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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

Feminism and Democracy - Then and Now December 2019 marks the 125th anniversary of the landmark legislation that enabled women in SA to vote in general elections, and to stand as members of Parliament. Join the Feminist Writers Festival to commemorate this achievement and discuss what democracy and feminism mean today, with two panels of … Continue reading Feminism and Democracy

Adelaide cinema screening for The Greatest Air Race documentary The Greatest Air Race is a one-hour documentary celebrating the incredible first flight across the globe by South Australian brothers Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith and their mechanics Wally Shiers (SA) and Jim Bennett (Vic). Presented and narrated by former NASA astronaut Andy Thomas, the documentary will air … Continue reading The Greatest Air Race documentary