Silver to Sea Way

13/11/2022

As part of the Silver to Sea Way project, we've held storycapturing workshops throughout the region.

These workshops have all been a great success! We've heard and captured many fascinating stories, ranging from tales of early settlement to railway anecdotes and memories of more recent events.

📸 Jamestown resident Leith Cooper (left) talking with Professor Paul Ashton during a recent storycapturing workshop. Topbunk.

07/11/2022

Have you been to the Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre lately❓

Located at Steamtown, the Peterborough Roundhouse has long been an important part of the South Australian railway system. In addition to many fascinating stories, the Roundhouse is also home to a series of successful regeneration works, which were completed earlier this year as part of the Silver to Sea Way project.

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06/10/2022

Last week, we had a great time up the Silver to Sea Way region!

In addition to talking with locals about their ideas for the project and recording numerous fascinating stories about the towns along the route, we also snuck in a bit of sightseeing 🤭

📸 Sam and Paul are pictured here, checking out the former Butter Factory on Bondowie St, Gladstone

23/09/2022

Next week, the Silver to Sea Way team will be in the region facilitating a series of story capturing workshops. If interested, please come along and record your stories of the towns and communities along the way!

Sessions will be held in:
• Crystal Brook, Monday 26 September, 10am-1pm, History Group Building
• Gladstone, Tuesday 27 September, 12pm-3pm, Yangya Meeting Room, Town Hall
• Caltowie, Wednesday 28 September, 10am-1pm, Bowling Club
• Jamestown, Thursday 29 September, 10am-1pm, History Centre
• Peterborough, Friday 30 September, 10am-1pm, Steamtown

📸 Pictured: Mary Zimmerman at the Peterborough Printing Works during the last series of story capturing workshops

21/09/2022

Next week, we'll be up in the Mid-North, facilitating a series of story capturing workshops!

Led by Sue Hodges and Professor Paul Ashton, the purpose of these sessions is to capture and record some of your stories of the Silver to Sea Way.

Make sure to check out the attached images for further details 📅

We look forward to hearing more about the people, places, and events that have shaped each town and community along the Way!

16/08/2022

Recently, Gladstone resident Steve Schultz tracked down two postcards, sent from the Gladstone Post Office in 1891 and 1893.

Have a read of this great article to learn more!

A historian says postcards sent from his town more than a century ago are among the treasures he has managed to track down in his history club's push to establish a museum.

15/08/2022

Kaitie, a history and classics student from the University of Adelaide, recently joined the Silver to Sea Way team as an intern. Over the next semester, Kaitie will be discovering and developing some of the amazing stories from along the Silver to Sea Way. These stories will then be made available online, through the project’s StoryBank database 🤩

11/08/2022

A fantastic feature on Peterborough by Ben Kelly for SALIFE. Well worth the read!

The piercing steam whistle could be heard for miles. Before the sun was up each day, Peterborough’s boiler house attendant sounded the 6am whistle that screamed like a banshee, ringing out across the town’s homes, rail yards and surrounding farmland: an alarm clock for the entire town of more th...

09/08/2022

We've been pretty quiet on the socials lately, but a lot has been happening behind the scenes!

We've welcomed new interns to the project team 👋 visited Port Pirie to discuss upcoming works 🛤 and are currently preparing to hit the road again next week, as we gather stories from the towns and communities along the way 🚗

14/07/2022

Last week, Peter, James and Bridgette were at the Port Pirie Railway Museum busy gathering ideas and looking around the fantastic space.

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05/07/2022

Press play to listen to a 30-second snippet of Project Intern Sophie's podcast on Caltowie. Intended for listeners travelling between Jamestown and Caltowie, this episode touches on Caltowie's history and current amenities.

To listen to the full episode, visit our website: https://s2sw.com.au/2022/07/05/hear-more-about-caltowie-intern-podcast/

30/06/2022

To keep up-to-date with the latest project news, make sure to visit our website ( www.s2sw.com.au / link in bio ) and either subscribe to our project newsletter or read our recent news posts.

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28/06/2022

Recently, Pat Kent spoke with Stephen Rufus (CEO of District Council of Peterborough ) about the importance of the Silver to Sea Way project to the region.

