Captain For Whom The Rivers Ran

Pearl Royal Wallace Paddle-steamer skipper 1911-2005 A CAPTAIN'S cap lay among the flowers on the casket, which was draped with the flag of the Murray River, in St Thomas' Church in the Adelaide Hills, recently as 10 Murray River skippers formed an honour guard for a true pioneer - Pearl Wallace, who died in Adelaide, aged 94.

'he Was Trying To Get His Leg Out Of Its Mouth'

FIVE metres under the ocean two kilometres off the suburbs, Adelaide University marine biologists Jarrod Stehbens and his diving partner Justin Rowntree paused for a decompression break. The post-graduate marine scientists were surfacing from a dive for cuttlefish eggs at a tyre reef at Glenelg when Mr Rowntree was nudged by a shark.

Biology Student Missing After Shark Attack Presence Of Predators Well Known

SEA rescue boats last night found diving equipment belonging to an Adelaide University student who was attacked by a shark during a marine science expedition off an Adelaide beach.

Threat To 1200 Shipyard Jobs

The loss of a big defence contract to Adelaide could spell trouble for a Melbourne industry

Community Rsvp

Family matters McLaughlin, John: Of Rydal and Sodwalls, married Margaret Morgan in 1876. Children: Martha, Margaret, John Joseph (married Adelaide Carroll?), Andrew (married Maud Dicks?), William, Vincent, Theresa, Agnes, Patrick and Leopold. Seeking descendants foranniversary. Helen, 3 Shelby Ro

Post-madrid, Australia Is Feeling Vulnerable

There are limits to the security measures Australia can take to guard against terrorism. Mark Russell reports on how travellers on trains, boats and planes are protected.

Food, Glorious Food Worth The Wait

Adelaide's a foodies' heaven if you have the time, writes Helen McGarry.

Anglers To Tackle A Big Prize

KEEN anglers from as far afield as Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide will converge on Brisbane Water this weekend in search of the biggest bream.

Best Of Boats

THE Hunter and Central Coast regions have one of the highest ratios of boat ownership, per capita, in Australia, but there has never been an annual boat show to really match that status.

The Nation

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Tickets on themselves Footy mad Premier Mike Rann joined the Australian Football League and club executives in trying to whip up more ticket sales for the two weekend matches between Adelaide and West Coast, Port Adelaide and Sydney. Although the combined South Australian s

Tide Turns On Adi

Tide turns on ADI IN cutting ADI from a short list of three contenders for a $750 million contract to build a fleet of Navy patrol boats, the Federal Government has all but ended Newcastle's days as a shipbuilding port.

Cheap Thrills

WHERE'S good to eat in Adelaide"? It's a familiar inquiry of an expat South Australian, especially at this time of year when hordes of us make the annual pilgrimage home.

In Short Debra Adelaide

BLUE DIARY By Alice Hoffman Vintage, 303pp, $21.95 (pb) ZOO TAILS By Oliver Graham-Jones Bantam, 207pp, $19.95 (pb) KILLERS IN EDEN By Danielle Clode Allen & Unwin, 190 pp, $24.95 (pb) A BREATH OF FRESH AIR By Amulya Malladi Bantam, 214pp, $21.95 (pb)

Swell Of Anger Over Mean Cuts

HUNTER shipbuilders Forgacs and Australian Defence Industries (ADI) are digging in for a sustained battle to stop at-tempts to centralise the $4billion naval shipbuilding industry in Adelaide.

Anti-shark Attack Device Failed To Save Diver From Killer White Pointer

Port Lincoln scallop diver Paul Buckland was wearing an electronic shark-repelling device when he was killed by a six-metre female white pointer that has been harassing boats in South Australia's west coast fishing community for two months.

Navy's Turn To Go Overboard

YORKSHIRE-born David Shackleton has been in the Royal Australian Navy all his adult life. He was 11 when his parents migrated to Adelaide from Leeds in 1959. He joined the navy at 18 and now, 36 years later, as Vice Admiral Shackleton, AO, he runs it. The Howard Government appointed him Chief of Navy three years ago. You would likely know Shackleton's name from the political turmoil of the children overboard debate. He was one of 29 senior miliary officers (eight admirals, seven generals!) at the Senate est

I'm Just A Good Spy, Says Our Man In Timor

The Australian accused of people smuggling is anxious to clear his name, writes Lindsay Murdoch. Many people in Kupang, the seedy port capital of Indonesian West Timor, thought Kevin Enniss, or ``Mr John" as the Australian was better known, was a people smuggler. He would drink at the waterfront Teddy's bar with dozens of Afghans and Middle Eastern asylum seekers waiting for boats to take them to Australia. He would throw parties for them at the house he owned in the town. Once, he had 29 Afghans s

Lifting The Lid On The Spying Game

Kevin Enniss says he was never a people smuggler. Finding out when the boats were leaving was merely part of his job. Lindsay Murdoch reports from Bali.

Navy Contract `not Done Deal'

DEFENCE shipbuilding will not be centralised in Adelaide and Newcastle has a `good' chance of securing a $400million navy patrol boat contract, according to Senator John Tierney.

Boats Sink Beazley

KIM Beazley believes Labor lost the election the day a Norwegian captain turned his ship towards Australian territory.