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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…
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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…
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Alexander Hore-Ruthven
1st Earl of Gowrie and one time Governor of South Australia
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Alexandrine Seager
Alexandrine Seager was born at Ballarat, Victoria, on 10th November 1870, the daughter of miner and farmer William Laidlaw and…
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Anzac Arch
Anzac Arch was built as a monument of appreciation to the men who fought in the First World War.
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Archie Badenoch
Not many historic vessels in the care of maritime museums around the world still work as hard as South Australia’s…
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Armistice Day 1918
Huge crowds gathered on the streets of Adelaide on 11 November 1918 to celebrate the armistice of the First World…
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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.
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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’,…
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Charles Allan Seymour Hawker
Charles Hawker was born on 16th May 1894 at Bungaree Station, near Clare, South Australia, the son of station manager…
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Cheer-Up Hut
It started in a tent and grew – meals, clothes, accommodation and recreation for servicemen on the move.
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Cheer-Up Society
The Cheer-Up Society comforted servicemen during two world wars after which its facilities became a migrant hostel in Elder Park.
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Conscription
Universal military training, including ‘boy conscription’ for those as young as 12, was introduced via the Commonwealth Defence Act in…
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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…
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Dardanelles Memorial
The first Anzac memorial was once an obelisk in a grove of wattles
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Essington Lewis, CH
An outstanding work ethic drove Essington Lewis to devote his whole life to developing industry in Australia, in particular the…
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First World War
The tragedy of war was compounded by disturbance on the homefront in wartime and post-war reconstruction activities.
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French war memorial
This memorial is dedicated to the men and women of South Australia who fought and died in France during World…
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Germans
The German born community have left a strong cultural legacy in South Australia, evident in many areas today.
