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Temperance

The temperance movement saw the abolition of alcohol as a cure for society’s ills – and also believed it was…

temperance halls, temperance hotels, temperance societies

alcohol, reform, temperance

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
The hulk ‘Fitzjames’

Between 1880 and 1891 the hulk Fitzjames, colloquially known as ‘Hell afloat’, served as a Reformatory for over 100 boys aged…

reform, welfare

1880s, 1890s

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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

Arbor Day

Arbor Day

School children were encouraged to plant trees in an early sign of environmental consciousness

Bicycles

Bicycles

From ‘boneshakers’ to penny-farthings to mountain bikes, bicycles have certainly changed since the 1860s.

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