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19th Century Childbirth

When men and women married in the 1830s they generally assumed that children would follow promptly and regularly.

childbirths

childbirth, infant mortality, midwifery, women

early nineteenth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Aboriginal Land Rights

The 1834 British statute authorising the establishment of the colony of South Australia described the region as ‘waste and unoccupied’,…

civil rights, land rights, land tenure, native title, settlement

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Aboriginal Policy and Administration

South Australia’s Foundation Act, passed by the British parliament in 1834, made no reference to the Aboriginal peoples who owned…

civil rights, colonial government, colonization, settlement

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Aboriginal Ration Depots

The distribution of government rations to Aboriginal people, begun in the earliest days of European settlement, continued well into the…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Adelaide

The city of Adelaide refers here to the area within the outer boundary of the parklands; that is, the ‘square…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Adelaide Hills

The Adelaide Hills (known in early colonial times as ‘the Tiers’) is a region of the Mount Lofty Ranges east…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Andrew Tennant

Andrew Tennant (1835–1913) was the son of a Scottish shepherd who had come to South Australia as an assisted migrant…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Angas Family

George Fife Angas (1789–1879), described by his biographer Edwin Hodder, who was attracted to Angas’s nonconformist piety, as ‘one of…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Barr Smith Family

Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915), the son of a Scottish clergyman and his wife Marjory, née Barr, migrated to Melbourne in…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Benjamin Herschel Babbage

Benjamin Herschel Babbage superintended construction of the first Port Adelaide railway line.

early nineteenth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Breweries and beer

How did Lion and Coopers come to be South Australia’s only major brewers of beer today?

breweries

beer, brewery, business

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Childhood

The history of childhood in South Australia has been characterised by the assimilation policies practised by the state and the…

assimilation, children, stolen generation

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century
Closer Settlement

Settlers believed that using land intensively maximised its value and civilised its occupants, and that holdings should be small to…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Cornish

South Australian mineral discoveries of the 1840s (especially at Kapunda and Burra in the Mid North) and extension of the…

Cornish, Cornwall, Labor, Methodism, mining

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Distance

Geographical position and distance have strongly shaped the European history of South Australia.

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Edward Bates Scott

Edward Bates Scott migrated to New South Wales in 1838 from England, he later settled in the Murray Region, establishing…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Edward John Eyre

Edward John Eyre (1815–1901) was English-born and educated for a military career but decided to travel to Australia instead. Arriving…

early nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Elder, Smith and Co’s Bonded and Free Stores

The Bond Store building once used to store goods is now the South Australian Maritime Museum.

private building

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, early nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Exploration

The early heroic phase of South Australia’s exploration by Europeans was plagued by difficulties.

early nineteenth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Eyre Peninsula

South Australia’s largest peninsula and best-defined region has a long history but to date no general historian.

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Fishing

Especially in coastal and riverine areas, fishing has always played an important role in the cultural, material and social lives…

Aboriginal Country pre-contact, early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Fleurieu Peninsula

From prehistoric times through the Aboriginal Dreaming to a modern region popular for settlement, farming, tourism and recreation.

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Germans

The German born community have left a strong cultural legacy in South Australia, evident in many areas today.

Barossa Valley, farming, Germany, Hahndorf, migration, World War I, World War II

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century
Hindmarsh Square / Mukata

Hindmarsh Square, located in the north-east of Adelaide, was one of the six squares designed by Colonel William Light in…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
History and Historians

Historians of South Australia have asked one question above all others: how is South Australia different?

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Horseracing

Reputed to be Australia’s third-largest industry, horseracing contributes to the national economy and state government revenues through direct employment and…

horseracing, SAJC, South Australian Jockey Club

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Hurtle Square / Tangkaira

Located in the south-east of Adelaide on the Kaurna peoples land of Tandayangga (place of the Red Kangaroo Dreaming), Hurtle Square…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Jetties

Integral to ease and safety for marine traffic and trade, jetties also have uses as promenades and for fishing

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Jewish People

Small in number over time, Adelaide’s Jews have contributed significantly to the professions, especially medicine, and are well represented in…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Johannes Menge

Johannes Menge (1788–1852) was born in Steinau, Germany, received little formal education but acquired much mineralogical expertise travelling throughout Europe.…

1790s, early nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century

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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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