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Migrant Hostels and Work Camps
Tens of thousands of people went through work camps and migrant hostels in South Australia.
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National Council of Women of South Australia
The National Council of Women of South Australia argued for pensions for widows with children, raising the marriage age for…
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National Trust of South Australia
With 50 branches, 138 properties and 4500 members, the National Trust of South Australia is the largest historical organisation in…
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Nursing
On-the-job experience was the only training for the earliest nurses, but the profession is now part of the higher education…
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Oral History
There’s a lot to talk about with history – while history doesn’t stop being made it, record it while you…
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Pennington Migrant Hostel
Finsbury, later known as Pennington, was the longest running of South Australia’s hostels.
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Perry Engineering Co.
Samuel Perry was an Adelaide born manufacturer whose business made munitions during the Second World War.
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Philanthropy
‘South Australia’, wrote the early twentieth-century author of The Cyclopedia of South Australia, ‘owes its existence to a movement which…
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Playford Family
A Baptist minister and Waterloo veteran with a dragoon’s pension, South Australia’s first Thomas Playford arrived in 1844 to claim…
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Police
Arising by accident rather than design, South Australia’s Police Force has maintained a high reputation
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Population
South Australia’s demography is in many ways the most distinctive of all Australia’s states, but the wealth of historical population…
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Port Adelaide Customs House
Construction of Port Adelaide’s fourth customs house commenced in 1878, following demolition of the timber customs house established on the…
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Prisons
Although South Australia was proclaimed a free settlement, colonial officials soon found they needed a gaol to house lawbreakers.
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Probation
In South Australia probation encapsulated several kinds of opportunity, not only for those prosecuted but also for the criminal justice…
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Public Libraries
South Australia was unique among the Australian colonies in that the South Australian Literary and Scientific Association assembled a subscription…
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Pubs
JM Freeland characterises Australian pubs as among ‘the most socially significant, historically valuable, architecturally interesting and colourful features of Australian…
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Reclining Connected Forms
This 1969 bronze sculpture is one of the few pieces by the renowned British artist to be found in Australia.
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Retail Trade
In the early years of European settlement the distinction between retail trade, wholesale trade and importing in South Australia was…
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Rhythms of Construction
‘Construction’, ‘Thought’ and ‘Optimism’ make up the three elements of this bronze sculpture by Victor Meertens.
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River Murray
The River Murray has been central to South Australia’s existence. Named in 1830 by Charles Sturt after Sir George Murray,…
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Roads
This is the story of how an efficient road system was created in South Australia
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Royal Adelaide Show
The Royal Adelaide Show has become the annual meeting place for country and city.
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Rundle Street
Rundle Street has been a centre of shops and arcades, theatre and cafes, as well as acrimonious debate
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Saint Mary’s Dominican Convent and School
Saint Mary’s Convent and School is one of several historically significant Catholic church buildings and religious community residences based on Franklin Street and…
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Saint Patrick’s Church
Saint Patrick’s Church on Grote Street is one of several historically significant Catholic church buildings in the southwest corner of…
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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…
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Science
Before and after the arrival of Europeans, Aboriginal peoples had a well-developed cultural understanding and practical knowledge of plants, animal…
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