Bublacowie Military Museum Explained

Bublacowie Military Museum is a private museum on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia on Brentwood Road, near the Bublacowie Road intersection. -34.922°N 137.6106°W

The museum was created by Christopher Soar, an Australian Army veteran of Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam conflicts. He was motivated by the need to preserve artefacts previously held by a Yorke Peninsula RSL club, then discarded when the club was disbanded. To this end, Soar purchased the old Bublacowie one-room schoolhouse (closed 1943), with Soar and his wife living in the attached residence. With the assistance of local volunteers, he acquired display cases for the smaller of those items and others since acquired, also some personal memorabilia.[1]

Larger items include field cannon, military vehicles and a German Storch aircraft.[2]

The museum attracts around 1,200 visitors per year and some 1,500 children on school excursions[1] and hosts remembrance ceremonies on Anzac Day and Armistice Day.[3]

Gallery

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Notes and References

  1. News: Remote South Australian military museum is preserving history . Angela Coe . ABC News . 28 April 2019 . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 21 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Weekend Notes . 3 January 2019 . Dave Walsh . 21 February 2023.
  3. Web site: Bublacowie – Remembrance Day Service . Yorke Peninsula Council. 21 February 2023.