A delightful opportunity to explore historical landmarks within the heritage precinct of Tea Tree Gully. Three different walks offer visitors the chance to learn and discover times past. Hear stories of village life including the butcher, baker … [Read more...]
2018 Programme – Come and Join Us
We have another great programme of guest speakers planned for our monthly meetings at the Council chambers. We are looking forward to catching up with our members for our first meeting next Wed 21 Feb at 10am. We invite all interested … [Read more...]
President nominated for TTG Australia Day Award
On Australia day, we were very proud to see our President, Carole Simmonds receive her Australia Day nomination award from the Mayor, Kevin Knight. Carole was one of 13 volunteers nominated by community groups and sporting clubs for the … [Read more...]
Great new Skate Park
Have you seen this new addition to TTG's recreational facilities? The Skate Park has been so popular since it's opening a few months ago that it was hard to find it empty so I could photograph it. … [Read more...]
Oral History
Recently, we invited our Oral History Interviewees to come to the Tea Tree Gully Library for an Afternoon Tea. We wanted to thank them for giving up their time to record their memories of living in the Tea Tree Gully area. We have completed 9 … [Read more...]
History of SA Museum
Judith Carr is coming to talk to us about the history of the SA Museum area tomorrow (Wed 20th Sept 2017) in the Banksia Room at the Tea Tree Gully Council Chambers on Montague Rd (opp TTP). We start at 10am with our business meeting, have a cuppa … [Read more...]
Keeping the home fires burning – tell us your stories
With next year (2018) being the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1, we would like to collect stories of how families spent those war years while their son, daughters, mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters were serving. What was it like for the … [Read more...]
Alona – Memorabilia
We are looking forward to next Wed's monthly meeting when Alona Tester of Gould Genealogy and Unlock the Past and passionate family historian away from work comes to show us some of the amazing memorabilia that has been handed down in her family. … [Read more...]
Congrats Gill
Huge congratulations to our member, Gill Starks, who in her role as Chairperson of the Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum has won the 2017 Regional History award from the History Council of SA. The Museum is also known as the Tea Tree Gully branch of … [Read more...]
Talk on Aust Pewter Tavern Ware
Gosh, we had a great talk last Wed from Geoff Lock who showed us some of his collection of Australian pewter colonial tavern ware. It wasn't just about the pewter but also much of the talk was about the social history of colonial SA. Thanks so much, … [Read more...]