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A Barossa Christmas in the 1800’s – Part 3 – Christmas Eve
It’s Christmas Eve. For the final time we are going to take a few minutes, step away from the Christmas that is happening all around us, and step back in time to Christmas Eve in the Barossa in the late 1800’s. To the play, the service, the carols, the gathering of...
A Barossa Christmas in the 1800’s – Part 2: the Food
Are you ready to head back into the past again? Off we go back to the Barossa at Christmas time, sometime in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s. Before we go, look around at the Christmas decorations, trees and lights that fill our shops, businesses, homes and...
A Barossa Christmas in the 1800’s – Part 1: the music
Imagine, if you will, that you are a small child again, sitting inside a small country church on a Christmas Eve, long ago in the Barossa. The night is warm and still, and the stars are beginning to shine. Outside there are few sounds, besides sheep bleating...
Plush’s Corner Railway Siding
Did you know the village of Light Pass once had its own railway siding, situated at Plush’s Corner? Back in the glory days of the steam trains, the train network expanded all over the country. In 1924, a line was built that connected Light Pass to Adelaide in one...
Margaret Zweck recordings – memories of Light Pass and Rechner Cottage
Margaret Zweck moved to Light Pass in the 70's, as the wife of the minister at Strait Gate Lutheran church. Margaret has always had a passion for history. Shortly after arriving at Light Pass, she became aware that Luhrs Cottage, an old, dilapidated pug cottage...
The Barossa Lantern Walk
July 17th 2022: The Barossa German Language Group is dedicated to keeping the German traditions and language alive in the Barossa. One beautiful German tradition which they are celebrating this week is the Lanternenfeste – the Lantern festival. This festival is held...