Collection: Local Collection Non Fiction

William and Janet Johnston emigrated from Campbeltown to South Australia in 1839, when the British colony was two years old. They arrived with their daughter and five of six sons and, like many settlers, became farmers. Elder sons, William junior and James soon became proficient brewers and in 18...

On 3rd September 1939, Britain declared was on Hitler's Germany. It wasn't entirely unexpected in Kintyre, as preparations for the eventuality of war had been made from the beginning of the year. Still, it was with a great sense of foreboding that people listened to the radio message of the Prime...

For four years Percy S. Pilcher experimented with flight. From early days at Cardross in 1895, he flew at Auchensail and Wallaceton. Then he went south and died tragically when his soaring machine collapsed in the air. He was on the verge of powered flight when he lost his life. This account cove...