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The next Society meeting is on Friday 7 February: Dr Michael Duke on Arabana and the Ghan: The story of an Aboriginal people and their involvement with the Old Ghan Railway from 1884 to 1983. The Old Ghan was a magnificent feat of engineering, taking the Age of Steam through an arid landscape from Adelaide … Continue reading February Meeting

Historical Society of South Australia Council Member Patricia Summerling has a new book on Bert Edwards. Albert Augustine Edwards, usually referred to as ‘Bert’, was one of Adelaide’s most flamboyant characters. Reputedly the illegitimate son of Charles Cameron Kingston, premier of South Australia, he was born in obscurity in the slums of Adelaide’s West End … Continue reading New Book by Patricia Summerling

On 8 October a small group of members were guided around Adelaide Town Hall buildings by member Glen Woodward who has been a volunteer Town Hall Guide for 27 years. The Italianate architecture of the Town Hall tower, in Glen Osmond freestone by Edmund Wright, and the attached Prince Alfred Hotel was studied. The old … Continue reading Walking tour – ‘Town Hall Square’

Adaptation Community Environment Seminar The Rohingya: Statelessness, Refugeehood and a ‘Subhuman’ Life Thursday December 12th 2019, 11am – 1pm G 25, Ground Floor Napier Building University of Adelaide Professor Nasir Uddin Department of Anthropology, University of Chittagong The Rohingyas, an ethno-linguistic and religious minority of Myanmar one the most persecuted group of people in the … Continue reading ACE Seminar: The Rohingya

  Join us in Adelaide as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historic Vickers Vimy landing in Darwin on 10 December 1919, and re-dedicate the Sir Ross Smith Memorial (originally dedicated on 10 December 1927). This is a key City of Adelaide event during South Australia’s celebration of the Epic Flight Centenary in 2019. Tuesday 10 … Continue reading Centenary of Darwin Landing