Discovering South Australian history
through family and aerospace.

South Australian Aviation

This section showcases South Australian aircraft, aviators, aviation science and also provides avaition based activities for young people.

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Early Adelaide Hills Businesses

This section showcases early Adelaide Hills industries, including brickyards, meatworks and hotels. My family worked in many of them.

Early Adelaide Hills Localities

This section looks at early Adelaide Hills localities and the German-settled towns whose names were abruptly changed during the anti-German sentiment of World War I, some of which were not changed back in later years.

Early Adelaide Hills Settlers

My family were all early settlers to South Australia, arriving between 1837 and 1868. This section looks at their arrival and their life stories.

South Australian Rocketry

Established in 1947 as a joint project between Great Britain and Australia, the Woomera Rocket Range grew to become the largest overland military testing facility in the world. This section explores Woomera Missiles, Rockets, Drones & Testing History