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SA HISTORY WEEK
16 – 25 May 2008
Incl udi n g Op e n Doo r s – U nl o ck i ng H i s t ory
Department for
Environment and
HeritageKEY TO ICONS Open Doors –
Unlocking History
Guidelines for visitors
Open doors: Unlocking History to heritage places
> Please respect the restrictions in place at each venue.
Open Doors: Unlocking History in the > Numbers inside a building at any one time may be limited.
City of Adelaide Be prepared to wait if necessary.
> Some areas may be closed off for your safety.
Open day/s
> Abide by any warning signs.
Walking/guided tour > Respect the privacy of owner/occupiers. Do not open drawers or cupboards.
> Do not handle household objects or personal possessions.
Talk/workshop > Wear appropriate footwear for the premises visited.
> Please ensure footwear is clean before entering premises.
Display/exhibition
> Follow owner/occupier instructions regarding backpacks or large bags.
> You are responsible for your own safety. Do not put yourself or others at risk
Bus tour by inappropriate behaviour.
> Ensure children are supervised at all times.
Special event
> Please note: public toilet facilities may not be provided at all venues.
> Photography may not be permitted inside some heritage buildings.
L Launch/opening
Ask the property owner before taking photographs.
S School program
V Virtual tour - see History Trust website for details State Heritage Places
2008 marks the 30th anniversary of the State’s first comprehensive built
Bookings required for this event heritage legislation, established in 1978 - now known as the Heritage Places
Act 1993.
No bookings required for this event Many State heritage listed buildings and sites are participating in SA History
Week, especially in the Open Doors: Unlocking History component. They are
identified in the program by the reference to the Department for Environment
Event charge applies
and Heritage website, www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage/assess.html
G Gold coin donation is appreciated
Free event
Wheelchair and disabled access SA History Week program also available at:
www.history.sa.gov.au/history/history_week.htm
Not suitable for people with impaired mobility
Children welcome, with adult supervision Program details, including costs, were correct at the time of publication,
but may be subject to change without notice. We advise you to contact the
organisers of the events you wish to attend in order to verify the information.
Toilet facilities available
The History Trust of South Australia is not responsible for the organisation of
events listed in this program, other than those at its own sites.
Full toilet facilities available
Remember to check details with event organisers and book,
if required.
All areas open to public
The SA History Week program is compiled by the History Trust of South Australia.
S Selected areas only open to public
Program and poster design by Linehan Scott Design
Printed by Print Solutions
Parking options available
SA HISTORY WEEK
iiThe History Trust of South Australia
thanks the following partners for making
SA History Week possible.
Major partners
Department for
Environment and
Heritage
MEDIA partners
communitynews
SA HISTORY WEEK
Includ ing Open Doo rs - U nl o ck ing H ist ory
16 – 25 May 2008
Supporting partners
SA HISTORY WEEK
iiiI am delighted to introduce the program for SA History Week 2008 – this year celebrating
its fifth birthday.
The 2008 program contains an exciting mix of exhibitions, tours and special events and
offers the special privilege of access to some of the State’s heritage treasures, open to the
public for this week only.
In the past five years History Week has gone from strength to strength. It has well
and truly earned its place in the State’s cultural calendar and I was delighted to see it
recognised last year with a Ruby award. The award was for community impact and
involvement and that has been a particular strength of History Week from the beginning.
Each year the program’s success has depended on the support and involvement of
community volunteers statewide. On behalf of the South Australian Government I would
like to pay tribute to the many hundreds of volunteers who work with the History Trust to
make History Week possible. Your contribution is the key to preserving our history into
the future.
I hope that you will enjoy the varied events offered in this program and that SA History
Week 2008 will offer some special insights into our unique history and heritage.
John Hill
MINISTER ASSISTING THE PREMIER IN THE ARTS
The History Trust of South Australia has once again arranged for doors to heritage
buildings to swing open as part of this year’s Open Doors: Unlocking History program.
Hopefully, this will tempt you to take the opportunity to learn more about South Australia’s
rich history and cultural and built heritage. This year I am especially pleased that the
Department for Environment and Heritage is supporting the SA History Week 2008
program in a year that marks the 30th anniversary of our State’s first comprehensive built
heritage legislation established in 1978 and updated in 1993 - now known as the Heritage
Places Act 1993.
The State and Local Heritage Places participating in this year’s Open Doors program are
included on our State or a Local Heritage register. Each place has its own unique story
to tell and at the same time offers us a greater understanding of our diverse history and
evolution of our State.
Visiting some of these places will help dispel the myth that heritage buildings are ‘stuck in
the past’. Although many of our heritage places may have outlived the use that they were
originally designed and built for they can continue to provide a great canvas for ‘new’
and continued use. Participating again in this year’s Open Doors Program is the former
Treasury Building in Adelaide. The old Treasury Building has been sensitively adapted
to become the Medina Grand Hotel. Perhaps not as grand, but certainly equally as
interesting, is the former Railway Goods Shed on the Goolwa Wharf. This wonderful old
building now houses a micro-brewery - the aptly named Steam Exchange Brewery.
The History Trust’s Open Doors program includes many more examples of places that
have an ongoing and continued use. It is worth remembering that continued use of
our heritage places also contributes to the sustainability of our environment because it
reduces land-fill waste and reduces waste of ‘embodied energy’ – the energy used to
construct a new building as well as the energy originally used to build the heritage place.
Owners and custodians of heritage-listed places who take this opportunity to open their
doors to the public do so because they are proud and pleased to share their piece of
South Australia’s heritage with you and I congratulate them on their continuing efforts. I
urge you to make the most of this chance to step inside and ‘unlock history’ within the
walls of our heritage places and enjoy the many other wonderful and exciting activities that
have been arranged for you as a part of this year’s History Week Program.
Gail Gago
Minister for Environment and Conservation
SA HISTORY WEEK
ivThe Adelaide City Council is proud to be a sponsor of SA History Week in South Australia
– in a year when our highly successful Heritage Incentive Scheme is celebrating its 20th
anniversary.
The Scheme has been central to the Council’s commitment to heritage throughout the
City and North Adelaide for the past 20 years. It provides financial help and technical
advice to owners of heritage properties in order to ensure effective on-going use of
Adelaide’s historic buildings.
Among the highlights of SA History Week 2008 will be an Adelaide City Council bus tour
showcasing successful HIS projects, as well as our on-going project to restore the historic
Beresford Arms in Gilles Street.
