Comments on: Farina: Ruined Ghost Town – Oodnadatta Track, South Australia

By: Pauline

Pauline — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:50:58 +0000

Looking for any info or photo’s about the Hisgrove family or the Adams family from Farina..If anyone has any photo’s I would love a copy….Hope to get there one day….

By: Keith Mc Gowan

Keith Mc Gowan — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:30:23 +0000

Discovered Farina over the past two days by accident. What a find. Spent hours wandering around, taking photographs, soaking up the History. And you don’t need a “bloody great big 4 x 4″ to get there. Take some tucker tho. Congratulations to those who look after Farina and the super “ripper you beaut” camping park. Well done to you all. We will be back !

By: Peter Grant

Peter Grant — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:44:20 +0000

This is a note for Gayle, comment number 13. I have recently returned from a trip to the centre and have a photo of Nathaniel Finn’s grave in Farina Cemetery. It is a reasonably good photo and I was wondering if Gayle would like a copy of it. If so please contact me at paf.grant AT gmail.com
Peter.

EDITOR: unfortunately Gayle didnt leave her email address in the comment, hopefully she checks this page every now and then

By: elaine white

elaine white — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:04:06 +0000

hi Trevor, thank you for doing that..I guess it was a big ask..looking at the photos of Farina,,,,,I don’t suppose it will be an easy thing to get it back to how it was, it would be a great thing to be involved in..my Gr, Gran was a Hisgrove, and lived in Farina.then married an Adams, and lived , also at cordillo downs…they then went to W.A early 1900s..I will look forward to seeing more info on Farina in the future….Elaine……

By: Trevor Mckerlie

Trevor Mckerlie — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:12:29 +0000

Hi Elaine, Yes back from the trip to Farina, sorry for the delay in contacting you. It was a tremendous trip but unfortunately I could find no reference to your inlaws.

Not to give up though as the owners of Farina station are in the process of researching the graves at Farina,apparently most of the local records were lost in a fire but fortunately in that era records of births and deaths were registered at Burra.

After the rains at Farina things are in a bit of a mess (roads and such) but the countryside is in excellent health, the greenest i think I have ever seen it. We coulnt drive to the cemetery,roads washed out, but we hiked and took a few photos which I will send as soon as I work out how to.

Could find no trees or evidence of any anywhere near the cemetery. A lot of unmarked graves that are being investigated. The Dawes family at Farina station are a lovely family and were very helpful to us and are very dedicated to the research of Farina history so dont give up the ghost yet-more is happening.

Sorry again and will post photos of cemetery asap.

Trev Mck

By: elaine white

elaine white — Sat, 08 May 2010 08:02:06 +0000

Hi Trevor, just wondered if you were back from your trip to Farina….I am just about dying from curiosity to know whether you found out any info for me, about the grave site????
regards,
Elaine….