Home > Activities > SA HISTORY WEEK  16TH – 25TH MAY, 2008
 
 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery
Experience history from yesteryear
O         Open day/s
D/E      Display/exhibition
B          Bookings required for this event
D         Gold coin donation is appreciated
W/D     Wheelchair and disabled access
C         Children welcome, with adult supervision
T          Toilet facilities available
P          Parking options available
 
Our gallery is dedicated to early pioneer settlement and history in Eudunda and surrounding areas. View the family history trees and memorabilia. Wander through our restored 1880 Gosling cottage. See the display of locally made early farming equipment. Photographs and objects from the local hospitals, schools (as early as the 1870s), churches and railway are also on display. A wheelchair from the early 1900s, medical equipment, bibles and an organ used by German settlers are also on display. Allow approximately 1 ½ hours to fully appreciate our gallery. Public toilets on Bruce Street. Group limit 50. Parking available on street. Bookings required for groups only. 
 
Friday 16 May, Saturday 17 May, Friday 23 May and Saturday 24 May, 10.00 am – 4.00pm and Sunday 18 May and Sunday 25 May, 11.00 am – 4.00 pm
Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery, 17-19 Bruce Street, Eudunda (Bruce Street is a continuation of Gunn Street, signposted from the main road).
Enquiries: Jim Reese, 8581 1268; Yvonne Schulz, 8581 1359
 
Dales Garage
Automobile nostalgia – cars and things
O         Open day/s
NB       No bookings required for this event
F          Free event
NS       Not suitable for people with impaired mobility
C         Children welcome with adult supervision
P          Parking options available
 
In 1921 an 1880s optometrist’s room became a cycle and motor garage. It has continued to evolve becoming an automotive workshop and showroom, surviving stages of expansion, alterations and various auto dealerships. A car enthusiast now privately owns the garage. Parking available on street. No bookings required for this event. 
Friday 23 May and Saturday 24 May, 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Historic Motor Garage, 2 Barwell Street, Eudunda
Enquiries: Dale Palamountain, 8581 1071 or 0419 841 656
 
 Eudunda Area School
O         Open day/s
W/G     Walking/guided tour
SE        Special event
S          School program
B          Bookings required
F          Free event
W/D     Wheelchair and disabled access
C         Children welcome, with adult supervision
FT        Full toilet facilities available
P          Parking options available
 
Eudunda Area School was officially opened in 1948 with 142 students from Eudunda and Point Pass. As outlying smaller district schools closed enrolments then came from Hampden, Julia, Sutherlands, Australia Plains and Stonefield. At the time of the school’s 50th anniversary a time capsule was buried which will be opened on 21 May at 9.00 am by two of the attending students from that time. The time capsule will be reburied with additional items from past and present students to commemorate the school’s 60th anniversary. Primary school children will demonstrate old school games played by children of yesteryear. The Heritage Gallery committee will supply morning tea for a small cost of $4.00. Parking available off street. Bookings required for this event.
Wednesday 21 May, 9.00 am – 10.30 am
School gym, Eudunda Area School, Reserve Road, Eudunda
Enquiries: Pat Maloney, 8581 1500
 
 St John’s Lutheran School
W/G     Walking/guided tour
S          School program
B          Bookings required for this event
F          Free event
W/D     Wheelchair and disabled access
C         Children welcome, with adult supervision
FT        Full toilet facilities available
P          Parking options available
 
In 1872, just four years after the first Lutheran families moved into the district, the Emmaus Congregation built a Lutheran Church and school at Emmaus, near Eudunda. This congregation later moved into Eudunda where the present school was established in 1904. A new hall, built in 1995, has beautiful stained glass windows that were designed from drawings by the children. On 23 May a guided tour is available after the school assembly. Parking available on/off street. Bookings required for this event. 
Friday 23 May, Assembly at 8.50 – 9.30 followed by tea/ coffee. Tour 10.00 - 10.30am
St John’s Lutheran School hall, Eudunda
Enquiries: Kaye Mathwin-Cox, 8581 1282
Email: kmathwincox@stjohns-eudunda.sa.edu.au
 
 Neales Flat School reunion
O         Open day/s
D/E      Display/exhibition
SE        Special event
NB       No bookings required for this event
F          Free event
W/D     Wheelchair and disabled access
C         Children welcome, with adult supervision
T          Toilet facilities available
P          Parking options available
 
You are invited to attend the reunion of past students, family members and interested visitors at the old Neales Flat School. The building was created in 1874 and used as a school during the week and a church on Sunday. At times one teacher could teach up to 60 students. In 1917 it became a state school. The school closed in 1942 with an enrolment of 22 students. Come along and reminisce. Bring along memorabilia for a display and a pooled lunch. The school will be open from 11.00 am and a ‘cuppa’ will be available. A church service will also commence at 11.00 am next door. No bookings required.
Sunday 25 May, 11.00 am 
Neales Flat School building, drive 2 kilometres along Thiele Highway from Eudunda post office, turn right onto Truro road, travel 6 kilometres, turn left into Foote Road (unsealed), then first right turn on Neales Road
Enquiries: Fay or Rodney Grosser, 8581 1326

Bower School Building ‘Back to Bower School’
 W/G     Walking/guided tour
D/E      Display/exhibition
NB       No bookings required for this event
F          Free event
W/D     Wheelchair and disabled access
C         Children welcome, with adult supervision
T          Toilet facilities available
P          Parking options available
 
Join a guided tour of Bower school. The school stands as it was when it closed in 1961, including the lunchroom, craft room and the student vegetable garden area. Original blackboards and timetables still hang on the walls and the building is furnished with school artefacts and memorabilia collected by the Carter family. See books and various items donated by former students and teachers. Other items of interest include rural objects of days gone by and the gum tree monument planted in 1919 by students. The ground is a little uneven to walk on for mobility impaired. Group limit 10. The private residence is not open to the public. Parking available on and off street. No bookings required for this event. 
Friday 23 May, Saturday 24 May and Sunday 25 May, 8.00 am – 5.00 pm
Bower School, between Eudunda and Morgan 27 kilometres on left from Eudunda,
50 metres past phone box in Bower
Enquiries: Maxine or Terry Carter, 8581 0684   Email: phoenix@rbe.net.au