Stephen also told of his personal connection to the railway, and why the Silver to Sea Way route is special to his family.

Video produced by Kim Mavromatis (MAV Media SA)

23/06/2022

Today's comes from Gladstone, with this fantastic image of an early spiked two wheel tractor 🚜

This was one of the images provided by the Gladstone History Group for our recent Places in Cases program.

21/06/2022

Last week, we were back onsite at the Peterborough Roundhouse supporting Mike Adler and the team from McMahon Services in the judging stage of the 2022 Building Excellence Awards.

We wish them the very best of luck!

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17/06/2022

One highlight of the recent community workshops was being able to hear all the fantastic stories that participants felt showcased the very best of the region 💯

For instance, in Jamestown, we heard quite a bit about the Jamestown Show - and, thanks to local NT Branch members, we have this great picture of the 125th Show to share 📸

15/06/2022

We think this Place in a Case, made by students at Gladstone Primary School, is very creative!

We especially love the large pair of shears (made from plasticine, tape, and pipe cleaners), as well as all the wool (crumpled paper) 🐑

08/06/2022

This week, we're out and about in the region speaking to communities about the stories and experiences that the Silver to Sea Way could offer.

Many thanks to those who have already spoken with us, in Gladstone, Jamestown (pictured), and Peterborough. It's been great to hear all of your fantastic ideas!

We're looking forward to our Port Pirie session tomorrow.

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31/05/2022

Today, Helen and Bridgette are hitting the road to visit schools in Jamestown and Gladstone.

They'll be working with primary school students to create mini-museum displays that can be housed inside these old cases!

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26/05/2022

This semester, we have 6 interns working alongside the project team!

From Flinders Uni, Sam has spent his placement researching current tourism offerings in the mid-North region and creating a range of digital media and marketing content to promote the Jamestown stretch of the Silver to Sea Way.

During a recent visit to Jamestown, Sam bumped into S2SW team member Pat (pictured).

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19/05/2022

Did you know that tourism provides one in twenty jobs in Australia ❓ Or that 40% of total visitor spend occurs in regional Australia ❓

Heritage-based tourism offers regional areas significant possibilities for growth. That's why the Silver to Sea Way is such an important project for so many.

📸 Aerial shot of Port Pirie

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16/05/2022

The Peterborough Roundhouse's new roof certainly looks spectacular from above!

📸Chris Thomson, DCP

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11/05/2022

The Silver to Sea Way team are gearing up for another series of the Places in Cases school program. As part of this program, primary school students are asked to produce a mini-museum display based on a historic image of their town.

Towards the end of this month, we'll be visiting several schools in the mid-North region. We look forward to seeing what these students create!

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09/05/2022

Recently, the Silver to Sea Way team spent a week exploring Broken Hill and Silverton. These locations mark the 'silver' bookend to the Silver to Sea Way.

We enjoyed being tourists - with a particular highlight being our visit to Bells Milk Bar in Broken Hill!

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05/05/2022

05/05/2022

Guests at the recent Steamtown Open Day included Geoff Brock MP, Member for Stuart and Minister for Regional Roads, Local Government and Veteran Affairs.

We thank Geoff for taking the time to attend this event, as well as for his ongoing support of the Silver to Sea Way project.

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📸 Lindall White Photography

03/05/2022

On Friday 22 April, the Silver to Sea Way team and the District Council of Peterborough co-hosted an Open Day at the Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre.

It was fantastic to see so many visitors onsite and enjoying the tours led by Steamtown guide Shirley Edmonds.

📸 Lindall White Photography

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30/04/2022

Exciting news from Peterborough!

The restoration of Peterborough's Railway Roundhouse has been completed, including the removal of asbestos and damaged columns and beams from the building.

It's the largest Roundhouse in the southern hemisphere and serviced one of the busiest single-track railway lines in the world.

Project manager, Pat Kent, says the Roundhouse played an important role in Australia's industrialisation.

"It serviced more than a hundred trains a day, and the line there carried 43 million tonnes of ore from Broken Hill to Port Pirie and established BHP."

19/04/2022

Come along to the Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre this Friday for FREE tours of the Peterborough Roundhouse.

This is a great opportunity to see the completed regeneration works.

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