Web Changes
This is where we'll announce the most recent
additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's
changed, take a look here first.
Recently added a page for our Nursery plants.
History of the Buckaringa Better Buy Market shop
This store was originally opened by H F Adams in about 1911 as a drapery, grocery,
clothing, shoes and giftware store. It traded under that name until the mid
1950's when the railway was shifted to Port Augusta and the population of Quorn
dropped dramatically.
It was then used for new car sales by the Ford dealer from which he sold the
newly released Ford Falcon for a short period. After this it lay empty for many
years until it was for a short time used as a roller skating rink and a small
restaurant and takeaway food outlet.
For the last two decades it has been a second hand shop and was known far and
wide for the bargains often picked up. The owners of this second hand shop
retired in June 2000 and put the building up for sale. It was purchased by the
Schuttloffel Family Trust and renovated by Buckaringa Holdings Pty Ltd for the
purpose of setting up a new business in Quorn. Buckaringa Better Buy Market started to trade on
February 9th 2001.
Adams store in the 1920's
Where does the name Buckaringa come from?
The name Buckaringa is a European interpretation of an aboriginal name
for an area of the Flinders Ranges some 40Km North of Quorn. This area is
a small pound like formation of the ranges around a flat area of land
which used to be farmed for wheat by some of the early settlers. My
grandfather was one of these settlers.
To enter this area one had to travel through a gorge which became
known as
Buckaringa Gorge. My father owned on a farm at the foot of the
rock face entrance to Buckaringa Gorge and I lived there for 23 years.
This is a very pretty area in Spring and I have included a link here
to a page with three of photos of the area.
Please click here to view one of the
Secrets
of the Flinders Ranges.
Recent Media Coverage of
Buckaringa Better Buy Market
Buckaringa
Better Buy
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