Mystery metal man
The photo below shows the slightly rumpled bust of an unknown man. It was found on Baker’s Flat at some time in the last few years. It’s not very big, about 7 cm tall, and I’m assuming at this stage...
View ArticleMystery metal man – could he be Charles Gavan Duffy?
A little while ago, I wrote about the small metal bust of an unknown man, found some years ago on Baker’s Flat. I had a theory it might be Gladstone. But now there’s another contender. One of the...
View ArticleRemember the dog tags?
I wrote a post last year about the dog tags that were found on Baker’s Flat. 1885 South Australian dog tag for District No. 78, Kapunda District Council Since then, I’ve found out lots more about dog...
View ArticleChristmas jigsaw puzzle of the ceramic variety
Christmas is an excellent time for jigsaw puzzles. One of my longtime favourite novelists, Margaret Drabble, asserts that ‘jigsaws are a joy at Christmas, the ideal gift, the perfect employment’....
View ArticleA tale of two buttons and some supernatural events
I’ve been cataloguing buttons from Baker’s Flat. The ones in the picture below are known as trouser buttons (suspender buttons if you’re in the US) and were used mainly on work trousers and shirts....
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