The jacket was given to Mr Frederick Budge of Farina, South Australia, by a Muslim (‘Afghan’) trader he knew who went on a pilgrimage to Mecca, at some time in the 1890s. 

This festival is widely recognised as one of the great international arts festivals, while its accompanying Writers’ Week is the largest literary event of its kind.

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.

George Ian Ogilvie Duncan, a lecturer in law at the University of Adelaide, drowned on 10 May after being thrown into the River Torrens. Rumours spread that officers from the vice squad engaged in ‘poofter bashing’ had killed Duncan.

American aeronaut Thomas Gale made South Australia’s first successful aerial ascent in June 1871

In 1910 thousands of people lined the Torrens to see the carnival of lavishly decorated boats in the first Henley-on-Torrens Regatta

The Adelaide Mosque, the oldest in Australia, has been the centre of Islamic festivals since the 1890s

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

This paint box is believed to have belonged to soldier, public servant and explorer, Captain Charles Sturt.

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

Wooden post used to mark the point where the boundaries of South Australia the Northern Territory and Queensland meet.

'A red letter day in the calendar of South Australia': welcoming home heroes