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Scandinavians in South Australia

Geographic Origins Scandinavia is a region in northern Europe. It includes Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Community Activities A number of…

1890s, early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Scots

Many influential South Australians were Scottish-born or of Scottish descent, amongst them Mary MacKillop and Walter Watson Hughes.
Scots in South Australia

Most of the Scots who immigrated to South Australia during the nineteenth century were from the overcrowded industrial cities of…
Semaphore Migrant Hostel

Semaphore migrant hostel appears to have been home to young single men working in the area. Its proximity to the…

migrant hostel

1940s, 1950s
Serbians in South Australia

Serbians migrated to South Australia from the 1940s – 1990s to escape various forms of prosecution and have since established…

migration, Serbian

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1990s, early twentieth century, Second World War
Singaporeans in South Australia

Singaporean migration to South Australia has occured from the early nineteenth century, however, when the Restriction Act 1901 was relaxed…

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir George Strickland Kingston

George Strickland Kingston was born in Bandon, Cork, Ireland, in August 1807, the son of timber merchant and landowner George…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s
Sir Samuel James Way, Bart, PC

Samuel James Way was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on 11th April 1836, the son of a poor Bible Christian…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Smithfield Migrant Hostel

Smithfield, when the migrant hostel opened, was an isolated rural area. It took about an hour by train to get…

migrant hostel

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Smoking Cap

Smoking cap owned and worn by John McDouall Stuart.

1850s
South Terrace

Mansions at one end and cottages at the other, with businesses, welfare, medical and educational institutions in between, all overlooking…

City & Town Streets

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000-2010
Stanhope Press

The Stanhope press brought to Holdfast Bay in 1836 was used to print the Proclamation of South Australia.

1830s
Street Naming Committee

Colonial factions struggled over the names to bestow on Adelaide’s streets

government committee

Adelaide, map, streets, survey

1830s
Survey Chain

Survey chain used by Isaac Guley in surveying the City of Adelaide with Colonel Light.

1830s
Sym Choon Collection

A collection of objects related to the Sym Choon family, reflecting their lives as first generation Australians with Chinese heritage.

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Synagogue Place

Synagogue Place, named after the Synagogue built in 1850, has been the centre of the Jewish community in South Australia…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Talking Our Way Home

Inspired by the handwritten letters of nineteenth and twentieth century migrants and the artist’s own experiences, Shaun Kirby’s installation functions…

public art

2000-2010, early twenty–first century
The first reading of the proclamation

The December 1836 proclamation at Holdfast Bay is South Australia’s best known historical event, despite it often being misunderstood

proclamation documents

European settlement, migration, proclamation

1830s
The Immigrants

The Immigrants sculpture has been climbed on, sat on, stood next to and embraced by many people who have walked…

sculpture

migration, monuments, twentieth century

2000-2010
The Proclamation

South Australia’s first vice-regal proclamation was read at Holdfast Bay on 28 December 1836

proclamation documents

British settlement

1830s
Thomas Quinton Stow

Thomas Quinton Stow was born on 7th July 1801 at Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, a descendant of an old farming family.…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s
Tom Price

Tom Price was born on the 19th January 1852 at Brymbo, North Wales, the son of stonemason John Price and…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910
Torrens Island internment camp

During the First World War hundreds of men – ‘enemy aliens’ – were interned on Torrens Island in the Port…

1910s
Ukrainians in South Australia

The first significant wave of Ukrainians arrived in Australia during the years 1911 – 1915.

early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Uruguayans in South Australia

Uruguayans first came to Australia in significant numbers in the 1960s and 1970s.

late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Vietnamese in South Australia

Before 1975, the Vietnamese in Australia were either wives of ex-servicemen, students, or orphans who had come to Australia between…

early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Voyagers

The lives and cultures of ‘Afghan’ cameleers are recognised in Whitmore Square

commemorative sculpture

art, camel, cameleer, celebration, mosque

1860s, 1870s, 2000-2010
W H Gray

William Henry Gray, born in London in 1808, came to South Australia in the early days of the colony, having…
Welsh in South Australia

Welsh people have been arriving in South Australia with other migrants from the British Isles since the early years of…
Weman Building

Once home to one of colonial Port Adelaide’s highly regarded sail-making and ship’s chandlery businesses, the Weman Building has been faithfully…

private building

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s

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‘Great Fires’ of Port Adelaide

‘Great Fires’ of Port Adelaide

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19th Century Childbirth

19th Century Childbirth

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Aboriginal Land Rights

Aboriginal Land Rights

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Afghans

Afghans

A transcontinental train, ‘The Ghan’, now commemorates the Afghan cameleers and their beasts who helped to pioneer the Outback

Bicycles

Bicycles

From ‘boneshakers’ to penny-farthings to mountain bikes, bicycles have certainly changed since the 1860s.

Copper Industry

Copper Industry

Copper brought unexpected wealth to the new colony and was an economic mainstay for 70 years, with a resurgence since the 1980s at Olympic Dam

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