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8 Australian Division A.I.F. Memorial

Dedication of the memorial This memorial is dedicated to a division of the Australian Army that was formed during World…

Second World War
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Memorial

Australia’s first memorial to recognise the service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was unveiled in Adelaide on 10…

memorial, War Memorial

early twenty–first century
Adelaide Laetitia Miethke, OBE

Adelaide Miethke was born on 8th June 1881 at Manoora, South Australia, the daughter of Prussian-born schoolteacher Carl Rudolph Miethke…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Alexander Hore-Ruthven

1st Earl of Gowrie and one time Governor of South Australia

1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s
Alexander Tolmer

By any account, Alexander Tolmer was a colourful character whose thirst for action and adventure was matched only by his…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Alexandrine Seager

Alexandrine Seager was born at Ballarat, Victoria, on 10th November 1870, the daughter of miner and farmer William Laidlaw and…

First World War
Anzac Arch

Anzac Arch was built as a monument of appreciation to the men who fought in the First World War.

1910s, 1920s
apron

The apron was worn by Joan Mallen when she worked at the Cheer Up Hut on the banks of the Torrens,…

1940s
Archie Badenoch

Not many historic vessels in the care of maritime museums around the world still work as hard as South Australia’s…

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s, Second World War
Armistice Day 1918

Huge crowds gathered on the streets of Adelaide on 11 November 1918 to celebrate the armistice of the First World…

Adelaide, armistice, First World War, peace

1910s
Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) Cemetery

Exclusively for the burial of ex-service personnel, the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) Cemetery was the first dedicated military cemetery in Australia.

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Birkenhead Bridge

Opened in 1940 as a replacement for the original Jervois Bridge, the Birkenhead Bridge was the first to employ a double-bascule…

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Bombing of Hiroshima

In the dying days of the Second World War, a war-weary United States dropped its atomic bomb, nick-named ‘Little Boy’,…

Second World War

1940s
Burra Cheer-up Ladies’ Band 1916-1920

The History of the Burra Cheer-up Ladies’ Band, from its humble and rocky beginnings to its prestigious dissolution.

band, brass, Burra, history, music

1910s, 1920s
Charles Allan Seymour Hawker

Charles Hawker was born on 16th May 1894 at Bungaree Station, near Clare, South Australia, the son of station manager…

early twentieth century
Cheer-Up Hut

It started in a tent and grew – meals, clothes, accommodation and recreation for servicemen on the move.

Hospitality establishment

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Cheer-Up Society

The Cheer-Up Society comforted servicemen during two world wars after which its facilities became a migrant hostel in Elder Park.

charitable organisations

community, military, soldiers, support, volunteers

First World War, Second World War
Christmas Card

Hand-drawn Christmas card with the message ‘Buon Natale’.

1940s
Clara Bartholomaeus

In researching First World War knitting I came across the story of Clara Bartholomaeus, the secretary of the Soldiers Aid…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, First World War, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Conscription

Universal military training, including ‘boy conscription’ for those as young as 12, was introduced via the Commonwealth Defence Act in…

RSL, vietnam war, World War One, World War Two

early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Crosses of Memory

The Crosses of Memory are located on the corner of Kintore Avenue and North Terrace in the shadow of the National War…

1930s
Dardanelles Memorial

The first Anzac memorial was once an obelisk in a grove of wattles

War Memorial

aviation, Gallipoli, wattle

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 2000-2010, 2010s, First World War
Dr John Dowie AM bust

Different, but a good likeness

bust

bust, sculpture

2010s
Eldred Norman

Eldred de Bracton Norman was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 9th January 1914, the son of solicitor William Ashley…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Epic Flight Centenary

Remembering an epic flight 100 years on.

airplane, aviation, Centenary, flight

1910s
Essington Lewis, CH

An outstanding work ethic drove Essington Lewis to devote his whole life to developing industry in Australia, in particular the…

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
First World War

The tragedy of war was compounded by disturbance on the homefront in wartime and post-war reconstruction activities.

First World War

1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Flexmore Hudson

Flexmore Hudson (1913-1988) was a poet who sacrificed much of his own creativity to promote the work of fellow writers.…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Frank Tennyson Perry

Frank Tennyson Perry (1887–1965) was born in Gawler and educated at Prince Alfred College before joining his uncle’s engineering business…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
French war memorial

This memorial is dedicated to the men and women of South Australia who fought and died in France during World…

First World War, Second World War

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Matthew Flinders Memorial

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Port Adelaide Lighthouse

Port Adelaide Lighthouse

Installed in the 1860s as Port Adelaide’s first fixed navigational beacon, and later used at South Neptune Island, the Port Adelaide Lighthouse today functions as an iconic museum display in the heart of the Port.

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