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Peters Hill . The Wendish Lutheran church built in 1864. Only church in Australia with Wendish or Sorbian language services. School built 1884 to 1955. Memorial stone..
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Marrabel. Old service town to copper bullcock teams from Burra and local grain farmers. The former tiny phone exchange. .
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Peters Hill SA. Wendish Sorbian community built Lutheran School here in 1884. White gravel marks school site. Burnt down in 1960s. Closed as school 1955.
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Marrabel. Old service town to copper bullcock teams from Burra and local grain farmers. The main street.
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Peters Hill SA. Wendish Sorbian community built Lutheran School here in 1884. White gravel marks school site. Burnt down in 1960s. Closed as school 1955. Boys toilet.
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Hamley Bridge on the Light River. The Institute built in 1884 with this classical style front rooms and facade added in 1904.
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Hamley Bridge. Old advertising on a glass window of the General Store. It was originally Bohnsacks General Store.
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Hamley Bridge. Copper Roll of Honour for local men who served in World War One in the foyer of the Institute.
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Hamley Bridge. Mural on the side of the current general store which was once Bohnsacks Universal Provider Store.
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Hamley Bridge. Old photogpaph in the foyer of the Institute showing a steam train crossing the Light River railway bridge.
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Tarlee. The old Wesleyan Methodist Church built in 1871. Still in use. Now the Tarlee Uniting Church.
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Hamley Bridge railway yards. The crane and silos. The broad gauge railway reached here in 1870. In 1880 the narrow gauge railway from Wallaroo reached here hence three platforms. No change of gauge after 1927.
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Hamley Bridge. The Ancient Order of Druids lodge building. Built in 1912.
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Hamley Bridge. The former Anglican Church and church bell built in 1889. Now used for alternative healing.
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Hamley Bridge. The former Congregational Church built in local limestone in 1874. Now the Uniting Church.
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Hamley Bridge. The former Methodist Church built in 1910. Now a private residence.
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Tothill Creek. The former Royal Oak Hotel licensed in March 1848. This stone hotel was built in 1850. It closed in 1913 when the license went to the Berri Hotel. Was used for Anglican Church services for many years.
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Kapunda. In 1854 the Irish village of Bakers Flat was established here along the Light River. The river bankk were used for dugout houses in the first years.
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Anlaby Estate South Australia. Wall paintings of the Apostles in the chancel of the Dutton family Anglican Church. It opened in 1896 as a memorial for Ethel Dutton who drowned in 1892.
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Anlaby Estate. The Dutton family Anglican church near Kapunda. Wall paintings done in 1896 when the church was opened.
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Kapunda. Garage repair shop advertising in the Main Street. Bears galore.
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Kapunda. The railway bridge across the Light River. This line was constructed in 1860 to service the copper mine in Kapunda.
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Tothill Creek. Picturesque ruin at Tothill. This area of the Light River Valley was surveyed around 1842 and settled not long after that.
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Hamilton Bible Christian Church. Opened 1862 and only closed as Uniting in 2005
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Bagots Gap or Fords near Kapunda. Near the Light River. Old stone cottage and aloes.
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Morn Hill school opened in 1891. This building was erected in 1902. It finally closed in 1957.
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Morn Hill school opened in 1891. This building was erected in 1902. It finally closed in 1957.
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Anlaby front porch and folly. Near Kapunda. Historic station of the Dutton family.
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Hamley Bridge railway viaduct across the Light River. Erected 1868.
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Hamley Bridge and the Light River from the railway viaduct.
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Cliffs along Light River at Redbanks.
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Red cliffs at Redbanks SA where the road crosses the Light River on the way to Mallala.
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Railway viaduct crossing the Light River near Hamley Bridge in South Australia.
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Front view of Anlaby homestead with the beautiful old garden pond. House dates from 1840s. Anlaby was the Dutton family property.
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