This section contains obituaries of people who have been involved in various sectors of the agricultural industry in South Australia. Unless otherwise noted, the obituaries first appeared in The Advertiser and have been reproduced with the permission of the Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd, and with acknowledgement to the original authors. Note that the reproduction of any of these articles from this website is not permitted. Please see the list below.

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Original obituary clippings from The Advertiser

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Other obituaries

Oliver Halliday, SAGRIC Gazette 21/11/1988