Parawa Community Hall alongside the CFS (Country Fire Service) and tennis courts, Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia
Parawa is a locality within the high rainfall portion of the Fleurieu Peninsula.
It has a strong rural community primarily involved with dairying, beef and sheep production.
Community facilities are the Community Hall, CFS (Country Fire Service) and a recreation area with tennis and basketball courts.
Inside the hall a plaque records services rendered to the Parawa District by the late A G Ireland Esq by donating land in 1947 for the site of the Parawa Recreation Centre.
Excellent possibilities for the development of a large area of excellent permanent pastures in high rainfall country near Cape Jervis were revealed in a field day held by the Parawa Progress Association yesterday.
Some outstanding pastures were seen in newly developed country, white clover making remarkable growth.
Many local residents and visitors inspected six properties and all were impressed with the district.
The Association secretary (Mr R F Williams) said that the Parawa district extended from Mount Robinson to the Second Valley Government Forest, was bounded by the range escarpment on the north, and extended to the sea. The area was about 100 square miles.
Feed on the higher ground was green until Christmas while the swamps were always green.
Most of the settlers were ex-servicemen developing the country at their own initiative.
Three years ago a milk pick-up began and fat lambs were now being produced where five years ago there were none. [Ref: Advertiser 9-12-1949]
Dorset Horn cross lambs bred by Mr W S Martin, Sandy Creek, on his property in the Parawa district sold at 55/7 at the Abattoirs last week. [Ref: Chronicle 22-12-1949]
At a field day organised by the Parawa Progress Association last week, visitors were given an opportunity of seeing the progress that has been made.
From practically nothing six years ago the district’s production has risen dramatically, and ten tons of milk are now picked up each day by the Myponga Co-operative Dairying Society.
The Sheep Husbandry Adviser (Mr D Muirhead) stated that a pen of lambs exhibited by Mr A G Ireland were good enough to enter in the export lamb competition.
Many settlers were ex-servicemen who expressed appreciation of the sustenance allowances they received in the first 12 months from the Repatriation Commission. These allowed them breathing space to bring the properties into production. [Ref: Chronicle 30-11-1950]
PARAWA CATTLE SALE
Goldsbrough Mort & Co Limited report having held their opening cattle sale in Mr E Whitlick Jones’ cattle yards on Range Road, Parawa, on Thursday 26 February.
A large crowd was in attendance and of the 184 cattle offered all but 14 were sold at auction. [Ref: Victor Harbor Times 6-3-1953]
AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE FOR PARAWA with instructions
The Postmaster-General (Mr Anthony) has advised the Hon A G Cameron MP that, subject to the final tests of the equipment being satisfactory, a rural automatic exchange which will provide continuous service on an unattended basis will be established at Parawa on Thursday, the 9th July.
The exchange, to which thirty-six subscribers' services will be connected initially, is a fifty line automatic unit having two direct trunk lines to the Yankalilla exchange, which will be obtained by dialling "O”. Subscribers connected to the Parawa exchange will be able to dial each other direct. Calls to Yankalilla and all other trunk line calls will be connected by a telephonist at Yankalilla. Subscribers may also telephone telegrams to the Yankalilla Post Office.
Various tones are necessary in automatic telephony and a knowledge of these is essential to successful use of the facilities. Dialling should not be commenced until a continuous humming. known as "dial" tone, is heard, indicating that the equipment is free. On completion of dialling a low pitched "burr-burr" tone will indicate that the called telephone is ringing. If the called subscriber is engaged a high pitched interrupted buzz known as the "engaged" signal will he heard. A high pitched continuous tone, known as "number unobtainable" tone, will be heard if the number called is not a working line. In this case, either the telephone directory should be referred to or the Yankalilla exchange dialled to verify the number. [Ref: Victor Harbour Times 3-7-1953]
Gymkhana at Parawa
A 19-event programme has been arranged for tomorrow’s gymkhana at Parawa, commencing at 12.45pm. The nett proceeds of the day are in aid of Parawa Recreation Reserve. {Ref: Victor Harbour Times 3-7-1953]
The first wedding in the new Parawa Methodist Church was of Janice, daughter of Mr and Mrs John H Argent, Parawa, to Roger Grenville, son of Mr A G and the late Mrs Ireland.
Mr and Mrs Argent entertained 150 guests at reception in Parawa Hall. [Ref: Leader (Angaston) 12-11-1953]
Second Valley-Parawa Mail Service
Arrangements have been made to establish a road mail service between Second Valley and Parawa as from 1 September.
The new service will provide three times weekly roadside mail delivery facilities to 42 residents in the locality, which has been developed for settlement by ex-servicemen on dairying, agricultural and pastoral holdings.
The proposed mail porter has conveyed mail in the in the past for residents, in conjunction with his carrying activities, but the action which has been taken will place the service on an official basis. [Ref: Victor Harbor Times 27-8-1954]
Parawa Community Hall alongside the CFS (Country Fire Service) and tennis courts, Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia
Parawa is a locality within the high rainfall portion of the Fleurieu Peninsula.
