Hennessy Helen Elizabeth
| Type of person | Individual |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1958 |
| Place of birth | Bangor, North Wales. |
Helen Hennesy has lived in Gawler for nearly 40 years and in that time had been a librarian, a teacher, a local historian and a community engagement officer with the CFS. and spends a lot of time researching and writing about Gawler’s history and representing residents as an elected member of Gawler Council. In her spare time, she is a member of Council’s Gawler Cultural Heritage Committee, a volunteer with the Cultural Heritage Centre, the chairperson of the Gawler Cultural Heritage Foundation and the publicity officer for the Friends of Willaston Cemetery. In 2019 she was awarded the title of South Australian Regional Historian by the History Council of South Australia. Together with Patricia Booth, Helen has written a history of E H Coombe, which was published by Wakefield Press in November 2022.
please click here to view Helen's presentation in May, 2024 of the history of Goose Island
Please click here for Helen's presentation in 2019 on Willaston Cemetery
please click here for Helen's presentation in May 2023 on "the bits that didnt make the book on EH Coombe's life"
please click here for Helen's presentation in May 2022 on the history of St. Georges Anglican Church
Helen Hennessy is represented on the webpage created for the Significant Women of Gawler Project. To read about Helen's life please click here.
To view slides from Helen's Willaston Cemetery presentation please <click here>.
Please <click here> to view photos of Helen Hennessy.
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