Category: History

Fourth Antiques Valuation Day A Winner

On Saturday 27th July 2019 The Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery hosted it’s fourth Antique and old wares valuation and information day at the Gallery with antique expert Mr. John Foumakis

John Foumakis with some beautiful items to value
John Foumakis with some beautiful items to value

The Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery Committee would especially like to thank Mr. John Foumakis for his generosity and support with these valuation days.

The Heritage Committee were also delighted to have Erin Connellan of Radio Station Magic 105.9, based in Port Augusta visit and do video and audio interview.  We are happy to be able to link back to thier website with the videos below.

Magic 105-9 - Erin chats with Samuel Doering at Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery
Magic 105-9 – Erin chats with Samuel Doering at Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery

Link to Magic 105.9 Web Page with the Video Chat

John valued and gave information about various old treasures that people had bought in to look at. With the cost of entry and unlimited valuations being only $5 people did get a real bargain, whether their items were or not.

Erin from Magic 105.9 Interviewed John – click on image or link below

Magic 105-9 - Erin chats with Antique Valuer John Foumakis at Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery - 270719
Magic 105-9 – Erin chats with Antique Valuer John Foumakis at Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery

Link to Magic 105.9 Web Page with the Audio Chat

Everyone has something old and interesting to share, so when the Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery arrange the next Valuation Day, bring long your knick-knacks and curios to discover more about them and find out thier value.

Magic 105-9 Erin chats with Peter Horne talks about Eudunda to Celebrate 150th Anniversary of Township Nov 2020
Magic 105-9 Erin chats with Peter Horne talks about Eudunda to Celebrate 150th Anniversary of Township Nov 2020

Link to Magic 105.9 Web Page with the Video Chat

Some Photos from the day.

  • John Foumakis with some beautiful items to value
    John Foumakis with some beautiful items to value

Our Fourth Antiques Valuation Day Set For 27th July 2019

The Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery
will be hosting an antique and old wares valuation and information day

Date: Saturday 27th July 2019
Time 10:00am until 1:00pm

To be held in the Gallery
17-19 Bruce Street Eudunda

An antique expert of considerable repute
Mr. John Foumakis
has offered to value and give information about
your old treasures

Cost of entry and unlimited valuations is $5.

Everyone has something old and interesting to share, so
bring along your knick-knacks and curios to discover
more about them and find out thier value.

Third Antiques Valuation Day Set For 25th May 2019

The Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery
will be hosting an antique and old wares valuation and information day

Date: Saturday 25th May 2019
Time 10:00am until 12:00am

To be held in the Gallery
17-19 Bruce Street Eudunda

An antique expert of considerable repute
Mr. John Foumakis
has offered to value and give information about
your old treasures

Cost of entry and unlimited valuations is $5.

Everyone has something old and interesting to share, so
bring along your knick-knacks and curios to discover
more about them and find out thier value.

Second Antiques Valuation Day Set For 16th Mar 2019

The Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery
will be hosting an antique and old wares valuation and information day

Date: Saturday 16th March 2019
Time 10:00am until 12:00am

To be held in the Gallery
17-19 Bruce Street Eudunda

An antique expert of considerable repute
Mr. John Foumakis
has offered to value and give information about
your old treasures

Cost of entry and unlimited valuations is $5.
This also includes cake and coffee.

Everyone has something old and interesting to share, so
bring along your knick-knacks and curios to discover
more about them and find out thier value.

Talking About Snow in Eudunda – This is the 80’s

Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery Committee Member – Samuel Doering has been doing a stellar job of posting old news items and photos on our Facebook page. So if you have facebook – check them out at https://www.facebook.com/EudundaHeritage

For those of you who don’t have Facebook or prefer not to – we wanted to share some more modern snow photos here as well.

There is – after all ‘A Story’ even in the modern history, which many of you will have experienced. So – let’s not forget those experiences too.

This is a series of photos from an Early 80’s snow event that a one of our ex locals, Colin Wegener took.

ABOVE: This is one looking from Colin’s back fence across the Railway Triangle toward Morgan Road (as it was known back then (see big gum trees, now called Thiele Highway, named after Colin Thiele). up toward South Terrace

Colin used to work on the Railway back then, as a porter, mainly in the good shed. He was in fact the last person to work at the railway station.

Colin lived in the railways cottages, at number 3 Oval Crescent to be exact. Back then the railway system still had the “Railway Triangle” working, with rail lines crossing the main road and into the area behind the cottages. They used this so they could shunt locos and freight. (You can still see some of that earthworks on the main railway side of Thiele Highway (opposite the new Caravan Park), and that leads us to a bit more Eudunda History.

You won’t find Oval Crescent ‘the road’ or cottages there any more, as all the houses were removed. The area was bare for a long time (early 80’s). It did have a playground established for a few years.

Later the northern side was to become part of the Eudunda Community Centre, and the Eudunda BMX Track was developed on the Southern side.

When the BMX Club closed the area was again eyed off by the Eudunda Community, Business and Tourism Committee (ECBAT) for a caravan park, and after many years of negotiations and fund raising have managed to establish one there, in June 2017. See Eudunda Caravan Park.

Snow - Early 80's - from 3 Oval Crescent Eudunda - Looking across to South Terrace & Ward St - Hospital
Snow – Early 80’s – from 3 Oval Crescent Eudunda – Looking across to South Terrace & Ward St – Hospital
Snow - Early 80's - from 3 Oval Crescent Eudunda, Looking toward Golf Course & Old Playground in front
Snow – Early 80’s – from 3 Oval Crescent Eudunda, Looking toward Golf Course & Old Playground in front
Snow - Early 80's - Eudunda-Marrabel Road
Snow – Early 80’s – Eudunda-Marrabel Road

We hope you have enjoyed looking back into the early 80’s. Thanks to Colin for supplying the photos.