Primary contact
Eyre Highway, Kimba
Postal address: PO Box 71, Kimba SA 5641
Kimba, South Australia 5641
Identity area
Identifier
daa/280
Authorized form of name
Kimba and Gawler Ranges Historical Society Inc, South Australia
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- Kimba and Gawler Ranges Historical Society Museum, South Australia
Type
- Community
Contact area
Assistant Secretary
Type
Address
Street address
Eyre Highway, Kimba
Postal address: PO Box 71, Kimba SA 5641
Locality
Kimba
Region
South Australia
Country name
Postal code
5641
Telephone
08 8627 2205
Fax
patbeinke8@bigpond.com
Note
Description area
History
Founded in March 1971, the Society aims to collect, archive and display local history items relating to Kimba and runs a heritage complex of eight historic buildings, various sheds housing pioneer domestic and farming collections and a separate museum/library centre, all in a bushland setting.
Geographical and cultural context
Kimba is a rural service town on the Eyre Highway at the top of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: Secretary
Records management and collecting policies
Material relating to the local history of the Kimba District.
Buildings
The historic buildings, moved and rebuilt on the site, include an historic pioneer house, a one teacher school, a blacksmith shop, a government shed, a general store, a wheat buyer's hut and a telephone exchange. The interpretive museum centre is in a separate building.
Holdings
An interpretive museum centre contains the society's records, displays of smaller items, as well as oral histories, many photographs, newspapers and other documents, telling the story of the pioneering and development of Kimba town and district, dating from the 1840s. Themes include aboriginal to farming, Gawler Ranges, pastoral, police and telegraph.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9-11am, 2-4pm; Sunday 1.30-4pm.
Closed Monday, Friday, Saturday.
Access conditions and requirements
One week's advance notice required including details of area of research, name and address.
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
General reference assistance available.
Reproduction services
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Thematic area)
- Agriculture (Thematic area)
- Education (Thematic area)
- Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Local Studies (Thematic area)
- Transportation (Thematic area)