Heather

Riverland Researcher, specialising in local history   

 

Heather Everingham offers a Riverland research service for anyone interested in tracing family history or delving into local history associated with river, pastoral/horticulture and pioneering themes.

Heather writes a twice-weekly local history column in The Murray Pioneer for the past ten years and has undertaken free-lance writing projects for the Renmark Paringa Council for the commemoration of the 1956 Flood Jubilee and the Centenary of Council in 2004.   Her most recent undertaking was a walking tour brochure of Renmark and a cemetery trail of the Old Renmark Cemetery.

Heather is a member of the Renmark National Trust; 18 years as treasurer and 2 years as secretary, involved in conducting tours of the Trust property Olivewo homestead and museum, mounting exhibitions and carrying out research.

Heather holds a place on the National Trust Regional Council working as part of a team to promote historical sites, both publicly and privately owned and to increase tourist visitation to the area.

Volunteering at a local primary school has been a big part of her life for several years; working with gifted children.   Heather also conducts cemetery walks for High School Year 8 students as part of their Society and Environment curriculum.

In 2006 Heather received an Honour Award for services to the SA National Trust and during the same year was the winner of the SA Great Regional Award for Community Individual for the Riverland and Mallee Lands.

Currently studying Conservation and Land Management and is passionate about understanding and preserving our natural history.