History Week is an important opportunity for South Australians to connect with their
State’s history and heritage by visiting a range of buildings and locations that are not
normally open to the public.
I would encourage as many people as possible to take advantage of History Week and
enjoy our City’s heritage.
Michael Harbison
Lord Mayor of Adelaide
The History Trust of South Australia is proud to present the 2008 SA History Week
program. This is the fifth successive History Week, with a veritable treasure trove of
activities and events to entice, enlighten and entertain.
The events program is many and varied, from museum exhibitions, guided walks,
archaeological sites and special tours and lectures. A great favourite of History Week is
always the Open Doors component, providing a unique opportunity to see inside some
of our heritage gems not generally open to the public. This year we introduce some
particularly special places, some open for the very first time.
Each year the South Australian historical community joins with us to present the History
Week program. Our community partners come from every region of the state and all
walks of life. I would like to thank them most sincerely for their continuing support of the
program and for their commitment to preserving the history of the State. I would especially
like to thank those private owners who are prepared to welcome visitors into their heritage
properties. This is a very special privilege, unique to History Week.
I hope that you will find plenty of interest in this program and that, through the events on
offer, you discover something new and different in the South Australian story.
Margaret Anderson
DIRECTOR HISTORY TRUST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
SA HISTORY WEEK
vThe History Trust of South Australia
The History Trust of South Australia is a statutory authority reporting to
Parliament through the Minister for the Arts. It was established in 1981 under
the History Trust of South Australia Act to encourage the research and public
presentation of South Australian history and to safeguard South Australia’s
material heritage.
HISTORY TRUST
EXHIBITION GALLERY Our vision
Torrens Parade Ground
To inspire South Australians to reflect on the present and imagine the future,
Victoria Drive, Adelaide
through an active engagement with their past.
Our mission
To bring South Australian history to life and preserve it for future generations.
This will strengthen community identity and foster a strong sense of place.
To achieve this we will:
MIGRATION MUSEUM
82 Kintore Avenue > Present imaginative, innovative and inclusive public programs that enlighten,
Adelaide promote reflection, challenge and entertain.
> Maintain and develop the State History Collection to best practice standards
to preserve South Australia’s material history.
> Foster quality research in South Australian history that is challenging,
independent and inclusive.
> Form partnerships with regional and other community organisations to better
present and preserve local histories and collections.
NATIONAL > Collaborate with regional, national and international partners to make
MOTOR MUSEUM South Australia’s distinctive stories better known.
Shannon Street > Manage resources in an equitable and sustainable manner.
Birdwood
Our responsibilities
The History Trust is responsible for the following:
> researching and interpreting South Australia’s history
> presenting and exhibiting South Australia’s material history
> managing museums of its own and assisting the State’s community museums
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN > encouraging and assisting the work of South Australia’s historical societies
MARITIME MUSEUM
> providing policy advice to the Minister for the Arts on issues of relevance
Lipson Street
to South Australia’s history and material culture.
Port Adelaide
HISTORY TRUST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Torrens Parade Ground, Victoria Drive, Adelaide SA 5000
QUEEN’S THEATRE
Postal address: GPO Box 1836, Adelaide SA 5001
Gilles Arcade
Adelaide Telephone: 08 8203 9888
Fax: 08 8203 9883
Website: www.history.sa.gov.au
Email: staff@history.sa.gov.au
SA HISTORY WEEK
viSouth Australian Glass Negatives Collection
The historical photographs used in the SA History Week program are from
the South Australian Glass Negatives Collection.
This Collection has a very interesting history. Between 1890 and 1960 the
Department of Lands was responsible for the official photographic record of
South Australia. Initially, a government photographic unit, using equipment
already owned by the Department of Lands’ Survey Department, began to
record government achievements, state celebrations and, for a fee, took
photographs for annual reports for other government departments and for
parliamentary records. Over the years, this growing collection also became a
repository for photographs specially commissioned by the South Australian
Government, including those taken by Frank Hurley in 1935 for the State’s
Centenary Committee to record the State after 100 years of European
settlement (1836-1936).
Shearers’ hut location unknown c1900-10 GN0086
By the 1970s the large glass plates used by the unit were little known and
seldom required. The Department of Lands decided to send them to the
South Australian Archives (now State Records). In the mid 1980s the then
Constitutional Museum, a museum of the newly established History Trust
of South Australia, undertook the mammoth task of re-photographing the
glass negatives onto 35mm conventional film negatives and cataloguing the
14 000 images, using workers employed under the Hawke Labor Government’s
Commonwealth Employment Program (CEP).
Since 1985, the images and catalogue have been available at the History Trust
of South Australia for research and use in publications. Extra information and
corrections were added to the catalogue by volunteer George Brooks who
spent many years at the History Trust as well as at State Records identifying
the images that were a mystery to the 1980s cataloguers. The actual glass
negatives remain with State Records. The History Trust holds the only catalogue
and copy set of the Collection.
Recorded within the Collection are ceremonial events of all kinds, the day-to-
Opening of Clarendon Bridge 1919 GN02594
day progress of major public works and the growth of townships, ports,
industry and trade. The Collection shows South Australians at work and at play.
In short, the collection covers everything that interested governments either
directly or indirectly.
In late 2005 work commenced on a digitisation project for this significant
Collection. Once completed, by June 2008, it will give researchers a
much quicker and more efficient means of tapping into this wonderful
photographic record.
If you wish to either browse or obtain images from this unique Collection,
please contact Lynn Drew, Information Resources Manager, History Trust
of South Australia on 8203 9873, or email ldrew@history.sa.gov.au.
The Glass Negatives Collection images used in this booklet will be available
for viewing on the History Trust website after Friday 2 May.
Tramways Board members in Chief Secretary’s
room c1900-10 GN00317A Go to: www.history.sa.gov.au/history/history_week.htm
SA HISTORY WEEK
viiThe South Australian Tourism Commission
celebrates its centenary
1908 - 2008
In 1908 the State Tourism Bureau opened its doors with the job of promoting
‘the beauty spots and resources of the State’. It also established a series of
‘national pleasure resorts’, which included the Naracoorte Caves and Morialta
Falls. In 1910 its role was expanded to encourage South Australian trade and
immigration. Later its staff managed the highly successful 1936 Centenary
celebrations - the precursor of its considerable involvement in managing and
sponsoring events for the State.
The Commission has played a significant part in the State’s economic and
cultural life over the decades. In 1982, it was the first State tourism agency to
develop State tourism plans, and throughout the series of plans to emerge
Morialta Adelaide Hills 1935 GN05747
since then, the State’s history and culture have been consistently recognised
as key assets.
