Looking Back with the Bunyip

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 14th October 2020. 150 years ago the bunyip featured a story on the Sandy Creek institute… 100 years ago an article about Alleged pilfering otherwise known as stealing was printed, 50 years ago The bunyip reported on four local school closures which was of particular interest for Janette, 25 years ago a story with the headline “Down and out: the fight ends on fire station…” featured and ten years ago The Bunyip reported on a local political race.

Read more local news at the Bunyip Website here https://bunyippress.com.au/

Opening and closing music taken from A Tribute to Robbie Burns by Dougie Mathieson and Mags Macfarlane

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 7th October 2020.

This week’s big stories are from 150 years ago, a gathering of a Friendly Society, 100 years ago the Bunyip was reporting on a fire at Two Wells, 50 years ago an interesting story featured about a massive scheme to demolish the heart of Gawler proposed… 25 years ago the bunyip included a story titled, Going into Bat for a Family Tradition” and ten years ago a Pinched Pooch was making news.

Opening and closing music taken from A Tribute to Robbie Burns by Dougie Mathieson and Mags Macfarlane

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 30th September 2020. So 150 years ago the big story was a sale of reaping machines which created quite a stir in Gawler, 100 years ago the Bunyip was reporting on an automotive show in Adelaide, 50 years ago there was a much needed housing boom in Gawler, 25 years ago Basketballer, Tracey Braithwaite was making news and 10 years ago Gawler Station was getting a welcome upgrade.

Read more local news at the Bunyip Website here https://bunyippress.com.au/

Opening and closing music taken from A Tribute to Robbie Burns by Dougie Mathieson and Mags Macfarlane

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dougie_Mathieson__Mags_Macfarlane/A_Tribute_to_Rabbie_Burns

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 23rd September 2020. This week’s items of interest include another near-drowning, a memorial service, the outcome of the Friday night shopping referendum, the reunion of two sisters and more football, and it being finals season.

Read more local news at the Bunyip Website here https://bunyippress.com.au/

Opening and closing music taken from A Tribute to Robbie Burns by Dougie Mathieson and Mags Macfarlane

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dougie_Mathieson__Mags_Macfarlane/A_Tribute_to_Rabbie_Burns

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 16th September 2020. This week’s items of interest include a near-drowning, a memorial service, questions about Friday night shopping and the age of the gum tree in Commercial Lane and the opening of the Northern Expressway.

Read more local news at the Bunyip Website here https://bunyippress.com.au/

Opening and closing music taken from A Tribute to Robbie Burns by Dougie Mathieson and Mags Macfarlane

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dougie_Mathieson__Mags_Macfarlane/A_Tribute_to_Rabbie_Burns

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 9th September 2020. The looking back stories for this week feature football, and more football, bad weather, magpies and soap; signs of spring in Gawler.

Read more local news at the Bunyip Website here https://bunyippress.com.au/

Opening and closing music taken from A Tribute to Robbie Burns by Dougie Mathieson and Mags Macfarlane

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dougie_Mathieson__Mags_Macfarlane/A_Tribute_to_Rabbie_Burns

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 2nd September 2020. This week 150 years ago a pioneering band was entertaining the locals, 100 years ago road accidents were making news and both 50 and 10 years ago the Gawler Show was hitting the headlines. 25 years ago stockyards were generating local interest.

Read more local news at the Bunyip Website here https://bunyippress.com.au/

Opening and closing music taken from A Tribute to Robbie Burns by Dougie Mathieson and Mags Macfarlane

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dougie_Mathieson__Mags_Macfarlane/A_Tribute_to_Rabbie_Burns

Looking Back with the Bunyip

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 26th August 2020. This week the news stories include a complaint about the railway lines, two stories about the Gawler Show and a Champion Win.

Read more local news at the Bunyip Website here https://bunyippress.com.au/

Opening and closing music taken from A Tribute to Robbie Burns by Dougie Mathieson and Mags Macfarlane

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dougie_Mathieson__Mags_Macfarlane/A_Tribute_to_Rabbie_Burns

Looking back at Gawler’s history through the columns of the Bunyip Newspaper with Editor, Sara Gilligan from Wednesday 19 August 2020. This week the stories cover issues with damaged railway freight, a concert at the Institute, rate increases and complaints about road safety in the vicinity of Gawler Primary School. Could all be stories in this weeks’ edition, but for the writing style.

Read more local news at the Bunyip Website here https://bunyippress.com.au/

Opening and closing music taken from A Tribute to Robbie Burns by Dougie Mathieson and Mags Macfarlane

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dougie_Mathieson__Mags_Macfarlane/A_Tribute_to_Rabbie_Burns