 16th October 1837, the first group of German migrants arrives in the new colony of South Australia. In the 1800s, under King Friedrich Wilhelm III,... German/Prussian Lutherans suffered religious persecution. Friedrich Wilhelm was an autocratic king who believed he had the right to create his own state church from the two main Protestant churches - the Lutheran church and the smaller Reformed church - in a united Prussian state church. This would effectively remove the right of Lutherans to worship in a way of their choosing. Penalties for non-adherance to the state religion were severe. Many Lutherans immigrated to Australia to escape the persecution. Later groups of German immigrants were fortunate to be sponsored by wealthy Scottish businessman and chairman of the South Australian Company, George Fife Angas. However, the very first group of German immigrants sailed under difficult conditions aboard a ship that was infested with cockroaches. The 'Solway' was a wooden ship built at Monkwearmouth Shore, Sunderland in 1829. It departed from Hamburg, Germany in June 1837 under the command of Captain R Pearson. The journey was particularly rough and at one point, after a bad storm, the passengers retreated below decks for a prayer meeting. It is said that, as the boat rocked violently to and fro, and with the passengers and crew expecting the ship to break apart and sink at any moment, the prayer leader told them to have faith and all would be well. At that point, the storm abated. The Solway arrived at Kangaroo Island on 16 October 1837. Just two days earlier, one of the passengers, Mrs Kleemann, had died from pneumonia. Her distraught husband begged Captain Pearson to delay burial at sea and to wait two days to see if land could be sighted, with the proviso that if no land was sighted, the burial would proceed. When the ship berthed at Kingscote on October 16, Mr Kleemann brought ashore his deceased wife for burial on land. Pictured: The German Club in Pirie Street, approximately 1880. State Library of South Australia.

17.01.2022 Thank you for highlighting St Marks Church in Penwortham. It was the dream of John Ainsworth Horrocks for this church to be built, sadly though he died before its completion. He is buried in the nearby cemetery. #mthorrockshistoricalsociety

17.01.2022 A lovely review from a participant. #southaustralianhistoryfestival

17.01.2022 The Province of South Australia was proclaimed with legislation in the UK in 1834. So what was Proclamation Day #otd 28 Dec 1836 all about? What was proclaimed?... What about the Kaurna People? Read on! #KaurnaCountry #historysa https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au//the-first-reading- 1887 City of Holdfast Bay Heritage South Australia History Council of South Australia History Trust of South Australia David Hanna Elizabeth Ho Glenelg Historical Society Professional Historians Association - South Australia Glenelg @Beverley Voigt Greg Mackie Greg Barila Antimo Iannella Skye Krichauff See more

17.01.2022 Port Victor, 1877 (approx) ..the panoramic view from Granite Island, showing the causeway, jetty, and cottages on the Island. Port Victor ('Victor Harbor' in 19...21) in the distance. In 1867 a cottage built on the island was used by the resident harbour master, and other cottages for whalers and various workers ..slsa/pd (as requested) ..Today in comments See more

16.01.2022 Mt Horrocks Historical Society will be doing a cleanup of the cemetery at St Marks Church, Penwortham. If you are able to assist in any way, the Committee will be at the Cemetery at 10am on Saturday 25th July. We are small numbers and 'getting on in years' so any help would be much appreciated.

16.01.2022 The last train crossed the Sleeps Hill viaduct in the Adelaide Hills #OTD 11 August 1919. It was completed in 1883, but new locomotives were deemed too hp History Council of South AustraliaHistory Trust of South Australia Heritage South Australia

16.01.2022 Winter afternoon shadows and dappled sunlight at the beautiful John Horrocks Cottage this afternoon

16.01.2022 A story about the camel Harry. Harry will be featured in our Twilight walk through Penwortham Cemetery next week. The event is now SOLD OUT

15.01.2022 25th JULY 1862 . . . On this day in 1862, after successfully crossing Australia from south to north, John McDouall Stuart raises the British flag at the mouth... of the Mary River. John McDouall Stuart was officially the first white man to successfully lead an inland expedition from Australia's south to the north, and return alive. Born in Dysart, Fife, Scotland, on 7 September 1815, he arrived in South Australia in 1839. He had a passion for exploration and gained experience when he was employed as a draughtsman by Captain Charles Sturt on an expedition into the desert interior. Following his experience with Sturt, Stuart was determined to cross Australia from south to north. It was on his fifth expedition and third attempt to cross the continent that he succeeded. Previous attempts had been beaten back by lack of water and Aboriginal attack. On 25 July 1862, a day after sighting the northern waters at Chambers Bay, Stuart raised the British flag in triumph at the mouth of the Mary River, approximately 100km northeast of the present site of Darwin. At the time, Stuart believed it was the Adelaide River. Pictured: Planting the Flag On the Shores of the Indian Ocean (The Journals of John McDouall Stuart during the years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, & 1862, when he fixed the centre of the continent and successfully crossed it from sea to sea)

14.01.2022 Thank you #rememberingthepastaustralia

13.01.2022 Beautiful weather to visit John Horrocks cottage . Open Sunday 6th Sept. 2-4pm

13.01.2022 MHHS would like to thank all those who helped with the clean up in St Mark's cemetery this morning. Your help was very much appreciated.