Opening of Waterfall Gully Kiosk 1912 GN00329
A strong partnership between history and tourism makes good sense. Tourism
is an extremely important industry for the State as a whole and for many
communities especially. Tourists these days want to know more about the
places they visit. They are hungry for good stories. The history sector has the
stories and the tourism sector wants as many people as possible to hear those
stories.
The South Australian Tourism Commission works closely with South Australia’s
many cultural and historical organisations. It is delighted to be involved with SA
History Week in this its centenary year.
Many of the activities on offer provide a perfect opportunity for you to be a part
of the centenary celebrations. And so, for SA History Week, be a tourist in your
own suburb, town, district and State.
Windy Point c1950s GN14896
SA HISTORY WEEK
viiiThe Rundle History Trail
There’s more than food, fashion and retail therapy on offer in Rundle Street and
Rundle Mall during SA History Week.
Take a walk down this vibrant retail precinct and discover the history behind the
shop windows.
Grab a map from the Visitor Information Centre at the King William Street end of
the Mall or visit the History Trust website, www.history.sa.gov.au
Did you know?
Surveyor-General Colonel William Light envisaged Victoria Square as the retail
centre of Adelaide. But shopkeepers favoured Hindley and Rundle Streets.
Though narrower, these streets were closer to residential North Adelaide, the
road to the port and fresh water from the River Torrens.
Rundle Street looking east from
Beehive Corner c1920s GN08120A Rundle Street was named after John Rundle, a director of the South Australian
Company which established the province in 1836 in a joint venture with the
British Government. Rundle never came to South Australia, but owned the
original ‘Beehive Corner’.
Shops have changed. Over a century ago, there were cabinet makers, saddlers,
coach builders, a billiard maker, tin smith, upholsterer, pianoforte maker, ginger-
beer brewer, maker of picture frames, coppersmith who manufactured stills,
straw-bonnet maker, portmanteau (suitcase) manufacturer and an umbrella
maker. There were 11 hotels.
The street has gone from dirt to tarmac and seen a passing parade of coaches,
horse buses, horse trams, electric trolley buses, motorised buses and private
cars.
Rundle Street became so crowded, with cars, buses and pedestrians jostling for
space, that in September 1976 the Dunstan Government created Rundle Mall.
The Rundle Mall fountain flowed with champagne on opening day!
Rundle Street looking west 1937 GN04316
Do you remember?
Department stores, such as Birks, Cravens, John Martin’s, Foy and Gibson?
Specialty shops, such as Lawrence’s for tobacco, Balfour’s for cakes and pies,
Ezywalkin for shoes, Hambly Clark for guns, and Gladys Sym Choon’s China
Gift Store?
F C Catt stores Rundle Street Adelaide 1917 GN01812
SA HISTORY WEEK
ixWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
Open doors: unlocking history
Sponsored by the Department for Environment and Heritage
Open Doors: Unlocking History is a popular part of the SA History Week program, sponsored this year by the Department
for Environment and Heritage and Adelaide City Council. Open Doors: Unlocking History is modelled on the highly successful
Heritage Open Days held for many years in Britain and Europe. It is a unique opportunity to see inside some of the State’s heritage
places not generally open to the public.
1 Adelaide Arcade X X X X X X X X X X
1, 2 Adelaide City Council, Adelaide Town Hall, Council Chamber/Queen Adelaide X X X
1 Adelaide City Council, Beresford Arms Hotel X
2 Adelaide City Council, bus tour X
3 Adelaide Gaol, Department for Environment and Heritage X X X
3 Adelaide Lyceum Club X X
4 Adelaide Masonic Centre Museum X X X X X
5 Anglican Parish of Christ Church North Adelaide X X X X X X X X X X
6 Army Museum of South Australia X X X X X X X X X X
6 Art Gallery of South Australia X X X
7, 8 Ayers House Museum X X X X X
9 Brinkworth History Group X X X X
9 Brougham Place Uniting Church X X
12 Burnside Public Library, Beaumont House X
12 Burnside Public Library, Glenside Hospital X
13 Cabra Dominican College X
13 Campbelltown Historical Society, Lochend House X X
13 Cape Borda Lightstation KI X X X X X X X X X X X
13 Carrick Hill Historic House & Garden X X
14 Charles Sturt Museum X X
14 Christian Brothers College Archives Museum X X X X
18 Coromandel Valley & Districts Branch, National Trust of SA X
18 Cummins Society X
19 Cunningham Memorial Chapel, St Aloysius College X
20 Encounter Coast Discovery Centre, Victor Harbor Branch, National Trust of SA X
22 ‘F Kenneth Milne’ House X X X
24 Friedensberg Historic German School Museum X X X
24 Friends of Marble Hill X X X
25 Friends of the Cathedral Church of St Francis Xavier X X
27 Gawler National Trust Museum, Old Telegraph Office X X X X X X X X X X
28 Glenbarr – Strathalbyn X
29 Government House X
29 Grange Institute X
33 Holdfast Bay History Centre, Dunluce X X
32 Holdfast Bay History Centre, The Olives X
34 Holy Trinity Church X X X X X X X
34 Hope Cottage Museum, National Trust of SA X
35 Inman Valley Progress Association X
35 Irish History Group X
36 Kingston House X X
38 Loreto College X
38 Luhrs Cottage X X X X X X X X X X
42 Migration Museum X X X X X X X X X X
43 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre and Sunridge House X X
44 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre and St Michael’s Anglican Church X
44 Mount Pleasant District History Room X
47 National Trust of South Australia, the Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury X
47 North Adelaide Baptist Church X X
48 North Adelaide Community Centre X X X X X X
SA HISTORY WEEK
xWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
Open doors: unlocking history
52 Pilgrim Uniting Church X X X X X X X X
54 Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre X X
57 Prospect Hill Museum X
58 Reynell Business & Tourism Association X X X X X X X X X X
60 St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church X X X X X X X X X
25 St Francis Xavier Cathedral X X
60 St John’s Church Halifax Street X X
61 St Mary’s Catholic Community X X X X
61 St Peter’s Cathedral X X X X X X X X
61 St Peter’s College X X X X X
62 Scots Uniting Church Adelaide X X X X
62 Shady Grove Unitarian Church X
64 Steam Exchange Brewery X X X X X X X X X X X
65 Strathalbyn Branch, National Trust of SA X
67 The Catholic Archbishop’s House X X
68 The South Australian Police Historical Society X
69 University of Adelaide X X X
70 Urrbrae House Historic Precinct X X X
