The Australian Women's Register

45 minutes Elsie Haselgrove talks about her childhood in Glenelg, her family, Kangaroo Island, Proclamation Day and the Glenelg jetty, schooling at Hadleigh College and St Peter’s Girls School, studying at Adelaide University, father’s death, the Depression, joining the Lyceum Club, inter-varsity hockey team, studying Geology under Douglas Mawson, English with Professor Strang and Anatomy with Professor Wood Jones, gained her diploma in 1926, married and moved to Renmark, five children, became president of the Guides’ Association, Renmark community, husband’s move from Angove Winery to Mildara Wines, moving to Adelaide for children’s schooling, became Divisional Commissioner in the Guides, buying the Guides own property in Gawler Place, involvement in the South Australian Hockey Association, and the Lyceum Club