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This month in South Australia’s history

Purchase of Methodist church

On 24 August in 1957 an old Methodist church at Eastry St, Norwood was purchased that was to become the Lithuanian House.

The Adelaide-Glenelg Railway opens

The railway, which ended at Victoria Square, ran from 2 August 1873 until replaced by new electric trams in 1929.

Second Adelaide Violet Day Held

The event in Adelaide shifted to 25 August. Again sprays of fresh violets were sold, as were ‘buttons’ to raise money for the ‘boys’. Country branches of the Cheer-Up Society also held violet days, though not all on the same day.