71 Walkerville Anglican Church Windows, Town of Walkerville X X X X X
73 Willunga Branch, National Trust of SA X X X X X
Open Doors: Unlocking History in the City of Adelaide
Sponsored by Adelaide City Council
1 Adelaide Arcade X X X X X X X X X X
1, 2 Adelaide City Council, Adelaide Town Hall X
1 Adelaide City Council, Beresford Arms Hotel X
2 Adelaide City Council, bus tour X
3 Adelaide Gaol, Department for Environment and Heritage X X X
3 Adelaide Lyceum Club X X
4 Adelaide Masonic Centre Museum X X X X X
5 Anglican Parish of Christ Church North Adelaide X X X X X X X X X X
6 Art Gallery of South Australia X X X
7, 8 Ayers House Museum X X X X X
9 Brougham Place Uniting Church X X
14 Christian Brothers College Archives Museum X X X X
19 Cunningham Memorial Chapel, St Aloysius College X
25 Friends of the Cathedral Church of St Francis Xavier X X
29 Government House X
34 Holy Trinity Church X X X X X X X
42 Migration Museum X X X X X X X X X X
47 National Trust of South Australia and the Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury X
47 North Adelaide Baptist Church X X
48 North Adelaide Community Centre X X X X X X
52 Pilgrim Uniting Church X X X X X X X X
60 St John’s Church Halifax Street X X
61 St Mary’s Catholic Community X X X X
61 St Peter’s Cathedral X X X X X X X X
62 Scots Uniting Church Adelaide X X X X
67 The Catholic Archbishop’s House X X
68 The South Australian Police Historical Society X
69 University of Adelaide X X X
SA HISTORY WEEK
xiWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
Open Days
1 Adelaide Arcade X X X X X X X X X X
2 Adelaide City Council, Adelaide Town Hall X X
5 Alexandrina Local & Family History Room X
5 Anglican Parish of Christ Church North Adelaide X X X
5 Anglicare SA, The Platform X X X X X
6 Army Museum of South Australia X X X X X X X X X X
7 Ayers House Museum X
8 Balaklava Museum X
8 Barossa Goldfields Historical Society X X
9 Brinkworth History Group X X X X
10 Burnside Branch, National Trust of SA X X X
12 Bute History Group X
13 Campbelltown Historical Society, Lochend House X X
14 Charles Sturt Museum X X
15 City of Playford Library Service, Uleybury School Museum X
17 Clare Regional History Group X X
17 Cleve Branch, National Trust of SA X
18 Crystal Brook Heritage Centre X X X X X X X X X X
18 Cummins Society X
19 Cunningham Memorial Chapel, St Aloysius College X
19 Dublin History Group X
20 Encounter Coast Discovery Centre, Victor Harbor Branch, National Trust of SA X
20 Enfield & Districts Historical Society X
20 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery X X X X X X
21 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and Eudunda Area School X
21 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and Historic Motor Garage X X
21 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and Neales Flat School X
22 Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society X X X X X
24 Fort Glanville Historical Association X
24 Friedensberg Historic German School Museum X X X
24 Friends of Marble Hill X X X
25 Friends of the Milang Cemetery X
27 Gawler National Trust Museum X X X X X X X X X X
28 Glenbarr – Strathalbyn X
29 Government House X
29 Grange Institute X
29 Gumeracha & District History Centre X
30 Hahndorf Historic Village X X X X X X X X X X X
33 Holdfast Bay History Centre X
34 Hope Cottage Museum, National Trust of SA X
35 Inman Valley Progress Association X
35 Irish Australian Association X
36 Jamestown National Trust Museum X X X X X X X X X X
36 Kimba & Gawler Ranges Historical Society X X X X
37 Koppio Smithy National Trust Museum X X X X X X X X X
38 Luhrs Cottage X X X X X X X X X X
39 Lutheran Archives X X
41 Meningie Cheese Factory Museum X X X X X X X X X X
42 Milang & District Historical Society X
43 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre and Flinders University X X X X X
44 Mount Pleasant District History Room X
47 North Adelaide Baptist Church X X
51 Old Highercombe Hotel Museum X
52 Orroroo Historical Society X X
SA HISTORY WEEK
xiiWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
Open Days continued
52 Pilgrim Uniting Church X X X X X X X X
53 Pioneer Association of South Australia X X
53 Port Adelaide Caledonian Society X
53 Port Adelaide Historical Society X X X
56 Port Elliot Branch, National Trust of SA X X X X X X
58 Queen Adelaide Club X
58 Reynell Business & Tourism Association X X X X X X X X X X
59 Rosary School X
60 St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church X X X X X X X X X
60 St John’s Church Halifax Street X X
61 St Peter’s Cathedral X X X X X X X X
61 Salisbury & District Historical Society X
62 Scots Uniting Church Adelaide X X X X
62 Scouts Australia, South Australia Branch Scout Archives X
62 Shady Grove Unitarian Church X
62 Sir Thomas Playford ETSA Museum X
63 South Australian Aviation Museum X
63 South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society X
65 Strathalbyn Branch, National Trust of SA X
65 Streaky Bay Branch, National Trust of SA X X X
68 The Uniting Church Historical Society History Centre X
71 Walkerville Anglican Church Windows, Town of Walkerville X X X X X
72 Whyalla Maritime Museum X X X X X X X X X X X
72 Williamstown & Districts Historical Society X
73 Yorke Peninsula Family History Group X X X X
Walking/guided tours
3 Adelaide Gaol X
3 Adelaide Lyceum Club X X
3 Adelaide Masonic Centre/John McDouall Stuart exhibition X X X X X
4 Adelaide Masonic Centre Museum X X X X X
4 Adelaide Zoo X X X X
5 Anglican Parish of Christ Church North Adelaide X
5 Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art X X X X X X
6 Art Gallery of South Australia X X X
7 Artlab Australia X X X X
7 Ayers House Museum X X X X
8 Barossa Goldfields Historical Society X X
9 Brinkworth History Group X X X
9 Brougham Place Uniting Church X X
10 Burnside Branch, National Trust of SA X X X
11 Burnside Historical Society X X X
11, 12 Burnside Public Library X X X
13 Cabra Dominican College X
13 Campbelltown Historical Society, Lochend House X X
13 Cape Borda Lightstation KI X X X X X X X X X X X
13 Carrick Hill Historic House & Garden X X
14 Christian Brothers College Archives Museum X X X X
15 City of Playford Library Service X X
17 Colonel Light Gardens Heritage Society and Mitcham Heritage Research Centre X
17 Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology X
17 Coober Pedy Historical Society X
18 Crystal Brook Heritage Centre X
SA HISTORY WEEK
xiiiWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
Walking/guided tours continued
18 Cummins Society X
19 Cunningham Memorial Chapel, St Aloysius College X
