The Black Friday bushfires which swept across southeastern Australia in January 1939 have been remembered as a deadly and traumatic event.

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Two people are in hospital after a car drove over a cliff at a beach in Adelaide overnight. At about 11pm, emergency services were called to Gulf Parade in Maslin Beach, where they found a white ...

Cabanas and swags were sent flying at a busy Adelaide beach on Saturday afternoon as a willy willy swept in, sending those in ...

Those without verandas or gardens slept in Adelaide’s public squares and beaches. Irene Ingram lived in the closely-packed row cottages of Adelaide’s East End in the 1930s with her husband and ...

Trained life savers Sean Stanton and Nate Tredrea – the son of former Port Adelaide AFL player Warren Tredrea – were nearby the beach with a group of friends when they heard “a big bang”.

Police allege a Holden sedan was driven over a 50m cliff at Maslin Beach in Adelaide’s south on Sunday. Image/Russell Millard Photography A 30-year old female driver from Northgate and a 30-year ...

Beachgoers have been forced to flee the path of a willy willy as it tore down a South Australian beach, picking up everything ...