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History Articles / The Blackwood Magazine

Throughout 2014, to celebrate the centenary of The Blackwood Magazine as well as to promote our local history, community members (facilitated by the Blackwood Action Group and supported by The City of Mitcham's Heritage Research Centre) will reproduce 1914 magazine snippets in The Blackwood Times.

Farewell 1914

As the 19th century moved into the 20th century, Blackwood was emerging as the commercial and social centre for the Hills district. At...

Blackwood Soldiers

In September 1914, The Blackwood Magazine published a ‘Roll of Honour’ to recognise the first men of the district who volunteered to...

Empire Loyalty

"Blackwood was out to demonstrate its loyalty to the Empire" The First World War exploded onto the world stage on 4th August 1914. The...

Women and the Path to Equity

TWENTY YEARS after women gained the vote in South Australia the 1914 Blackwood Magazine was continuing the debate. The “Revolt of Woman”,...

Building Blackwood

Daniel John Hewett was born in 1842 on the site of what is now parliament House in Adelaide. Daniel was eight years old when his father...

Orchards and Market Gardens

"RECORDS records everywhere, but not a drop of rain ... October has been the driest and hottest on record" (The Blackwood Magazine,...

Beautifying Blackwood

"The time will come when a noble avenue of elms and pines may constitute the pride of every Blackwood dweller" In 1914 the district hub...

Weighty Topics and Good Diction

In a society where few people had access to education beyond primary school, literary societies and institutes played a very significant...

Blackwood Navvies

In Blackwood: "... A stirring Band of Hope, (organisations which encouraged members to sign a pledge of life-long abstinence from...

Blackwood Beginnings

In the April 1914 issue of The Blackwood Magazine, Blackwood is eloquently described as: "…a semi-suburban township, situated 11½ miles...

The Boys Club

For much of the 20th Century the Boys’ Club Hall, located on the corner of Coromandel Parade and Garnet Avenue, was the social hub of the...

The Blackwood Magazine

Throughout 2014, to celebrate the centenary of The Blackwood Magazine as well as to promote our local history, community members...