20 Encounter Coast Discovery Centre, Victor Harbor Branch, National Trust of SA X
21 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and Bower School Building X X X
21 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and Eudunda Area School X
22 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and St John’s Lutheran School X
24 Fort Glanville Historical Association X
24 Friends of Marble Hill X X X
24, 25 Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide X X X X X X X X X X
25 Friends of the Cathedral Church of St Francis Xavier X X
25 Friends of the Milang Cemetery X
26 Friends of the Walkerville Wesleyan Cemetery X X
26 Gallery M X
27 Gawler Environment & Heritage Association X X
28 Gawler Visitor Information Centre X X X X X
28 Glenbarr – Strathalbyn X
30 Hahndorf Historic Village X X X X X X X X X X X
31 Haigh’s Chocolates X X X X X X X X
31 Hindmarsh Library, City of Charles Sturt X X X X X X X X
32, 33 Holdfast Bay History Centre X X X X X X
34 Holy Trinity Church X X X X X X X
35 Irish History Group X
3 John McDouall Stuart Society X X X X X
36 Kapunda Museum X X X X X X X X X X
36 Kingston House X X
37 Lobethal Archives and Historical Museum by appointment only
38 Loreto College X
39 Lutheran Archives X X X
40 Marion Historical Society and Friends of Annie Doolan’s Cottage X
41 Meningie Cheese Factory Museum X X X X X X X X X X
43 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre X
43 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre and Flinders University X X X X X
42 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre and St Michael’s Anglican Church X
43 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre and Sunridge House X
44 Mount Pleasant Districts History Room X
46 Mt Torrens and District Community Association X
46 Mylor History Group X X
47 National Trust of South Australia and the Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury X
49, 50, 51 Norwood History Centre X X
51 Old Tailem Town Pioneer Village X
52 Penneshaw National Trust Museum X
54 Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre X X X X
55 Port Augusta Re-Imagines! 2008 Regional Centre of Culture X
56 Port Elliot Branch, National Trust of SA X X X X X X
56 Port Pirie District Family History Group X
57 Prospect Local History Group X X X
59 Rosary School X
59 Royal Geographical Society of SA X X X X
60 St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church X X X X X X X X X
25 St Francis Xavier Cathedral X X
60 St George’s Anglican Church X
60 St John’s Church Halifax Street X X
61 St Mary’s Catholic Community X X X X
61 St Peter’s Cathedral X X X X X X X X
61 St Peter’s College X X X X X
62 Shady Grove Unitarian Church X
62 Sir Thomas Playford ETSA Museum X
SA HISTORY WEEK
xivWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
Walking/guided tours continued
64 State Records of South Australia X
64 Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre X X X X X X X X X X
67 The Catholic Archbishop’s House X X
68 The South Australian Police Historical Society X
69 University of Adelaide X X X
70 Urrbrae House Historic Precinct X X X X
70 Waite Arboretum X X X
71 Walkerville Historical Society X X
71 Wallaroo Heritage and Nautical Museum X
73 Willunga Branch, National Trust of SA X X X X X
Talks/workshops
2 Adelaide City Council, Adelaide Town Hall X X
3 Adelaide Gaol X X
3 Adelaide Masonic Centre, John McDouall Stuart exhibition X X X X X
5 Alexandrina Local & Family History Room X
5 Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art by appointment only
6 Architecture Museum & Heritage Branch, Department for Environment and Heritage X
8 Ayers House Museum X
10 Burnside Branch, National Trust of SA X X X
10 Burnside Historical Society X
11 Burnside Public Library X X X
13 Carrick Hill Historic House & Garden X X
15 City of Playford Library Service X
17 Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology X
18 Cornish Association of SA X
19 Disability Information and Resource Centre X X
19 Echunga District Historical Society X
26 Gallery M X
28 Gawler Public Library X X
29 Goolwa Branch National Trust of SA X
30 Hahndorf Academy X
31 Hindmarsh Library, City of Charles Sturt X X X X X X X X
35 Inman Valley Progress Association X
35 Irish Australian Association X
37, 38 Local History Centre, Mt Barker Community Library X X
38 Loreto College X
39 Lutheran Archives X
41 Meadows 150 Coordinating Committee and Mt Barker Community Library X
43 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre X X
43 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre and Flinders University X X X X X
44 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre and St Michael’s Anglican Church X
46 National Archives of Australia, Adelaide Office X
47 National Motor Museum X
55 Port Augusta Re-imagines! and the History Trust of SA X
56 Port Augusta Re-imagines! and the History Trust of SA and Artlab Australia X
60 Royal Geographical Society of SA X
67 The Crystal Brook History Group X
69 University of Adelaide X
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xvWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
Displays/exhibitions
1 1912 The Event X X X X X X X X X X
2 Adelaide City Council, Adelaide Town Hall X X
3 Adelaide Gaol, Department for Environment and Heritage X X X
3 Adelaide Lyceum Club X X
3 Adelaide Masonic Centre, John McDouall Stuart exhibition X X X X X
4 Adelaide Masonic Centre Museum X X X X X
5 Anglican Parish of Christ Church North Adelaide X
5 Anglicare SA, The Platform X X X X X
5 Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art X X X X
6 Army Museum of South Australia X X X X X X X X X X
7 Axel Stenross Maritime Museum, Port Lincoln X X X X X X X X X X
8 Balaklava Museum X
8 Barmera Branch, National Trust of SA X X X X X X X X X X
8 Barossa Goldfields Historical Society X X
9 Bay Discovery Centre X X X X X X X X X X X
9 Brinkworth History Group X X X X
10 Burnside Branch, National Trust of SA X X X
12 Bute History Group X
13 Campbelltown Historical Society, Lochend House X X
13 Carrick Hill Historic House & Garden X X
14 Christian Brothers College Archives Museum X X X X
14 City of Charles Sturt X X X
14 City of Onkaparinga Libraries X X X X X X X X X X
15 City of Playford Library Service X X X X X X X X X X X
16 Clare Branch, National Trust of SA X X X
16 Clare Public Library X X X
17 Clare Regional History Group X X
17 Cleve Branch, National Trust of SA X
18 Coromandel Valley & Districts Branch, National Trust of SA X
18 Crystal Brook Heritage Centre X X X X X X X X X X
19 Dublin History Group X
19 Echunga District Historical Society X
20 Embroiderers’ Guild Museum X