It has a strong rural community primarily involved with dairying, beef and sheep production.
Community facilities are the Community Hall, CFS (Country Fire Service) and a recreation area with tennis and basketball courts.
Inside the hall a plaque records services rendered to the Parawa District by the late A G Ireland Esq by donating land in 1947 for the site of the Parawa Recreation Centre.
Excellent possibilities for the development of a large area of excellent permanent pastures in high rainfall country near Cape Jervis were revealed in a field day held by the Parawa Progress Association yesterday.
Some outstanding pastures were seen in newly developed country, white clover making remarkable growth.
Many local residents and visitors inspected six properties and all were impressed with the district.
The Association secretary (Mr R F Williams) said that the Parawa district extended from Mount Robinson to the Second Valley Government Forest, was bounded by the range escarpment on the north, and extended to the sea. The area was about 100 square miles.
Feed on the higher ground was green until Christmas while the swamps were always green.
Most of the settlers were ex-servicemen developing the country at their own initiative.
Three years ago a milk pick-up began and fat lambs were now being produced where five years ago there were none. [Ref: Advertiser 9-12-1949]
Dorset Horn cross lambs bred by Mr W S Martin, Sandy Creek, on his property in the Parawa district sold at 55/7 at the Abattoirs last week. [Ref: Chronicle 22-12-1949]
At a field day organised by the Parawa Progress Association last week, visitors were given an opportunity of seeing the progress that has been made.
From practically nothing six years ago the district’s production has risen dramatically, and ten tons of milk are now picked up each day by the Myponga Co-operative Dairying Society.
The Sheep Husbandry Adviser (Mr D Muirhead) stated that a pen of lambs exhibited by Mr A G Ireland were good enough to enter in the export lamb competition.
Many settlers were ex-servicemen who expressed appreciation of the sustenance allowances they received in the first 12 months from the Repatriation Commission. These allowed them breathing space to bring the properties into production. [Ref: Chronicle 30-11-1950]
PARAWA CATTLE SALE
Goldsbrough Mort & Co Limited report having held their opening cattle sale in Mr E Whitlick Jones’ cattle yards on Range Road, Parawa, on Thursday 26 February.
A large crowd was in attendance and of the 184 cattle offered all but 14 were sold at auction. [Ref: Victor Harbor Times 6-3-1953]
AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE FOR PARAWA with instructions
The Postmaster-General (Mr Anthony) has advised the Hon A G Cameron MP that, subject to the final tests of the equipment being satisfactory, a rural automatic exchange which will provide continuous service on an unattended basis will be established at Parawa on Thursday, the 9th July.
The exchange, to which thirty-six subscribers' services will be connected initially, is a fifty line automatic unit having two direct trunk lines to the Yankalilla exchange, which will be obtained by dialling "O”. Subscribers connected to the Parawa exchange will be able to dial each other direct. Calls to Yankalilla and all other trunk line calls will be connected by a telephonist at Yankalilla. Subscribers may also telephone telegrams to the Yankalilla Post Office.
Various tones are necessary in automatic telephony and a knowledge of these is essential to successful use of the facilities. Dialling should not be commenced until a continuous humming. known as "dial" tone, is heard, indicating that the equipment is free. On completion of dialling a low pitched "burr-burr" tone will indicate that the called telephone is ringing. If the called subscriber is engaged a high pitched interrupted buzz known as the "engaged" signal will he heard. A high pitched continuous tone, known as "number unobtainable" tone, will be heard if the number called is not a working line. In this case, either the telephone directory should be referred to or the Yankalilla exchange dialled to verify the number. [Ref: Victor Harbour Times 3-7-1953]
Gymkhana at Parawa
A 19-event programme has been arranged for tomorrow’s gymkhana at Parawa, commencing at 12.45pm. The nett proceeds of the day are in aid of Parawa Recreation Reserve. {Ref: Victor Harbour Times 3-7-1953]
The first wedding in the new Parawa Methodist Church was of Janice, daughter of Mr and Mrs John H Argent, Parawa, to Roger Grenville, son of Mr A G and the late Mrs Ireland.
Mr and Mrs Argent entertained 150 guests at reception in Parawa Hall. [Ref: Leader (Angaston) 12-11-1953]
Second Valley-Parawa Mail Service
Arrangements have been made to establish a road mail service between Second Valley and Parawa as from 1 September.
The new service will provide three times weekly roadside mail delivery facilities to 42 residents in the locality, which has been developed for settlement by ex-servicemen on dairying, agricultural and pastoral holdings.
The proposed mail porter has conveyed mail in the in the past for residents, in conjunction with his carrying activities, but the action which has been taken will place the service on an official basis. [Ref: Victor Harbor Times 27-8-1954]