for the Heritage Fleurieu Coast Festival
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Check out the HFC Festival 2026 Photo Gallery
Promoting community interest in local history, encouraging preservation of historical buildings and sites, collecting and documenting district heritage since 1977.
Explore Our District’s Heritage
Past and Present
A monthly newsletter produced by YDHS.
Contents of this issue
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Who’s Been Sleeping Where? Series of research skills workshops
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Dog Registration in the Early Colony. Digging up the information on dog tags
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Museum News. A new home for the Ramindjeri poster and the discovery of a van Raalte oil painting
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Extract from The Life and Adventures of Edward Snell
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Lions Early Cemeteries project at Torrens Vale
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Heritage Festival coming events​
If you enjoy writing, love history, or want to help produce Past and Present, please contact Sue Speck on 0448 438 974.
Yankalilla Regional News
YDHS also contributes articles of historic interest to every issue of the Yankalilla Regional News. An index of article titles is available as a pdf.
Our Supporters
YDHS acknowledges the ongoing support of the History Trust of South Australia
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We are proud to be affiliated with the Myponga History Group
The YDHS acknowledges the strong support of other organisations committed to the preservation and promotion of the Yankalilla region’s heritage.
District Council of Yankalilla
Yankalilla and District Lions Club
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