Glen Osmond, South Australia
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History
In 1841, silver and lead were found at Glen Osmond, leading to the establishment of the Wheal Gawler and Wheal Watkins mines.[1] The mines operated in the 1840s, and again in the 1890s. Cedric Stanton Hicks, founder of the Australian Army Catering Corps, died here in 1976.
Notable people
- Nancy Cato (1917–2000), writer and activist, born and raised in Glen Osmond[2]
Bibliography
Tom Gill, whose family were early settlers in the area, published a History and Topography of Glen Osmond in 1902.[3] A facsimile edition of the book was published by the State Library of South Australia in 1974.
References
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