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Two Wells, South Australia

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Originally the wells were natural and permanent waterholes. In the 1880s the wells were deepened and strengthened to facilitate regular use by travelling stock. By 1900 a water pipeline supplied the area, and the wells were neglected. In the 1960s a local youth group rehabilitated the wells and
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surrounding area, but after a time they were again neglected. In 1979 the area was again rehabilitated, partly fenced, and signed as a reserve. It continues to be maintained by interested locals.
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for gallantry during preliminary attacks on the Hindenburg Line in September 1918. Woods survived the war and returned to a career in viticulture in Western Australia.
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who was born in Two Wells in 1886, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces in 1916 and was awarded a
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The boundaries were of the town officially fixed on 21 June 1990. Two Wells is located in the federal
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Life around the Light; a History of the Mallala District Council Area
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Two Wells - Then and Now: A history of the Hundred of Port Gawler
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Two Wells, Mallala and District History Book Committee, (1985),
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is a town approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the
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South Australia

Two Wells is located in South Australia
Coordinates
34°35′46″S 138°30′57″E / 34.596206°S 138.515919°E / -34.596206; 138.515919
2021
Postcode(s)
Time zone
ACST
UTC+9:30
DST
ACST
UTC+10:30
Adelaide city centre
Mallala
Gawler
LGA(s)
Adelaide Plains Council
Region
Barossa Light and Lower North
County
Gawler
State electorate(s)
Taylor
Federal division(s)
Grey
Lower Light
Korunye
Reeves Plains
Middle Beach

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