The Beaumont Family in the Adelaide Summer of 1966

The Beaumont family had spent a significant portion of the summer school holidays at Glenelk Beach. In January 1966, Adelaide was experiencing a prolonged heatwave with temperatures soaring towards 40 degrees Celsius. Like a majority of usy kids in the early 1960s, the Beaumont siblings enjoyed a great amount of independence. The quiet, close-knit suburbs of Adelaide were carefree and safe where everybody knew their neighbours and looked out for one another. Jim Beaumont trusted his three children completely. Jane confidently led Anna and Grant on summer outings, hurting them on and off the bus, carrying Grant on her hip, and ensuring her little brother and sister never went deeper than their belly buttons