20 Encounter Coast Discovery Centre, Victor Harbor Branch, National Trust of SA X
20 Enfield & Districts Historical Society X
20 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery X X X X X X
21 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and Bower School Building X X X
21 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and Neales Flat School X
22 Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society X X X X X
24 Fort Glanville Historical Association X
24 Friends of Marble Hill X X X
25 Friends of the Milang Cemetery X
26 Gallery M X X X X
26 Gawler Community Gallery X X X X X X X
27 Gawler National Trust Museum X X X X X X X X X X
27 Gawler Public Library X X X X X X X X X X
28 Gawler’s Significant Women Project X X X X X X X
30 Hahndorf Academy X X X X X X X X X X X
30 Hahndorf Historic Village X X X X X X X X X X X
31 Henley & Grange Historical Society X X X X X X X X X
31 Henley Beach Library, City of Charles Sturt X X X X X X X X X
31 Hindmarsh Library, City of Charles Sturt X X X X X X X X X
32 History Trust of South Australia X X X X X X X X X X X
34 Immanuel College Archives X X
35 Inman Valley Progress Association X
SA HISTORY WEEK
xviWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
Displays/exhibitions continued
36 Jamestown National Trust Museum X X X X X X X X X X X
3 John McDouall Stuart Exhibition, Adelaide Masonic Centre X X X X X
36 Kapunda Museum X X X X X X X X X X
37 Koppio Smithy National Trust Museum X X X X X X X X X
37 Lobethal Archives and Historical Museum by appointment only
37, 38 Local History Centre, Mt Barker Community Library X X X X X X X X X
38 Loreto College X
38 Loxton Historical Village X X X
39 Lutheran Archives X X
39 Mallala Museum X
39 Mallee Tourist & Heritage Centre X X X X X X X X
40 Mannum Dock Museum of River History X
41 Meadows 150 Coordinating Committee and Mt Barker Community Library X X X X X X X X X
41 Meningie Cheese Factory Museum X X X X X X X X X X
42 Milang & District Historical Society X
43 Mitcham Heritage Research Centre and Flinders University X X X X X
44 Moonta Branch, National Trust of SA X
44 Mount Lofty Districts Historical Society X X X X X X X X X
44 Mount Pleasant District History Room X
46 Mt Torrens and District Community Association X
46 Naracoorte Branch, National Trust of SA X X X X X X X X X X
47 National Motor Museum X
47 North Adelaide Baptist Church X X
48 Norwood History Centre, Johnston display X X X X X X X
48 Norwood History Centre, Shadow play X X X X X X X X X X
51 Old Highercombe Hotel Museum X
51 Old Tailem Town Pioneer Village X
51 One and All Sail Training Association X
52 Penguin Club of Australia X X X X X X
53 Port Adelaide Caledonian Society X
53 Port Adelaide Enfield Public Library Service X X X X X X X
53 Port Adelaide Historical Society X X X
54 Port Augusta City Council X X X X X X X X X X
55 Port Augusta Re-imagines! 2008 Regional Centre of Culture X X X X X X X X
56 Port Elliot Branch, National Trust of SA X X X X X X
56 Port Pirie District Family History Group X X X X X X X X
57 Prospect Hill Museum X
57 Prospect Library X X X X X X X X X
57 Pulteney Grammar School X X X X
58 Radium Hill Historical Association X X
58 Reynell Business & Tourism Association X X X X X X X X X X
58 Robe Branch, National Trust of SA X
59 Rocky River Historic & Art Society X
59 Royal Geographical Society of SA X X X X X X
60 St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church X X X X X X X X X
60 St George’s Anglican Church X
61 Salisbury & District Historical Society X
62 Scouts Australia, South Australia Branch Scout Archives X
62 Shady Grove Unitarian Church X
62 Sir Thomas Playford ETSA Museum X
63 South Australian Aviation Museum X
63 South Australian Medical Heritage Society X
63 Southern Eyre Peninsula Family & Local History Group X
65 Strathalbyn Branch, National Trust of SA X
SA HISTORY WEEK
xviiWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
Displays/exhibitions continued
65 Streaky Bay Branch, National Trust of SA X X X
65 Sturt Street Community School X X X X X
67 The arts centre, Port Noarlunga X X X X X X X X X X
67 The Farm Shed Museum & Tourism Centre X X X X X X X X X X
68 The South Australian Police Historical Society X
68 The Uniting Church Historical Society History Centre X
68, 69 Truro Primary School X
69 University of Adelaide X X X X X X X X X X X
70 Unley Museum X X X X X X
71 Walkerville Historical Society X X
71 Walkerville Historical Society and Walkerville Library X X X X X X X X X X X
71 Wallaroo Heritage and Nautical Museum X X X X X X X X X X
72 Williamstown & Districts Historical Society X
73 Willunga Branch, National Trust of SA X X X X X
73 Woodville’s Civic Library, City of Charles Sturt X X X X X X X X X X
73 Youth Hostel Association of SA X X X X X X X X X X
Bus Tours
2 Adelaide City Council X
4 Aldinga Community Centre X
10 Burnside Historical Society X
11, 12 Burnside Public Library X X X
17 Coober Pedy Historical Society X
32 Holdfast Bay History Centre X
35 Irish History Group X
49, 50 Norwood History Centre X
65 Tea Tree Gully & District Historical Society X
72 WEA Adult Learning X X
Special Events
2 Adelaide Colonial Dancers X
3 Adelaide Gaol X
4 Alexandrina Council X
6 Army Museum of South Australia X
7, 8 Ayers House Museum X X X X
8 Balaklava Museum X
9 Belair – Mitcham Heritage Research Centre X
10 Burnside Branch, National Trust of SA X X X
12 Bute History Group X
15 City of Tea Tree Gully Library X X X X X X X X X X
16 C.L. Alexander Museum, National Trust of SA X
16 Clare Regional History Group X X X
20 Enfield & Districts Historical Society X
21 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and Eudunda Area School X
21 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and Neales Flat School X
22 Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society X
23 Flinders University, History Department and Library X
27 Gawler - Organ Historical Trust of Australia X
SA HISTORY WEEK
xviiiWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
Special Events continued
30 Hahndorf Academy X
31 History Council of SA X X X X X X X X X X
34 Huguenot Society of SA X X
35 Inman Valley Progress Association X
35 Irish Australian Association X
36 Kimba & Gawler Ranges Historical Society X
38 Loxton Historical Village X X X
39 Mallala Museum X
41 Meningie Cheese Factory Museum X
42 Migration Museum X X X X X X
44 Moonta Branch, National Trust of SA X
46 Naracoorte Branch, National Trust of SA X
47 North Adelaide Baptist Church X X
48 Norwood History Centre X
51 Old Tailem Town Pioneer Village X
53 Port Adelaide Caledonian Society X
55 Port Augusta Re-imagines! 2008 Regional Centre of Culture X
