Primary contact
Clare Town Hall, Main Street, Clare
Postal address: PO Box 6, Clare 5453
Clare, South Australia 5453
Identity area
Identifier
daa/270
Authorized form of name
Clare Regional History Group, South Australia
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- CRHG
Type
- Community
Contact area
Research Officer
Type
Address
Street address
Clare Town Hall, Main Street, Clare
Postal address: PO Box 6, Clare 5453
Locality
Clare
Region
South Australia
Country name
Postal code
5453
Telephone
08 8842 4100 (when open)
Fax
Note
Description area
History
The Clare Regional History Group was formed in April 1984. It developed in response to a community-felt need for a collection to house written and photographic materials relevant to Clare and the surrounding area.
Since then, through fund-raising and a grant, a range of equipment and software has been purchased to help ensure that written and pictorial history can be preserved and made readily accessible.
The Group is an incorporated, autonomous body which provides the skills, labour and some funding to develop the History Collection as an extension of the Council-owned Public Library facilities.
The collection is now housed upstairs in the Clare Town Hall in Clare's Main Street.
Geographical and cultural context
The town of Clare is located in the County of Stanley, in the mid north region of South Australia, 136 km north of Adelaide.
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: Curator
Records management and collecting policies
Regional history - photographic and written only.
Buildings
Holdings
The Clare History Group has gathered an extensive range of material, covering the history of Clare and the surrounding villages, and to some surrounding townships.
The large range of material covers items of historical value such as:
Papers
- Clare's Northern Argus from 1869 to the present (or use Trove at the National Library's website)
- The South Australia Register for the years 1836-1874 (or use Trove at the National Library website)
Records - Church, School and Council records from the earliest days of the settlement in the area.
Photographs - For an index and digitised copies, see https://www.clarehistory.com/clare-historic-photos
Indexes - A Cemetery Index of all known burials and headstones in the immediate vicinity.
- The Abbott Index to names in The Northern Argus and other early South Australian papers.
- The Pattullo Land History of Clare, detailing transactions for the area of the Hutt River Special Survey,1841-1990.
- Digger CDs for the the State Index to Births (1842-1928), Deaths (1842-1972) and Marriages (1842-1937) for the whole of South Australia. (The Group's local index extends beyond these dates slightly).
- The Group's own Index of local material, arranged by surname, subject and locality is in development.
The collection also includes an extensive library of books published about the area, as well as family and district histories.
Finding aids, guides and publications
For publications, see https://www.clarehistory.com/books-for-sale and https://www.clarehistory.com/newsletter-issues
Access area
Opening times
Open Fridays, 1-4pm, upstairs at the Clare Town Hall.
Access conditions and requirements
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
General reference assistance available. Referral to paid researchers is available. Introductory brochure available.
Reproduction services
General copying services available.
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 11 September 2022
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Agriculture (Thematic area)
- Education (Thematic area)
- Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Politics and Government (Thematic area)
- Religion (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)