Menu produced for the Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. SS Allinga for Christmas 1901. 

The apron was worn by Joan Mallen when she worked at the Cheer Up Hut on the banks of the Torrens, near the present Festival Theatre, during the Second World War. 

Bottle of herbal lotion sold by Mahomet Allum. 

Hand-drawn Christmas card with the message 'Buon Natale'.

This compass is believed to have been used by John William Billiatt on the successful 1861-1862 expedition with John McDouall Stuart across Australia, from Adelaide to Chambers Bay, east of the present site of Darwin.

Packaging and remnats from firecrackers stocked at Gordon Sym Choon's Union Street shop. 

This sample of jerky came from the successful expedition made by John McDouall Stuart across Australia from south to north in 1861 - 1862. 

Honorary medal awarded to Antonio Giordano by the World Federation of Italian Press Abroad.

Miniature furniture brought across the seas for Australian children. 

Pannikin used by William Keckwick on expedition with John McDouall Stuart.

Picture blocks were a forerunner of the jigsaw puzzle. 

This teapot, painted with colourful  images of dragons and birds, was part of a tea set for sale at the China Gift Store.

The publication 'Violet Verses' was released on 29 June in 1917 as part of the third Adelaide Violet Day, organised by the Cheer-Up society as a fundraiser for the war effort.