58 Reconciliation South Australia X
58 Reynell Business & Tourism Association X
59 Robe Branch, National Trust of SA X
59 Rosary School X
60 St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church X X
62 Shady Grove Unitarian Church X
64 State Records of South Australia X
67 The Crystal Brook History Group X
70 Urrbrae House Historic Precinct X
72 West Lakes Library, City of Charles Sturt X
72 Whyalla Maritime Museum X
L Launches/Openings
1 1912 The Event X
5 Anglicare SA, The Platform X
9 Brinkworth History Group X
15 City of Playford Library Service X X
16 City of West Torrens History & Heritage Societies Network X
19 Echunga District Historical Society X
34 Hope Cottage Museum, National Trust of SA X
40 Mannum Dock Museum of River History X
46 Naracoorte Branch, National Trust of SA X
58 Robe Branch, National Trust of SA X X
64 Springton Progress Association X
SA HISTORY WEEK
xixWEDNESDAY 21 MAY
THURSDAY 22 MAY
SATURDAY 17 MAY
SATURDAY 24 MAY
TUESDAY 20 MAY
MONDAY 19 MAY
SUNDAY 18 MAY
SUNDAY 25 MAY
FRIDAY 16 MAY
FRIDAY 23 MAY
OTHER DATES
S School Programs
3 Adelaide Masonic Centre, John McDouall Stuart exhibition X X X X X
10 Burnside Branch, National Trust of SA by appointment only
18 Crystal Brook Heritage Centre X X X X X X X X X X
21 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and Eudunda Area School X
22 Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery and St John’s Lutheran School X
29 Gumeracha & District History Centre X
47 National Motor Museum X
59 Rosary School X X
64 Springton Progress Association X
73 Willunga Branch, National Trust of SA X
International Museums Day Sunday 18 May
International Museums Day is celebrated annually on 18 May. In 2008 this day falls within SA History Week. So, join in the SA
History Week activities and celebrate our history, museums, collections and built heritage. Look in the program for organisations
offering special activities to mark the day.
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Poles apart … living history Adelaide’s ‘Pub in the Scrub’ –
the Beresford Arms Hotel
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100 years of survival, human endurance and courage. S
Displays showcase the 1912 voyage of RMS Titanic and Built by John Martin in 1839 and first licensed as The
Mawson’s 1911-1914 Antarctic expedition. The story of the Beresford Arms a year later, this historic building was situated
Titanic is so entrenched in our society that it has become a on what was the main route to Mount Barker. The building
part of our culture. It is said that four billion of the six billion has great heritage significance, as it is one of just two dozen
inhabitants of the earth have heard of this event. Learn also shown on the Kingston map (1840-41) that remains today,
about the pioneering spirit of South Australians Sir Douglas and is an excellent example of early colonial inns. The
Mawson, Sir Hubert Wilkins and John Riddoch Rymill. Please Adelaide City Council purchased the site in 2006, and is
come along to the media and sponsorship launch targeting currently undertaking a major restoration of the building’s shell.
sponsors on Tuesday 20 May, starting at 6.30 pm. Bookings Limited parking available in surrounding streets. Group limit
for launch essential. 15 – 20. Bookings required for this event.
Friday 16 May to Sunday 25 May; Monday – Thursday, Wednesday 21 May, 10.30 am – 11.30 am
9.00 am – 5.30 pm; Friday, 9.00 am – 9.00 pm; Saturday, The Beresford Arms Hotel, 188 Gilles Street, Adelaide
9.00 am – 5.00 pm; and Sunday, 11.00 am – 5.00 pm Enquiries/bookings: Liz Caris, 8203 7445
Adelaide Arcade, Rundle Mall, Adelaide Email: l.caris@adelaidecitycouncil.com
Enquiries/bookings: Margie Monk, Website: www.adelaidecitycouncil.com
8232 9101 or 0418 838 641 SA Heritage Register:
Email: margie@1912theevent.com www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage/assess.html
Website: www.1912theevent.com
Adelaide City Council
Adelaide Arcade Adelaide Town Hall including Council
Adelaide’s oldest and most Chambers and Queen Adelaide room
beautiful shopping arcade
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Ever since its completion in 1866, the Town Hall has been
A wonderful way to start your Adelaide Arcade experience an iconic Adelaide and South Adelaide building. To this day,
is by wandering through the museum and learning more it remains a popular venue for concerts, weddings and other
about the era when the Arcade was built. The museum has special events. The famous Town Hall balcony has been at
artefacts, photographs, newspaper clippings, trinkets and the centre of many major events in Adelaide, including the
even an accordion that plays the official ‘Adelaide Arcade visit of The Beatles in 1964. And, of course, it remains the
Polka’. The museum adds to the charm and history of the administrative home of the Adelaide City Council, with the
Arcade and is open during the Arcade shopping hours. historic Council Chamber hosting Council meetings every
There is no charge to wander through – just spend some fortnight. Limited parking in surrounding streets. Group limit
time. No bookings required for this event. 15 – 20. Bookings required for this event.
Friday 16 May to Sunday 25 May; Saturday 17 May, 10.30 am – 11.30 am
Monday – Thursday, 9.00 am – 5.30 pm; Town Hall entrance, King William Street, Adelaide
Friday, 9.00 am – 9.00 pm; Saturday, 9.00 am – 5.00 pm; Enquiries/bookings: Liz Caris, 8203 7445
and Sunday, 11.00 am – 5.00 pm Email: l.caris@adelaidecitycouncil.com
Adelaide Arcade, Rundle Mall, Adelaide Website: www.adelaidecitycouncil.com
Enquiries: Sharon Leaney, 0408 816 696 SA Heritage Register:
Website: www.adelaidearcade.com.au www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage/assess.html
SA Heritage Register:
www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage/assess.html
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1Adelaide City Council Adelaide City Council -
Bus tour – restoring heritage Adelaide Town Hall open days
for today’s use Queen Adelaide: her life and artefacts
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Adelaide City Council’s Heritage Incentives Scheme in Adelaide City Council’s tour guide Glen Woodward will give
Australia celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This scheme a 40 minute seated history talk about Queen Adelaide. There
provides financial assistance and technical advice to owners will be 15 minutes available at the end of the talks to view
of heritage properties in order to facilitate effective use of the artefacts. Group limit 50. No bookings required for this event.
