Local tales

Some of these tales date back to Coromandel Valley's early days. Some are more recent. All are entertaining.

What's in a name?

Picturesque Coromandel Valley in the Adelaide Hills was one of the earliest settlements in the fledgling Colony of South...

Who put the Trout in the Sturt?

Trolling through Trove back in 2013, CVDNT member David Conlon’s attention was caught by a snippet of...

A Sailor Speaks Up In 1898

From THE OBSERVER, Saturday, 10th December 1898: one of the Coromandel sailors speaks up The item reads: "The recent death of Mrs Burgess, who came out to this colony in the Coromandel, landing here in January, 1837, forces upon one the fact...