# Angaston, South Australia

A town in the Barossa Valley where the Whillas family lived in the late 1940s.

## Connection to the family

- [Dick Whillas](/people/richard-charles-whillas-b1920) accepted a position managing a dried fruit company (Angas Park?) here c. 1948, and the family moved to Angaston.
- D & C bought a house here on 12 Aug 1949 (sold 6 Sep 1950).
- Birthplace of [Andrew John Whillas](/people/andrew-john-whillas-b1949) (20 Oct 1949).
- From Angaston the family set off c. 1949–50 on a camping trip that ended at [Bray/Robe](/places/bray-robe-south-australia).

## Sources

- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), *1940s* and *1950s* sheets.