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.

Huge crowds gathered on the streets of Adelaide on 11 November 1918 to celebrate the armistice of the First World War.

In January 1931, during the Great Depression, more than 1000 unemployed men clashed with police in protest at the replacement of beef with mutton on their ration tickets

One of the largest pageants in the world, come one, come all to Adelaide’s famous Christmas Pageant!

This cup was presented to the Art Gallery of South Australia by Queen Mary as part of Empire-wide celebrations for the Silver Jubilee of George V in 1935.

This devotional card, written by Queen Adelaide in 1841, quotes Psalms 100:5

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

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

Every year between 1938 and 1975 Adelaidians showed pride in their city by beautifying it with mass displays of flowers on National Flower Day.

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

Survey chain used by Isaac Guley in surveying the City of Adelaide with Colonel Light.

Crowds gathered on 22 April 1857 to watch Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell open South Australia’s first fully elected parliament.

Urn made by Henry Tijou and carried in Queen Adelaide's funeral procession.