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Marriage and divorce

Marriage and divorce rates have fluctuated according to social mores and legislative imposts.

community, divorce, family, family law, marriage

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

A Baptist minister and Waterloo veteran with a dragoon’s pension, South Australia’s first Thomas Playford arrived in 1844 to claim…

development, family, government, industry, parliament, politics

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

Alcohol was only one facet of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union’s social reform agenda.

activism, alcohol, community, family, men, women

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century

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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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