City’s historic buildings. The bus tour will showcase successful Monday 19 May, talks at 10.00 am, 11.00 am,
heritage projects, illustrating the role local government can 12.00 noon, 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm
play in retaining heritage buildings for continuing modern day Queen Adelaide Room, Adelaide Town Hall,
use. Group limit 22. Bookings required for this event. King William Street, Adelaide
Tuesday 20 May, 10.30 am – 11.30 am Enquiries: Diane Owens, 8203 7624; Adelaide City Council
Tour departs from outside Customer Service Centre, Customer Service, 8203 7203
Colonel Light Building, 25 Pirie Street, Adelaide Email: d.owens@adelaidecitycouncil.com
Enquiries/bookings: Liz Caris, 8203 7445 Website: www.adelaidecitycouncil.com
Email: l.caris@adelaidecitycouncil.com
Website: www.adelaidecitycouncil.com Adelaide Colonial Dancers
Grand colonial ball
Adelaide City Council -
Adelaide Town Hall open days $25pp
Council Chamber: solid wood and people
S Dance quadrilles, waltzes, schottisches, polkas and some
‘old time’ to the Gawler Town Band. Colonial or formal attire
Adelaide City Council’s tour guide Glen Woodward will give is preferred and makes the evening special. Please bring a
a 40 minute seated history talk about the Council Chamber. plate of supper. No bookings required for this event. Pre-ball
There will be 15 minutes available at the end of the talks to lessons, not in formal attire, are held at the Folk Centre, South
view artefacts. Group limit 50. No bookings required for Road, Thebarton on Wednesdays at 7.00 pm.
this event. Pre-ball lessons: Wednesdays 30 April, 7 May,
Wednesday 21 May, talks at 10.00 am, 11.00 am, 14 May, 21 May and 28 May, 7.00 pm
12.00 noon, 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm Folk Centre, South Road, Thebarton
Queen Adelaide Room, Adelaide Town Hall, Grand Colonial Ball: Saturday 31 May, 7.30 pm
King William Street, Adelaide Woodville Town Hall, Woodville Road, Woodville
Enquiries: Diane Owens, 8203 7624; Adelaide City Council Enquiries: Polly Clarke, 8344 4336
Customer Service, 8203 7203 Email: doc7@picknowl.com.au
Email: d.owens@adelaidecitycouncil.com
Website: www.adelaidecitycouncil.com
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Adelaide Gaol, Adelaide Lyceum Club
Department for Adelaide’s best kept secret
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Archaeology at the gaol
$10 pp
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The Adelaide Lyceum Club will conduct guided tours in the
$8.5 Adult $7 Conc. $5.5 Child
clubrooms for the public. See art and artefacts and hear the
An archaeological investigation is currently taking place at history of the Club, situated in the heritage building of ‘Leigh
Adelaide Gaol. So far, the investigation has recovered finds Chambers’. Morning or afternoon tea included in tour. Group
reflecting the changing nature of prisoners’ activities at the limit 10. Bookings required for groups only.
gaol, their personal life and secrets. The archaeology is also Monday 19 May and Thursday 22 May,
offering new reflections on the shared cultural landscape of 11.00 am and 2.00 pm
the Torrens River between 1836 when settlement of Adelaide
Lyceum Club, Level 1, 20-24 Leigh Street, Adelaide
commenced and 1840 when construction of the gaol
Enquiries/bookings: Kay Hall, 8212 4508;
commenced. Archaeologist for the project, Dr Keryn Walshe
Jill Clayer, 8371 2234
from the South Australian Museum will give a 30-40 minute
Email: lyceumadelaide@bigpond.com or
talk on the archaeology and show some of the finds. Come
jillclayer@optusnet.com.au
and share the excitement of ‘seeing’ early Adelaide through
Website: www.users.bigpond.com/lyceumadelaide
the archaeology of the Adelaide Gaol. The archaeological
SA Heritage Register:
works area will be out of bounds for safety reasons but the
talk will take place in the adjacent yard in view of works. www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage/assess.html
Parking available off street. Group limit 25. Bookings required
for this event. Adelaide Masonic Centre and
Sunday 18 May and Wednesday 21 May,
12.00 noon – 1.00 pm
the John McDouall Stuart
Adelaide Gaol, 18 Gaol Road, Thebarton Society
Enquiries/bookings: Dennis May, 8231 4062 Exhibition and stories of famous South
Website: www.adelaidegaol.org.au Australian explorer John McDouall Stuart
SA Heritage Register:
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Join a guided walking tour around the exhibition depicting the
Adelaide Gaol, epic journeys of explorer John McDouall Stuart. Interpretive
Department for stories will be told of the route Stuart blazed in 1862 across
Environment and Heritage the arid heart of Central Australia to finally reach the northern
Two dollar day at the Adelaide Gaol
coast. Group limit 20. Bookings required for this event.
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start; talk concludes at 2.30 pm. Stay on for further
$2 pp
viewing and discussion about the exhibition.
Take a self guided tour and discover 147 years of history at
School groups 10.00 am – 11.30 am daily.
the Adelaide Gaol. Built in 1841 and closed as recently as
Adelaide Masonic Centre, 254 North Terrace, Adelaide
1988, this was Australia’s longest continuously operational
Enquiries/bookings: Reception at Adelaide Masonic Centre,
gaol. See the conditions endured by the men and women who
spent time at the gaol and visit the hanging tower and the 8223 1633
graves. View exhibitions relating to life in gaol, Mary MacKillop Email: glsa@freemasonrysaust.org.au
and her work and the history of women in the gaol. Volunteer Website: www.johnmcdouallstuart.org.au
guides will be in attendance to answer questions. Gaol
located behind Thebarton Police Barracks. Parking available
off street. No bookings required for this event.
Sunday 25 May, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Adelaide Gaol, 18 Gaol Road, Thebarton
Enquiries: Dennis May, 8231 4062
Website: www.adelaidegaol.org.au
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