West Torrens Historical Society Inc, Adelaide

West Torrens Historical Society Inc, Adelaide

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The West Torrens Historical Society was founded in March 1976 and incorporated in September 1987. It is a voluntary non-profit organisation which records, collects and researches matters of historical interest relating to the people, businesses, events, land and buildings within the City of West Torrens.

The Society also strives to generate interest in local history among residents of the area by holding open meetings during which guest speakers make presentations on a wide range of subjects.

North Plympton is a suburb of Adelaide, in the City of West Torrens.

Officer in charge: President

Historical material relating to the people, businesses, events, land and buildings within the City of West Torrens.

The headquarters of the society is located in the local heritage-listed house "Kandahar", built in about 1900 in North Plympton.

Records, documents, photographs, images, maps, newspaper articles, recorded and transcribed interviews, books and small items of memorabilia relating to the City of West Torrens.

“A Pictorial History of West Torrens” by D.M. Marles, OAM.
“West Torrens Suburb Names Old and New”
“Gateway City – The reunited community of Thebarton and West Torrens” by Peter Donovan
“Between the City and The Sea” by Peter Donovan
West Torrens Historian (newsletter of the society) is published each April, August and December. For the latest copies, see http://users.chariot.net.au/~wths/historian.html.

Open by appointment: contact the society about arrangements.

The society, with the co-operation of the City of West Torrens Hamra Centre Library, has been digitising its records. Hundreds of society's files - photographs, images, documents, transcribed interviews and newspaper reports - are already accessible on the Hamra Centre Library's website. See http://users.chariot.net.au/~wths/research.html for more details.

Contact the society about undertaking research.

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