12.01.2022 Mt Horrocks Historical Society representatives Malcolm Paterson and Meredith McInnis attended the first ever Remembrance Day Service at Watervale. The service was conducted entirely by students from the Watervale Primary School. Community member Leonie Moore played the Last Post on the clarinet. Students and other community members laid wreaths at the memorial.

12.01.2022 CJ Dennis was born in Auburn South Australia. His parents were married at a church in Polish Hill River. Local folklore suggests that CJ was conceived near the Policeman’s Hut at Penwortham. There is a little plaque on the Riesling Trail marking the spot. Whether is true or not we will never know, but it makes a good story.

12.01.2022 Our President and Treasurer Wendy and David Spackman ‘modelling’ https://shop.clarevalley.com.au/

12.01.2022 We have ST Gill to thank for his record of Horrocks' 1846 Expedition through his watercolours. MHHS has prints of such paintings.

11.01.2022 This couple enjoyed their Clare Valley tour and have even included photos of the Two Up Tree here in Penwortham. Dave regularly takes visitors to visit the John Horrocks Cottage. #clarevalleytours #penworthamsa

10.01.2022 St Marks Anglican Church In Penwortham SA. Built in 1851 and still has services to this day.

10.01.2022 Well worth a visit. #scholzparkmuseum

09.01.2022 Is this the 1850 Mona Lisa of South Australia ? Here she sits amongst the gum trees. Frances Amelia Skipper artist, painted by her husband and artist John Skip...per, on mattress ticking. (Materials were scarce.) Damaged but restored by clever conservators at Artlab. She died in 1855. After arriving in 1836, her father Robert Thomas started the first newspaper, the Register. Her mother Mary was an excellent SA diarist. Frances was also a gifted linguist and translator. Both she and her husband are represented in State collections. Ref :State Library of South Australia B 47780 See more

05.01.2022 Today is a special day for Burra, it is 175 years since the opening of the Burra Mine On 29 September 1845, the first charge of gunpowder was fired in the Monst...er Lode, blasting away large masses of rich red oxide of copper ore. In the course of a few hours after the arrival of the first miners at the Burra Creek, about ten tons of the most splendid copper ore was actually placed in the days, and the train [of drays] departed for Adelaide the following morning. Text from page 63 The Story of the Monster Mine The Burra Burra Mine and its townships 1845-1877 by Ian Auhl.

05.01.2022 Anyone for tennis?

04.01.2022 Thank you for visiting John Horrocks Cottage. #Clarevalleytours

03.01.2022 The Society is preparing for our History Festival event. President Wendy Spackman is seen here working on the grave of John Ainsworth Horrocks which will be a feature in our 'Twilight Walk among Penwortham's Gravestones' We have limited numbers and are almost fully booked. There are only a couple of spots left. To book click on the link below.... https://festival.history.sa.gov.au//a-twilight-walk-among/ See more

03.01.2022 Lovely lunch out with Mt Horrocks Historical Society. Wishing Jim and Janet Morran all the best for their sea change.

02.01.2022 Getting excited. The Mt Horrocks Historical Society event as part of South Australia's History Festival, is nearly ready to start. ‘A Twilight Walk Among Penwortham’s Gravestones’

02.01.2022 St. Mary's Church, Penwortham UK. Service of Remembrance.

02.01.2022 It's always appreciated to receive local history donations

01.01.2022 An interesting piece of early history

25.12.2021 Today we are getting some nice summer weather after a drenching rain over the past couple of days. Please click on the link below to read our latest newsletter. Whoops, one correction in the Newsletter, our new website is www.mthorrocks.org https://1fcadf68-f043-4fc4-bc9c-895c9f879ba3.filesusr.com/

13.12.2021 Another interesting photograph from the MHHS Collection, showing the school bus which ran from Auburn to Clare High School. The driver was Morry Garrard and we assume the bus was yellow, as it was known as "Yellow Maria". c.1940 #clarehistory

25.11.2021 Wishing members and friends a Merry Christmas and safe and Happy New Year with this delightful photograph from the MHHS Collection. Parishioners walking up from Surrey Lane along Chapel Lane in Penwortham to the Chapel-on-the-Hill c.1908 They had to leave their surreys (carriages) at the foot of the hill as it was too steep a climb, hence 'Surrey Lane'.